1976 studio album by Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon Silver Blue Studio album by Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon Released| 1976 Recorded| October 22, 1976, New York City Genre| Jazz Label| Xanadu 137 Producer| Don Schlitten Dexter Gordon chronology | True Blue (1976) | Silver Blue (1976) | Biting the Apple (1976) | | Al Cohn chronology | True Blue (1976) | Silver Blue (1976) | Al Cohn's America (1976) | | Silver Blue is a jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon and saxophonist Al Cohn, recorded in 1976 for Xanadu Records.[1][2] ## Contents * 1 Reception * 2 Track listing * 3 Personnel * 4 References ## Reception[edit] Professional ratingsReview scores Source| Rating Allmusic| [3] The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide| [4] Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars with its review by Scott Yanow stating "Recorded at the same session as True Blue, this Xanadu LP gets the edge due to a remarkable version of "On the Trail" that is a fascinating unaccompanied duet... Highly recommended for bop fans".[3] ## Track listing[edit] 1. "Allen's Alley" (Denzil Best) - 13:37 2. "Silver Blue" (Al Cohn, Dexter Gordon) - 19:34 3. "On the Trail" (Ferde Grofé) - 8:25[1] ## Personnel[edit] * Al Cohn & Dexter Gordon \- tenor saxophone * Blue Mitchell, Sam Noto \- trumpet * Barry Harris \- piano * Sam Jones \- bass * Louis Hayes \- drums[1] ## References[edit] 1. ^ a b c Dexter Gordon discography, accessed May 1, 2014 2. ^ Xanadu Records discography accessed May 1, 2014 3. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed May 1, 2014 4. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 88\. ISBN 0-394-72643-X. * v * t * e Dexter Gordon 1940s and 1950s| * Dexter Rides Again (1945–47) * The Hunt w/ Wardell Gray (1947) * The Chase w/ Wardell Gray (1947) * The Duel w/ Teddy Edwards (1947) * Daddy Plays the Horn (1955) * Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (1955) 1960s| * The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon (1960) * Doin' Allright (1961) * Dexter Calling... (1961) * Go! (1962) * A Swingin' Affair (1962) * Our Man in Paris (1963) * One Flight Up (1964) * Cheese Cake (1964) * I Want More (1964) * It's You or No One (1964) * King Neptune (1964) * Love for Sale (1964) * Clubhouse (1965) * Gettin' Around (1965) * Setting the Pace w/ Booker Ervin (1965) * The Squirrel: Live at Montmartre (1967) * Take the "A" Train (1967) * A Day in Copenhagen w/ Slide Hampton (1969) * The Tower of Power! (1969) * More Power! (1969) 1970s| * Some Other Spring w/ Karin Krog (1970) * Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux w/ Junior Mance (1970) * The Panther! (1970) * The Chase! w/ Gene Ammons (1970) * The Jumpin' Blues (1970) * Ca'Purange (1972) * Tangerine (1972) * Generation (1972) * All Souls (1972) * The Apartment (1974) * Something Different (1975) * Bouncin' with Dex (1975) * Swiss Nights Vol. 1-3 (1975) * Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (1976) * True Blue w/ Al Cohn (1976) * Silver Blue w/ Al Cohn (1976) * Biting The Apple (1976) * Sophisticated Giant (1977) * Manhattan Symphonie (1978) 1980s| * Gotham City (1980) * American Classic (1982) * Round Midnight (1986) * The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986) * Both Sides of Midnight (1988) Posthumous releases| * Live at Carnegie Hall (1998) * The Rainbow People w/ Benny Bailey (2002) Related articles| * Edward L. Baker, Jr. (grandfather) * Round Midnight (1986 film) * Lars Ulrich * v * t * e Blue Mitchell Years given are for the recording(s), not first release. leader co-leader| * Big 6 (1958) * Get Those Elephants Out'a Here (with Red and Whitey Mitchell, 1958) * Out of the Blue (1959) * Blue Soul (1959) * Blue's Moods (1960) * Smooth as the Wind (1960–61) * A Sure Thing (1962) * The Cup Bearers (1962) * Step Lightly (1963) * The Thing to Do (1964) * Down with It! (1965) * Bring It Home to Me (1966) * Boss Horn (1966) * Heads Up! (1967) * Collision in Black (1968) * Bantu Village (1969) * Blue Mitchell/Soul Village (1971) * Vital Blue (1971) * Blues' Blues (1972) * The Last Tango = Blues (1973) * Graffiti Blues (1973) * Many Shades of Blue (1974) * Stratosonic Nuances (1975) * Funktion Junction (1976) * African Violet (1977) * Mapenzi (1977) * Stablemates (1977) * Summer Soft (1977) With Lou Donaldson| * Quartet/Quintet/Sextet (1952) * The Time Is Right (1959) * Mr. Shing-A-Ling (1967) * Midnight Creeper (1968) * Say It Loud! (1968) * Everything I Play Is Funky (1970) * Pretty Things (1970) With Philly Joe Jones| * Together! (with Elvin Jones, 1961) * Drums Around the World (1959) * Showcase (1959) * Advance! (1978) * Drum Song (1978) With Sam Jones| * The Soul Society (1960) * The Chant (1961) * Down Home (1962) * Something in Common (1974–77) * Changes & Things (1977) With Jimmy McGriff| * The Worm (1968) * Step 1 (1968) * A Thing to Come By (1969) * Electric Funk (1969) With Horace Silver| * Blowin' the Blues Away (1959) * Finger Poppin' (1959) * Horace-Scope (1960) * Doin' the Thing (1961) * The Tokyo Blues (1962) * Silver's Serenade (1963) * Song for My Father (1963–64) With Stanley Turrentine| * A Chip Off the Old Block (1963) * In Memory Of (1964) * Rough 'n' Tumble (1966) * The Spoiler (1966) * A Bluish Bag (1967) * The Return of the Prodigal Son (1967) * The Sugar Man (1971) With others| * Portrait of Cannonball (Cannonball Adderley, 1958) * Back to the Tracks (Tina Brooks, 1960) * Street Singer (Tina Brooks and Jackie McLean, 1960) * My Kind of Jazz (Ray Charles, 1970) * True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) * Silver Blue (with Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon, 1976) * Dolo! (Dolo Coker, 1976) * California Hard (Dolo Coker, 1976) * Junior's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1961) * Filthy! (Papa John Creach, 1972) * Red's Good Groove (Red Garland, 1962) * Green Is Beautiful (Grant Green, 1970) * Soul Mist! (Richard "Groove" Holmes, 1966) * Homecoming! (Elmo Hope, 1961) * Montara (Bobby Hutcherson, 1975) * The Soul Brotherhood (Charles Kynard, 1969) * The Blue Yusef Lateef (Yusef Lateef, 1968) * Rakin' and Scrapin' (Harold Mabern, 1968) * Jazz Blues Fusion (John Mayall, 1971) * Ten Years Are Gone (John Mayall, 1973) * Les McCann Ltd. in New York (Les McCann, 1961) * Can't Hide Love (Carmen McRae, 1976) * Capuchin Swing (Jackie McLean, 1960) * Jackie's Bag (Jackie McLean, 1960) * Hi Voltage (Hank Mobley, 1967) * Captain Buckles (David "Fathead" Newman, 1970) * Opus De Don (Don Patterson, 1968) * Oh Baby! (Big John Patton, 1965) * Breezing (Sonny Red, 1960) * Images (Sonny Red, 1961) * Good Move! (Freddie Roach, 1963) * Takin' Care of Business (Charlie Rouse, 1960) * Open House (Jimmy Smith, 1960) * Plain Talk (Jimmy Smith, 1960) * Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Sonny Stitt, 1962) * Soul Time (Bobby Timmons, 1960) * Steppin' Out! (Harold Vick, 1963) * The Caribbean Suite (Harold Vick, 1966) * Spectrum (Cedar Walton, 1968) * The Electric Boogaloo Song (Cedar Walton, 1969) * Beyond Mobius (Cedar Walton, 1976) * Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1966) *[v]: View this template *[t]: Discuss this template *[e]: Edit this template