Dexter Gordon - Backstairs (1979, The Hague)

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  • Recorded in 1979 at Carrousel Zaal, The Hague, The Netherlands
    Taken from the album North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts - Dexter Gordon
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    Line-up:
    Dexter Gordon (Tenor saxophone)
    Kirk Lightsey (Piano)
    Rufus Reid (Bass)
    Eddie Gladden (Drums)
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  • @raymondkarlsson9794
    @raymondkarlsson9794 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Eddie Gladden was a unique master drummer. He didn't get the recognition that many other drummers got but through the work with Larry Young, James Moody, Horace Silver and Dexter it is very obvious. I use to think of him as a heavyweight Billy Higgins.

    • @mossmonaco9061
      @mossmonaco9061 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ronniecohen5668 . . . Billy had a switch for a deep basement groove.

    • @drumz47
      @drumz47 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ohh I knew and listened to EG when I was a youngster. EG really lets the swing elastic like a rubber band .

    • @normanlove3919
      @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      A true great and master!! This band swings harder than most! They lit fires on these tunes!!! Shiiit

    • @normanlove3919
      @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@drumz47My God makes it swing like going to another planet. Inspired stuff,!!! Gems!! These cats kept Dex young ..what a trio

  • @normanlove3919
    @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Jazz played this way is the most beautiful thing in the universe!!!Praises the creator and all ...ecpression..

  • @tunefultonyjohnson4100
    @tunefultonyjohnson4100 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Eddie Gladden is world class!

    • @tonytothe8544
      @tonytothe8544 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      preach! awesome playing.

    • @palamambron
      @palamambron 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He is a spiritual adept at the drums.

  • @bickerstaffe1
    @bickerstaffe1 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Kirk, Eddie and Rufus... dynamite accompanists!!!

  • @charlesfarran1717
    @charlesfarran1717 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Outstanding Drummer. One of the best drum solos I have ever heard.

  • @woutermijnders2688
    @woutermijnders2688 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    heard this concert live .... still can't breath normally....;--)) Dex was drunk as hell, concert started to late but.... heaven showed up !!

    • @normanlove3919
      @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      This is Priceless....

  • @bradg4562
    @bradg4562 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Man Eddie swings HARD!

  • @RogerBiwandu
    @RogerBiwandu 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Eddie Gladden is KILLING IT !!!! :o
    What a drive, good Lord....

    • @normanlove3919
      @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Cats!! Unbelievable

  • @drummermikeclark
    @drummermikeclark 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was sitting w Harvey Mason in the Keystone SF and he was soloing and we both were like...DAMN he is soooooo great!!!!

    • @normanlove3919
      @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My God!! Absolutely beyond description

  • @olebirgerpedersen
    @olebirgerpedersen ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks to all the peoble that made it possible for us left behind still to hear Dexter, who is so missed on the jazzscene to day. I miss him very much.

  • @kentbyron7608
    @kentbyron7608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Eddie swings incredibly hard, I love his playing. He’s pure flow! A thing I’ve never heard from any other drummer is that this guy feathers his bass drum on half notes rather than quarter notes, quite a lot. If you listen with headphones it’s interesting how he integrates the half note bass drum feathering with dropping bombs with the bass drum bebop style.

  • @alisoncarpenter232
    @alisoncarpenter232 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The drummer is amazing...as is the whole band. Why haven't I heard of Eddie Gladden before?

  • @danieldavid9645
    @danieldavid9645 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It don' get no better den dis, baby!

  • @georgebrown4315
    @georgebrown4315 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is such terrific footage. Totally killer performances from all !

    • @SteveCournane
      @SteveCournane 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Totally agree. Even just listening on my phone for the first time. Just burning. The piano solo!

    • @normanlove3919
      @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      One of the greatest!

  • @najponkjazz9111
    @najponkjazz9111 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Kirk Lightsey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @raymondkarlsson9794
    @raymondkarlsson9794 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I saw Eddie a couple of times live with Dexter in 1980 and '81. The first time was at a club and then at a festival. Before that I had heard him with Horace Silver on the radio from a festival. Fat and groovy in the band and sensational in his solos. One of my absolute heroes (as a drummer myself). God bless him!

    • @rhythmfield
      @rhythmfield 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah Ray same here - I was 18-19 when I went to the Village Vanguard several times and caught Eddie with Dexter there. I almost couldn’t believe how much it was grooving & swinging. Even though I’m 57, I want to be Eddie Gladden when I grow up!

  • @redsal09
    @redsal09 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Eddie Gladden? Webster Jr. High Newark NJ Grad 1953. Played the snare in the school orchestra. We didn't have a full set on=f drums.

  • @theodorepullins3124
    @theodorepullins3124 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    SALUTE TO THESE GREAT 👍🏽 🎶 🎼 🎵

  • @paulobianchi2577
    @paulobianchi2577 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for posting!! Masterpiece!!!

    • @normanlove3919
      @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Absolute!! Priceless Gem!

  • @normanlove3919
    @normanlove3919 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These vats of course are all extreme heavies... Kirk playing the serious fire,! Inspired! Great !

  • @tonytothe8544
    @tonytothe8544 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    dex was freaking awesome. unique phrasing and sound. Really an all-time great!

    • @sambrinson6153
      @sambrinson6153 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Right on. I know of no musician whom I could compare as having such a Cool personality and masterful playing style as had the mighty Dexter Gordon. Miles Davis fitted also in this category, as did Lester Young and Oscar Peterson. Add to this, the great Benny Goodman and the impecable composer-arranger Fletcher Henderson.

  • @raymondkarlsson9794
    @raymondkarlsson9794 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Blues on my shoes... This band could really (and I mean Really) swing the shit out of things!

  • @hshlom
    @hshlom 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Kirk Lightsey on piano! The good die young. Also love that split screen camera work!

  • @dagostinoification
    @dagostinoification 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Magnifical musicians... Great !.

  • @theodorepullins3124
    @theodorepullins3124 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    THANKS 🙏 FOR POSTING.

  • @normanlove3919
    @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Precious it is!!! A treasuure

  • @ethanlander4252
    @ethanlander4252 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good god… this kicks ass

  • @pegrueneis
    @pegrueneis 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wow !!!!!

  • @normanlove3919
    @normanlove3919 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Shiiiit. That drum solo!!! Turbo!!!!

  • @palamambron
    @palamambron 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    This concert series was just awesome. I saw the Buddy Rich concert in this series on youtube as well. It was a fantastic performance, too. 1979 was a good year for Jazz in The Hague.

  • @joshuamarks1129
    @joshuamarks1129 ปีที่แล้ว

    ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @jamesmusic110757
    @jamesmusic110757 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Telepathic playing!

  • @jhenoj12
    @jhenoj12 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    (The man from Glad)EDDIE GLADDEN ALL WAYS BRINGS THE FIRE.

  • @raymondkarlsson9794
    @raymondkarlsson9794 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    My Lord Eddie Gladden!

    • @tunefultonyjohnson4100
      @tunefultonyjohnson4100 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Eddie Gladden is one of those most proficient drummers who plays with technical efficiency but also with real verve and spirit, like equally Carl Burnett; or perhaps the early work of Billy Cobham ......those are the drummers whom I really admire...

  • @andyniklaus5695
    @andyniklaus5695 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh Yeah

  • @marselmusic
    @marselmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    nicely grey sideburns..
    now that's how i wanna age!

  • @nightchairrecords8655
    @nightchairrecords8655 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Who was Tootie playing with at the time?

  • @phillstitt3819
    @phillstitt3819 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    K !!

  • @Laight4work
    @Laight4work 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    that aint easy

  • @ghairraigh
    @ghairraigh 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's really interesting to see Dexter's North American group in Europe, rather than his European band.

    • @ghairraigh
      @ghairraigh 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @alterdestiny Absolutely loved both bands. Wish I'd had a chance to see the European quartet, but I was lucky to see Dex's American group often at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago 1976-1986, first with George Cables and later Kirk Lightsey. I only experienced the European group on the wonderful SteepleChase records, which I treasure and believe are far better than the Blue Note stuff.
      Fans were lined up down the block and they had to clear the house after each set at the Jazz Showcase to get everyone in to see Dex with this group from 1976-86. I waited a good four years to hear Dex the first time there in '76, and never missed a chance after...It was a powerhouse.
      To bring your own band on the road was a luxury enjoyed by the very few. The first Artist I paid to see was Kenny Burrell in around 1972 at The London House, and he already had the success necessary to bring his group with Richard Wyands and Major Holley. The first few times I heard Milt Jackson in the 70s, after the demise of the MJQ, he appeared with the house band (local rhythm section) at the Jazz Showcase. Soon, he was able to bring fine groups with the likes of Cedar Walton and Monty Alexander on the road. Yusef Lateef he had his own band with him, as did Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, George Benson, Carmen, Sarah, Ahmad Jamal, Jimmy Smith and a very short list of top musicians I heard often back then as they passed through Chicago twice a year. Sonny Stitt (the Lone Wolf) and so many deserving others never did have their own bands. Dexter achieved the double blessing of having two great road bands for his European and American appearances.
      I treasure and miss that experience.

  • @eliottmorst
    @eliottmorst ปีที่แล้ว

    dex made a way for these cats to BURN

  • @paulobianchi2577
    @paulobianchi2577 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for posting!! Masterpiece!!!