A Day in Copenhagen

by Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton

A Day in Copenhagen cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: MPS
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 40:57
  • Community rating: 3.72/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Two prominent American expatriates join forces in Denmark, leading a robust ensemble through high-energy, swinging bop structures. The precise horn arrangements and muscular soloing demonstrate the continued vitality and refinement of traditional jazz forms thriving on the European continent.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, instrumental, improvisation

Tracklist

  1. My Blues (9:07)
  2. You Don't Know What Love Is (5:59)
  3. A New Thing (5:02)
  4. What's New (8:00)
  5. The Shadow of Your Smile (4:57)
  6. A Day in Vienna (7:49)

Credits

  • Dexter Gordon - primary artist, tenor saxophone
  • Slide Hampton - primary artist, trombone, arranged by, written-by
  • Niels-Henning 脴rsted Pedersen - bass
  • Art Taylor - drums
  • Kenny Drew - piano
  • Dizzy Reece - trumpet
  • Don Raye - written-by
  • Gene DePaul - written-by

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