Dexter Gordon
Volume 1 Young Dex 1941-1944 Complete Edition
Media 7 (Masters Of Jazz) MJCD-112


BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Dizzy Gillespie, Shorty McConnell, Gail Brockman, Marion Hazel (tp), Billy Eckstine (tb, vo), Gerald Valentine (tb, a), Taswell Baird, Howard Scott, Chips Outcalt (tb), John Jackson, Bill Frazier (as), Gene Amons, Dexter Gordon (ts), Leo Parker (bar), John Malachi (p, a), Connie Wainwright (g), Tommy Potter (sb), Art Blakey (dm), Sarah Vaughan (vo), Tadd Dameron (a).
New York City, December 5, 1944.
01. 120-1	Blowing The Blues Away - vBE-aGV
02. 120-3X	Blowing The Blues Away - vBE-aGV

DIZZY GILLESPIE SEXTET
Dizzy Gillespie (tp), Dexter Gordon (ts), Frank Paparelli (p), Chuck Wayne (g), Murray Shipinsky (sb), Shelly Manne (dm).
New York City, February 9, 1945.
03. G 554	Groovin' High
04. G 555-B	Blu 'N' Boogie

BILLY ECKSTINE AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Fats Navarro, Shorty McConnell, Gal Brockman, Boonie Hazel (tp), Gerald Valentine, Taswell Baird, Howard Scott, Chips Outcalt (tb), Budd Johnson, Sonny Stitt (as), Gene Ammons, Dexter Gordon (ts), Leo Parker (bar), John Malachi (p), Connie Wainwright (g), Tommy Potter (sb), Art Blakey (dm), Billy Eckstine (valve tb, vo).
New York City, May 2, 1945.
05. NSC 53-1	Lonesome Lover Blues - vBE
06. NSC 56	Last Night - vBE

JAM SESSION (Ben Webster Nonet)
Don Byas, Herbie Fields, Dexter Gordon, Ben Webster (ts), Stuff Smith (vln), Duke Ellington (p), unknown (g), Al Lucas (sb), Eddie Nicholson (dm).
Broadcast, New York City, August 20, 1945.
07. 	Honeysuckle Rose

SIR CHARLES AND HIS ALL STARS
Buck Clayton (tp), Charlie Parker (as), Dexter Gordon (ts), Sir Charles Thompson (p), Danny Baker (g), Jimmy Butts (sb), J. C. Heard (dm).
New York City, September 4, 1945.
08. R 1030	Takin' Off
09. R 1031	If I Had You (no as)
10. R 1033-2	The Street Beat

DEXTER GORDON ALL STARS
Dexter Gordon (ts), Sadik Hakim (Argonne Thornton) (p), Gene Ramey (sb), Eddie Nicholson (dm).
New York City, October 30, 1945.
11. D 5841-2	Blow Mr. Dexter
12. D 5841-3	Blow Mr. Dexter
13. D 5842-1	Dexter's Deck
14. D 5843-1	Dexter's Cuttin' Out
15. D 5844-1	Dexter's Minor Mad

BENNY CARTER AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Emmett Berry, Shorty Rogers, Joe Newman, Neal Hefti (tp), Al Grey, Trummy Young, Alton Moore, Sandy Williams (tb), Benny Carter (as, a), Russell Procope, Tony Scott (as), Don Byas, Dexter Gordon (ts), Willard Brown (bar), Sonny White (p), Freddie Green (g), John Simmons (sb), J. C. Heard (dm), Maxine Sullivan (vo).
New York City, January 8, 1946.
16. 172	Looking For A Boy

DEXTER GORDON QUINTET
Leonard Hawkins (tp), Dexter Gordon (ts), Bud Powell (p), Curley Russell (sb), Max Roach (dm).
New York City, January 19, 1946.
17. S 5878-1	Long Tall Dexter
18. S 5878-2	Long Tall Dexter
19. S 5879-1	Dexter Rides Again
20. S 5880-3	I Can't Escape From You (no t)
21. S 5880-7	I Can't Escape From You (no t)
22. S 5881-2	Dexter Digs In
23. S 5881-3	Dexter Digs In