Landslide is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon featuring recordings from 1961 and 1962 which was first released on the Blue Note label in 1980 as part of the Blue Note Classics series.[1][2]

Landslide
Studio album by Dexter Gordon
Released	1980
Recorded	May 9, 1961, May 5, 1962 and June 25, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:15
Label	Blue Note LT-1051
Producer	Alfred Lion
Dexter Gordon chronology
Dexter Calling... (1961) Landslide (1980) Go (1962)

Reception

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Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The Allmusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine stated: "Landslide is comprised of previously unreleased material from three separate Dexter Gordon-led sessions between May 1961 and June 1962. ... All three sessions hold together fairly well, and although nothing on the record qualifies as a masterpiece, nothing is bad, either. In comparison to the released sessions, this material may pale somewhat, but it remains first-rate hard bop and is recommended to Gordon collectors".[3]

Track listing

1. "Landslide" (Dexter Gordon) – 5:12
2. "Love Locked Out" (Ray Noble, Max Kester) – 4:44
3. "You Said It" (Tommy Turrentine) – 4:28
4. "Serenade in Blue" (Harry Warren, Mack Gordon) – 4:59
5. "Blue Gardenia" (Bob Russell, Lester Lee) – 6:39
6. "Six Bits Jones" (Dexter Gordon) – 6:16
7. "Second Balcony Jump" (Billy Eckstine, Gerald Valentine) – 5:57

• Recorded at Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ on May 9, 1961 (track 1), May 5, 1962 (tracks 2-4) and June 25, 1962 (tracks 5-7)

Personnel

• Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
• Dave Burns (tracks 5-7), Tommy Turrentine (tracks 2-4) – trumpet
• Sonny Clark (tracks 5-7), Kenny Drew (track 1), Sir Charles Thompson (tracks 2-4) – piano
• Ron Carter (tracks 5-7), Paul Chambers (track 1), Al Lucas (tracks 2-4) – bass
• Willie Bobo (tracks 2-4), Philly Joe Jones (track 1 & 5-7) - drums

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