Blues à la Suisse

Blues à la Suisse
Blues à la Suisse
Live album by Dexter Gordon
Released	1974
Recorded	July 7, 1973
Venue	Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland
Genre	Jazz
Label	Prestige; P-10079
Producer	Orrin Keepnews
Dexter Gordon chronology

Blues à la Suisse is a live album by American saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 1973 and released on the Prestige label.^[1]^[2]

Critical reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]

AllMusic critic Scott Yanow stated "Tenor-great Dexter Gordon sounds fine on these four extended performances ... The rhythm section (Hampton Hawes on electric piano, electric bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Kenny Clarke) is not as attuned to Gordon's music as one would hope (the electronics do not really blend in well), making this a somewhat average (but still fairly enjoyable) bop session".^[3]

Track listing[]

"Gingerbread Boy" (Jimmy Heath) – 12:43
"Blues à la Suisse" (Dexter Gordon) – 10:26
"Some Other Spring" (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Irene Kitchings) – 6:02
"Secret Love" (Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster) – 14:31

Personnel[]

References[]

^ Dexter Gordon catalog accessed March 7, 2017
^ Prestige Records discography, accessed March 7, 2017
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Blues à la Suisse – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2017.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 88. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[Dexter_Gordon_discography-1] Dexter Gordon catalog accessed March 7, 2017

[2] Prestige Records discography, accessed March 7, 2017

[Allmusic-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b Yanow, Scott. Blues à la Suisse – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 7, 2017.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 88. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

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Years given are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader	Hampton Hawes Trio (1955) This Is Hampton Hawes (1955–56) Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 1 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 2 (1956) All Night Session! Vol. 3 (1956) Baritones and French Horns/Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (1957) Four! (1958) Bird Song (1956–58) For Real! (1958) The Sermon (1958) The Green Leaves of Summer (1964) Here and Now (1965) The Seance (1966) I'm All Smiles (1966) Universe (1972) Blues for Walls (1973) Playin' in the Yard (1973) Northern Windows (1974) As Long as There's Music (1976) Something Special (1976) Hampton Hawes at the Piano (1976)
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