Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard

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1977 live album by Dexter Gordon

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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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [1]

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]

## Track listing[edit]

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

## Personnel[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard Review by Scott Yanow". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
2. ^ Perry, Richard (1 June 1991). "Dexterous Bop". Magazine. The Kingston Whig-Standard. p. 1.
3. ^ Thompson, Clifford (2 Nov 2018). "'Sophisticated Giant' Review: Long Tall Tenor Man". Arts. The Wall Street Journal.
4. ^ a b Allan, William (December 11, 1977). "Jazz is back...big...on Records". The Pittsburgh Press.

## External links[edit]

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

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Dexter Gordon

1940s
and
1950s|

* Dexter Rides Again (1945–47)
* The Hunt w/ Wardell Gray (1947)
* The Chase w/ Wardell Gray (1947)
* The Duel w/ Teddy Edwards (1947)
* Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)
* Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (1955)

1960s|

* The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon (1960)
* Doin' Allright (1961)
* Dexter Calling... (1961)
* Go (1962)
* A Swingin' Affair (1962)
* Our Man in Paris (1963)
* One Flight Up (1964)
* Cheese Cake (1964)
* I Want More (1964)
* It's You or No One (1964)
* King Neptune (1964)
* Love for Sale (1964)
* Clubhouse (1965)
* Gettin' Around (1965)
* Setting the Pace w/ Booker Ervin (1965)
* The Squirrel: Live at Montmartre (1967)
* Take the "A" Train (1967)
* A Day in Copenhagen w/ Slide Hampton (1969)
* The Tower of Power! (1969)
* More Power! (1969)

1970s|

* Some Other Spring w/ Karin Krog (1970)
* Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux w/ Junior Mance (1970)
* The Panther! (1970)
* The Chase! w/ Gene Ammons (1970)
* The Jumpin' Blues (1970)
* Ca'Purange (1972)
* Tangerine (1972)
* Generation (1972)
* All Souls (1972)
* The Apartment (1974)
* Something Different (1975)
* Bouncin' with Dex (1975)
* Swiss Nights Vol. 1-3 (1975)
* Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (1976)
* True Blue w/ Al Cohn (1976)
* Silver Blue w/ Al Cohn (1976)
* Biting The Apple (1976)
* Sophisticated Giant (1977)
* Manhattan Symphonie (1978)

1980s|

* Gotham City (1980)
* American Classic (1982)
* Round Midnight (1986)
* The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)
* Both Sides of Midnight (1988)

Posthumous
releases|

* Live at Carnegie Hall (1998)
* The Rainbow People w/ Benny Bailey (2002)

Related
articles|

* Edward L. Baker, Jr. (grandfather)
* Round Midnight (1986 film)
* Lars Ulrich

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