''Dexter Blows Hot and Cool'' is a 1955 album by jazz musician Dexter Gordon.

Reception

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Reviewer noted that Gordon appeared "somewhat mellowed, making little attempt to impress either as a technician or melodic innovator" but that there was "a quiet authority in his forthright, simply tailored style". Pianist

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was lauded as "a newcomer loaded with talent and far-out ideas".Review: ''Dexter Blows Hot and Cool''
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'': February 4, 1956.

Track listing

#"Silver Plated" (Gordon) #" Cry Me a River" (Hamilton) #"Rhythm Mad" (Gordon) #"Don't Worry About Me" (Bloom, Koehler) #" I Hear Music" (Lane, Losser) #"Bonna Rue" (Gordon) #" I Should Care" (Cahn, Stordahl, Weston) #"Blowin' For Dootsie" (Gordon) #"

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" (Gross, Lawrence)

Personnel

*Dexter Gordon — Tenor saxophone *Jimmy Robinson — Trumpet *Carl Perkins — Piano * Leroy Vinnegar —

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*Chuck Thompson —

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Recorded on November 11 and 12, 1955

References

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