Thursday 20 March 2008

Dexter Gordon - Our Man in Paris

*****

One of the most consistently enjoyable jazz albums 7 Feb 2006

An earlier reviewer gives a more thorough insight into this album than I can or wish to do, but I will add a thought of my own. This is a wonderful example of great tunes being played by an excellent band, with no eye to excess or showmanship. This album was never intended to be a great work of deep feeling, but it is music to which one can turn time and time again, and from which one can derive enormous amounts of enjoyment.

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