Live at the Village Vanguard

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Homecoming: Dexter Gordon Live at the Village Vanguard
Live album by Dexter Gordon
Released	1977
Recorded	New York, 1976 December 11, 12
Venue	The Village Vanguard
Genre	Jazz
Length	1:41:43
Label	Columbia
Producer	Michael Cuscuna
Dexter Gordon chronology
Biting the Apple (1976) Homecoming: Dexter Gordon Live at the Village Vanguard (1977) Sophisticated Giant (1977)

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Homecoming is a live double LP by jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City in 1976.^[2] The album's title refers to Gordon's return to the United States after a long residency in Europe.^[3][4]

LP 1
Side A

1. “Gingerbread Boy” (Jimmy Heath) - 13:29
2. “Little Red's Fantasy” (Woody Shaw) - 12:30

Side B

1. “Fenja” (Dexter Gordon) - 12:34
2. “In Case You Haven't Heard” (Woody Shaw) - 10:55

LP 2
Side C

1. “It's You Or No One” (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 13:46
2. “Let's Get Down” (Ronnie Mathews) - 13:03

Side D

1. “Round Midnight” (Hanighen, Williams, Monk) - 13:06
2. “Backstairs” (Dexter Gordon) - 12:20

+ 2 bonus tracks on the 1990 CD re-issue - from the same 1976 Village Vanguard recording session:

• “Fried Bananas”^[4] (Gordon) - 14:34
• ”Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 13:10

• Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
• Woody Shaw - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Ronnie Mathews - piano
• Stafford James - bass
• Louis Hayes - drums

• Dexter Gordon album catalog at jazzdisco.org
• Homecoming at Discogs.com