Dexter Gordon - Young Dex [1941-1944], Vol. 1

Personnel / Track Listing:

Dexter Gordon Quintet:
Harry Edison (tp), Dexter Gordon (ts), Nat Cole (p), Johnny Miller (sb), Juicy Owens (dm)
Rec. Los Angeles, late 1943
01 - I Found A New Baby
02 - Rosetta
03 - Sweet Lorraine
04 - I Blowes And Gone

Dave Coleman & Friends:
Dexter Gordon (ts), Al Hendrickson (g), Jimmie Rowles (p), Howard Rumsey (sb), Dave Coleman (dm). Private recording, Music City Studio, Hollywood, 1943/44
05 - I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me
06 - I Know That You Know
07 - Dickie's Dream, part 1
08 - Dickie's Dream, part 2

Bill Harris (tb), Dexter Gordon, Herbie Steward (ts), Al Hendrickson (g), Jimmie Rowles (p), Howard Rumsey (sb), Dave Coleman (dm):
09 - Take The "A" Train

Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra:
Tony di Nardi, Leroy White, Clint Waters, Jake Porter (tp), Allen Durham, George Washington (tb), Edmund Gregory (Sahib Shihab), Emerson Harper (as), Woodrow Key, Dexter Gordon (ts), Herman Johnson (bar), Horace Henderson (p), unknown ("Chief") (sb), Gene "Tubby" Shelton (dm), Fletcher Henderson (conductor).
AFRS Jubilee Series NO.76, NBC Studios, Hollywood, April 24, 1944
10 - I Got Rhythm
11 - Keep 'Em Swinging
12 - Stompin' At The Savoy
13 - Bugle Blues

Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra:
Leroy White, Clint Waters, Jake Porter (tp), Allen Durham, George Washington (tb), Edmund Gregory (Sahib Shihab), Emerson Harper (as), Woodrow Key, Dexter Gordon (ts), Herman Johnson (bar), Horace Henderson (p), unknown ("Chief") (sb), Gene "Tubby" Shelton (dm), Fletcher Henderson (conductor).
AFRS Jubilee Series NO.77, NBC Studios, Hollywood, May 1, 1944
14 - Jeep Rhythm
15 - Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlie


Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra:
Prob.: Louis Armstrong (tp, vo), Jesse Brown, Thomas Grinder, Andrew "Fats" Ford, Lester Currant (tp), Taswell Baird, Adam Martin, Larry Anderson (tb), John Brown, Willard Brown (as), Teddy McRae, Dexter Gordon (ts), Ernest Thompson (bar), Ed Swanston (p), Emmet Slay (g), Alfred Moore (sb), James Harris (dm), Velma Middleton, Jimmy Ross (vo).
AFRS One Night Stand, unknown place, May 19 / June 5, 1944
Trianon Ballroom, South Gate, CA, May 19 - June 5, 1944
16 - Ain't Misbehavin'
17 - Keep on Jumpin'

Broadcast, Trianon Ballroom, South Gate, California, May 26, 1944
18 - Keep on Jumpin'

Coca Cola Spotlight Bands, Stockton Fields, California, June 7, 1944
19 - King Porter Stomp
20 - Ain't Misbehavin'

Broadcast, California, August, 1944
21 - Stompin' At The Savoy

Coca Cola Spotlight Bands, Camp Reynolds, Pennsylvania, September 12, 1944
22 - Perdido
23 - Ain't Misbehavin'

Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
Prob. Karl George, Ernie Royal, Joe Newman (tp), Fred Beckett, 2 unknown (tb), Marshall Royal (cl, as), Ray Perry (as), Illinois Jacquet, Dexter Gordon (ts), Jack McVea (bar), Lionel Hampton (vb), Sir Charles Thompson (p), Irving Ashby (g), Vernon Alley (sb), Shadow Wilson (dm).
Panther Room, Hotel Sherman, Chicago, September 26, 1941
24 - Tarin Time