Setting the Pace | ||||
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Studio album by Booker Ervin with Dexter Gordon | ||||
Released | December 1966 | |||
Recorded | October 27, 1965 Munich, West Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 41:36 | |||
Label | Prestige PR 7455 | |||
Producer | Don Schlitten | |||
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Allmusic | |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |
Setting the Pace is an album by saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Booker Ervin recorded in Munich in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.
Reception
The Allmusic review stated "Although Gordon is in good form, Ervin (who sometimes takes the music outside) wins honors".
Track listing
- "Setting the Pace" (Dexter Gordon) – 19:09
- "Dexter's Deck" (Dexter Gordon) – 22:47
- "The Trance" (Booker Ervin) – 19:37
- "Speak Low" (Weil-Nash) – 15:06
Tracks 3 and 4 were added to the 1992 digital remaster of "Setting The Pace"; originally released on "The Trance"
Personnel
- Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
- Jaki Byard – piano
- Reggie Workman – bass
- Alan Dawson – drums
Recorded in Munich, Germany. October 27, 1965. Digital remastering, 1992 by Phil De Lancie
References
- Billboard December 17, 1966
- ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 21, 2013
- Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- Dexter Gordon discography accessed March 21, 2013