I’ve been digging Dexter Gordon’s 1963 album, Our Man In Paris, featuring Bud Powell on piano, Pierre Michelot (a JA fave) on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums. Look at how deep and cool Dexter Gordon looks on the cover, balancing a smoke between his fingers, lost in thought.
Don’t you just want to be Dexter Gordon?Director Bante takes Sleeveface to new heights with this video, bringing to life so many of Blue Note’s iconic covers. Stereophile contributor and AAAS member, Jim Austin, gave me the heads-up on this one.
I’ve been digging Dexter Gordon’s 1963 album, Our Man In Paris, featuring Bud Powell on piano, Pierre Michelot (a JA fave) on bass, and Kenny Clarke on drums. Look at how deep and cool Dexter Gordon looks on the cover, balancing a smoke between his fingers, lost in thought.
Don’t you just want to be Dexter Gordon?Director Bante takes Sleeveface to new heights with this video, bringing to life so many of Blue Note’s iconic covers. Stereophile contributor and AAAS member, Jim Austin, gave me the heads-up on this one.
