''Daddy Plays the Horn'' is a 1955 jazz album by Saxophone, saxophonist Dexter Gordon.

Reception

The ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' review stated that the album was "not too original, but it swings" and mentioned that Gordon played "some top-flight, Lester Young-inspired tenor here, with a more robust sound than that of the master or most of his other disciples".Review: ''Daddy Plays the Horn''
.''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'': November 24, 1956. ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' awarded it three out of four stars, saying "''Daddy'' would be worth the purchase for 'Confirmation' and 'Autumn in New York'... Drew and Vinnegar play exceptionally well, and the CD transfer is generally good."Richard Cook and Brian Morton, ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette'' (Penguin, 1992), p. 432.

Track listing

# "Daddy Plays the Horn" (9:11) # "Confirmation (composition), Confirmation" (7:50) # "Darn That Dream" (4:21) # "Number Four" (4:51) # "Autumn in New York (song), Autumn in New York" (6:30) # "You Can Depend on Me (Brenda Lee song), You Can Depend on Me" (8:59)

Personnel

* Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone * Kenny Drew – piano * Leroy Vinnegar – Double bass, bass * Lawrence Marable – drums

In popular culture

The album is mentioned several times in the novels ''The Talisman (King and Straub novel), The Talisman'' and ''Black House (novel), Black House'' by Stephen King and Peter Straub.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daddy Plays the Horn 1955 albums Dexter Gordon albums Bethlehem Records albums Albums produced by Ralph Bass