Dexter Gordon Denmark 1967

Dexter Gordon concert, Denmark, 1967 July 31
Dexter Gordon: ts
Kenny Drew: p
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen: b
Albert 'Tootie' Heath: dr
1. Dear Old Stockholm
2. Soy Califa
3. The Shadow Of Your Smile
4. Society Red/Watermelon Man
5. For All We Know
6. The Blues Up And Down

[@olebirgerpedersen]

There was a time and they were all there. But now I can only listen to the music and miss them, but most of all I miss my friend Dexter, his wonderful playing, his humor and generossity.

[@joelleeoberstone3155]

Can't tell you how grateful I am that you posted this amazing concert! Dexter Gordon is one of the handful of the very greatest bebop musicians that ever walked this planet. Coltrane seemed to be the tenor that captured the imagination of the ones that followed but, for me, I'll take the exquisite technique, tonal control, harmonic sophistication, and great humor of Dexter's mind-blowing musicianship. Such a disgrace that this master was only secondarily embraced by his USA home after he spent most of his years in Denmark as his home base. Dexter Gordon's genius has never been matched, in my opinion. What an elegant gentleman. Thank you for this beautiful video.

[@jazzerrocker]

I love the way he introduces all the songs in his deep voice. He was such a cool cat.

[@asaelbamekmtz24]

MegaFigueroa007 and he repeats the songs' names

[@clarencegermany591]

A Very Cool Cat !!!

[@onkelmarvin8360]

Danish tv actually made a doc about Dexter Gordon and Ben Webster`s stay in Cooenhagen, and the effect they had on Danish Jazz. It`s called.................you`ve guessed it..............." Cool Cats "..............and it`s great doc............😁

[@CHEKO1111]

00:00 DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM 01:30 SOY CALIFA 09:00 THE SHADOW OF YOUR SMILE 18:10 SOCIETY RED/WATERMELON MAN 31:40 FOR ALL WE KNOW 41:00 THE BLUES UP AND DOWN

[@Chiquinho2008sax]

thanks ....

[@sellobodibe5888]

Dexter Gordon may be gone but his music is still alive and his spirit is all over the place. His music and spirit brings back the joyous sound of the gone by years. The respond fron the crowd is overwhelming with love and appreciation. When you come to think about it, you realise that today the jazz scene is much poor than what it was . The real artists have gone but they left so much music for us to remember as well as to celebrate them.

[@DYNODRUM]

What is so amazing ,was the majority of films on these great Jazz artists were filmed all over Europe ,or anywhere else but here. It's, like Jazz was highly regarded there and they choose to go there with success in the late 50's into 60's.Then, they were shelved for decades until, Internet , U -toob,etc..Priceless ,great and amazing talents. The, 60's mindsets or conspiracy on Jazz may have been somewhat prevalent? We should have honored it much more...

[@Balonious_Crunk]

America sucks and was never great at accepting radical forms of music.

[@fetze]

"Jazz Scene USA" was great but very short-lived.

[@wolfchrt]

Jazz was on its way out in the late 50s and 60s

[@warrenharper5001]

It’s America man!

[@NickHchaos]

It’s still the case. The arts are way more highly valued and funded in Europe.

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

I was there, it was cool! GREAT MUSIC!

[@qwertyuiop32935]

So lucky!

[@brickboo1]

Jan Gunnar Olsen, just an observation. I only see males. Was this a men's club only?

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

@@brickboo1 Not at all! Montmartre Jazz House in CPH was s PURE! Jazz Center! Lot’s of girls also among the listeners👍

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

@@brickboo1 Sry Bob H. The clip Y refer to is not fm Montmartre Jazz House, but fm a High Scool outside Copenhagen. But still of course with girls there.

[@danielsohili9383]

Cool man. So lucky. Riktigt coolt. Hade varit Nice att vara där

[@mikefarmer7238]

Dexter. at his best. Every note sounded fantastic.

[@jerryweinstein8532]

Astonishing recording quality for a live performance of that era.

[@afrojamaica]

I fall in love with dexter gordon's playing a little more, each time I listen

[@gregoryformey724]

i had good fortune of seeing him at grants tomb he had just come back to amerikkka from abroad jazz mobile was such a blessing i coulld grab a blanket and my chilldren and drink red wine and listento him and a other great artist like horace dex mccoy herbie for free

[@visitationaustin6494]

Sonnystitt

[@paxwallacejazz]

Right?

[@paxwallacejazz]

@@visitationaustin6494 actually Dex is more off the cuff Stitt lick fest. Stitt achieved his goal to be able to blow the roof off the joint anytime anywhere but at a price. Dex had a different goal somehow.

[@РафаэлаХендрикс]

Same

[@UncleSaif]

His musical vocabulary is deep....such eloquence !!!!!

[@danstodola3586]

Dexter's Tangerine was the first jazz album I ever purchased, way back when I was in college in the 70s. Been in love with his playing ever since.

[@EloyTrujilloDUILawSF]

Tootie Heath ride cymbal baby! amazing recording, thanks for uploading!

[@peterfernandez5173]

Possibly greatest jazz on film ever

[@JoeSiegfried]

As a sax player myself, i can NEVER hear enough of that gorgeous tenor sound that only Dexter had!

[@paulobianchi2577]

Dexter sounds beatifully!!!

[@anthonyschneider3983]

I should have just studied Dexter Gordon in college

[@bensonidonije6433]

One of the finest soloists on this instrument with phrases that are sweet and evocative. Bensonidonije

[@nosmelc1001]

only 59,543 hits and there are over 300,000,000 Americans alone

[@sergeantpinbacksreturn879]

the Rest listens to mr donald trump,... singing his song with that title : we`re gonna fuck you up,.... just have a closer look at the collusseum in rome,... Murder, Killing, violence, etc,....for ? Entertainment,... !!! the very ugly side of the human race can bee seen in what they call : "entertainment ",..... one can be glad that at least over 59 thousand humanoids have not complelty lost it.

[@vova47]

SERGEANT - Still butthurt after election?......... Apply some ice and listen to great Dexter play ballad for relief.

[@robertevans6065]

I had the privelege of meeting Dexter in Ronnie Scotts many years ago, 1980 something. He was an amiable and sociable campanion for a bit less than an hour. Shortly after that he won an Oscar for the film Round Midnight. He has always been one of my favourites. This download is fantastic. I saw him a few times but many years after. His style changed but his sound became possibly stronger.

[@georgemarchionda7335]

Gordon was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance.

[@juanpadilla3203]

Damn.. dude fingers puttin in WORK on that bass

[@Russianboyz95]

dexter was a superb storyteller. the messages he conveyed through his horn are worth listening to haha

[@greenockcut]

Kenny Drew: another great storyteller.

[@katella12]

Upon request, I've added the title of the first track. It's "Dear Old Stockholm"

[@mistrynp]

imagine seeing this, hopping on a train and catching Hendrix.... man I live in the wrong time

[@babyokes3808]

Same

[@yaumeoton3271]

Maybe not, man... We are lucky to enjoy all of their music in just a click!

[@ulfurfemogfyrre8078]

imagine watching wlythrix and the same mornung catching tlolkfrup at the same place. man l live in the wrong time.

[@BirdBop]

Imagine living in a time where you could see every recorded performance in one place within seconds of each other. Heaven you'd think?

[@MHJazz]

What music lesson you could once get in the summertime at Vallekilde Højskole ! Some of the worlds finest Jazz musicians were teachers !! I doubt if these arrangements still exist !!?? If not - it`s very sad for the younger Danish generations !!

[@DavidHaile_profile]

That's impressive! Plus Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen is in it.

[@jduff59]

Dexter may be the greatest, but he's surrounded by great players here, no doubt. European jazz players don't get credit for their excellence.

[@jduff59]

I heard Niels on some Chet Baker recordings as well - helluva player.

[@ChristianFabris]

Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen is everywhere!!!! :-)

[@JoeMancinik]

Thank you for posting this!

[@gilouseb]

For all we know: magnifique!

[@jerrybauer8108]

Nils-Henning was a national hero of Denmark - I saw his picture hanging in the Copenhagen streetcars

[@patsirianni7984]

Dexter is mellow and sort like a fine aged whiskey

[@williammtucker9001]

These guys are cool like nothing else out there.

[@jduff59]

The Jazz Messengers are some of the only cats in this level of coolness.

[@jensclarberg6419]

Best saxophonist of all time. Fantastic triadic ideas and development.

[@247hdjazz]

and Bird?

[@hannejeppesen1809]

@@247hdjazz Why compare. I love them both, Charlie Parker is unique. Have several his CD's, have several Dexter's CD's and LP's as well. I was born and raised 30 miles south of Copenhagen (close to Koege) and heard Dexter in person several times live in Montmatre.

[@cactusbro1527]

...nothing i could say would add to the greatness of this...

[@alansayscoyh255]

Class above and not seen this before...ta.

[@jacqueshuysman3351]

Alan says COYH I

[@KeisOhtsuka]

Thank you for uploading this precious video. This is Denmark's best Jazz combo in the 1960s. Dexter, Kenny Drew., Niels-Hennigs Orsted Pedersen, and 'Tootie' Health. It is interesting as the film captures his embouchure (lower lip), how much he took in the mouthpiece, jaw movement and his left-hand fingers, which he seemed to place lightly often only covering half of the keys (B, A, G on Tenor). Wonder if anyone has the information about his tenor sax setup (mouthpiece, reed, etc.)?

[@samuelzingg]

dexter played a conn lady face , in the late 60ties he switched to a selmer MK VI, mouthpiece Otto Link 8* with Rico nr 3 reeds.

[@bensonidonije6433]

Great!!!!

[@FortyNineHudson]

Came here for Dexter. Stayed for Niels-Henning. 26:32 WOW!

[@docnelson2008]

One of the the truly great jazz musicians, Dexter was always a joy to listen to. To borrow Miles' famous comment concerning another tenor master, Stan Getz: "Dexter would be cool just reading a newspaper" (in a raspy voice).

[@wolfeatworld]

Great share, my friend‼️ Appreciate this so very, very much‼️ Cheers‼️ Sam :-)

[@robertstefan5767]

dope as hell, wonderfull ,thanx

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

Folks! In 2019! Open yr EARS! to music!!!! I mean, MUSIC! no bullshit!

[@L4184]

Thank you for uploading this wonderful music. I am new to jazz (at 49 !). Where in Denmark was this recorded in 1967? I think this is one of the best things I've seen and heard on KZbin.

[@katella12]

Magleås Hojskole Magleås, DK

[@L4184]

Thank you

[@wsegen]

hey, i like what you said. 49 is a good age to start learning sax. if you travel, the alto fits under the seat. :)

[@leroywilson5979]

Perhaps at Cafe Montmartre in Copenhagen

[@harrytomandl]

nunca es tarde para la buena musica!

[@gprosser11]

Dexter Gordon & Kenny Drew.. Denmark1967

[@AA1969]

Sweet!! I would like to jump in a time machine and go to Copenhagen, 1967!!

[@arealone77]

Add an acid into it

[@anthonyfelker1712]

I saw him in a small club in San Francisco in '82. Wonderful!

[@islamicchronicles5381]

THANK YOU

[@piagine]

I have to admit that I am mostly a rock man, but I like jazz too. Dexter Gordon was in fact my first experience with live jazz. In the Jazz House Montmartre in Copenhagen and almost at the same time as the concert here. It's hard to find a better jazz musician I think and I especially l like his ballads. There are 3 of them here and they are all breathtakingly beautiful. I almost forget that I am a rock man 😊

[@cocotimbo]

There must always be at least an ignorant when you show masterpieces like this!

[@genesisplanet3186]

cocotimbo At this point 22 Ignorants!

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

Good old days for me (and many others) back in the 60's when music was MUSIC! CPH with These Cats, just GREAT! I'm and "old"norwegian (75yrs)

[@hanschook]

Magnifique ! Dexter est un géant et Kenny Drew un très bon pianiste !

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

Dam! How it swings!!! These Cats were so GREAT!!!

[@nosmelc1001]

these Dexter gordon videos and transcriptions on you tube are the greatest

[@PabloVestory]

Thank you so much! The sound quality is extremely good for a 1967 live. Well, such monster players make it easier. Amazing document!!!

[@spumpstein9374]

What an amazing group. Beautiful! Sounds like Dexter is quoting Blue Moon at the outset of his solo on Soy Califa.

[@madjazzmike]

Out of 3'-"DEXTER" is one of "Greatest" -EVER !-when music was under'standable !

[@mottahead6464]

Smooth playing sending out notes that caresses one's ears. Yep, I'm a fan.

[@WMalven]

TAK! Posting this is a gift to all jazz lovers. These old television performances of the greats of jazz are priceless.

[@improcat1]

WMalven . You took the words right out of my mouth. These old jazz videos are some of the very best things on KZbin. Check out the Bill Evans TV studio rehearsal video, a real time capsule. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHnGcqiFi8mrprs

[@gillesmasson4031]

Yes !

[@藤原貴子-u7b]

The Shadow of your smile!　たまらなく大好きです🎵👍💕 とてもElegantな演奏と曲のイメージを素敵に奏でた名曲としてこの映像は、永遠に⤴️🎵願います。ピアノ、ウッドベース、ドラム、サックス🎷素晴らしの一言です。 うっとりしてしまいます。発信者に感謝し、お礼を申し上げます。

[@branmar]

Thanks for posting. Dexter is at his best, and the audio quality is truly exceptional! I wonder if Johnny Mandel would mind if I retitled his song "The Growl of Henning's Bass?"

[@giammysax5042]

mito vero!!

[@patsirianni3025]

Dexter made me love Jazz

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

As I have said before, "those were the days" in CPH early sixties, Montmartre, Dexter with GREAT musicians, like Kenny Drew, Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Alex Riel or Al Heath, GREAT musical times, I was There.

[@samiam7342]

i like dexter more than coltrane, he is much smoother, john was more intense and in your face with the horn.

[@robertlepper5460]

LOL Have you never heard 'Naima'.

[@cocotimbo]

@@robertlepper5460 One of my favorite tune. Trane took a lot from Dexter though... I do love both, but John left us way too soon... RIP both 🙏

[@eliottmorst]

he passed away the year i graduated high school……

[@javierbruna.musica]

❤

[@deede44]

Remember great times in montmatre, Copenhagen.

[@hannejeppesen1809]

Me too, I grew up 30 miles south of Copenhagen, close to Koege, my friend and I would take the bus or train to Copenhagen to go to Montmatre. Later when I lived in Copenhagen I would go as well. Saw Dexter several times, and knew Niels Henning from a boarding school I went to at 16, he father was the head master.

[@damerochelle4014]

Gold. This stuff never gets old. Its good for the soul!

[@walterprince2510]

Los Angles Ca lost a great musical talent .

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

This is a FIRST CLASS example of how Y can sing/dance and swing a song! Youngsters (in 2019) leasten and LEARN!! fm and "old" man 75yrs old

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

I was there Folks (in the early 60's) watching/hearing These Cats, wow! It was so GREAT ! Follow this video, and Y understand why! Enjoy!

[@simonsma4348]

I’m a 91 yr old cat and remember the great players like Dex. He was the greatest!! SM

[@johncole5052]

It's an interesting setting and time of day for their performance; kind of an academic feel to the proceedings. I'll bet this was broadcast on Danish tv.

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

And Folks! Pay attention to the very young danish bass player NHØP allready at that time very,very good!!

[@obus4186]

Im learning this art form, this language, which is about improvisation and phrasing. He seems to have an endless supply of ideas. He creates unique melodic phrases for what seems like every measure.

[@paulobianchi2577]

Thanks for posting

[@sherriekoberevans3935]

Again take a look at his sidemen Neils passed this year It seems like whenever USA artist played in Europe they called him to play bass Agerat gathering Glad the footage is available

[@Lefthandbadass]

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen died 11 years ago. Maybe you're thinking of Hugo Rasmussen, another great Danish bassist who died just a year ago.

[@anthonyschneider3983]

nice bass solo

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

Shit! Watching this Y toube video fm CPH in the 60's brings back so many GREAT musical memories, I was there!

[@skingrowth]

So jealous

[@村上靖子-q6w]

懐かしいBvap の頃。日本家屋でセッションを開いてたんですね。今、デンマークに友達がいるので、知らせましよう。

[@madjazzmike]

4 of the greatest ever [ this music never will die

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

Shit! I still DIG! this after all the years, since the 60's! Dam it's so groovy/swinging/Dancing and Singing MUSIC!

[@raczgreen6053]

This music is incredible....such a groove!🎷🎺🎶

[@leanmchungry4735]

At 3:50 I can see a number 8 stamped on Dexter's mouthpiece, just behind the ligature:)

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

NHØP (Niels Henning Ørsted Pedersen) and Scott LaFaro ! BASSIST's👍💪💪

[@nancyeckroad-haney7309]

You are right. As a teenager, I saw Scotty LaFaro just weeks before his unfortunate accident and death. His bass work was breathtaking. Not until Niels has there been as talented player, with the exception of Eddie Gomez, bassist with Bill Evans.

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

One more time!! Shit it was so Cool/swinging/singing and dancing to The Music(Jazz) in the 1960’s👍

[@marianaortegaescobedo8246]

❤️👌🏻

[@adpalm7318]

ottima musica ma anche ottima regia

[@alandouglas8044]

Brilliant.

[@nyvcr502]

Awesome

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

Dexter was so COOL!!!

[@seankenny941]

I've watched this video many times but did the lady on the right mention The Tears? Wasn't Richard Pegue someone famous like Lou Courtney? Lou someone I'm sure. Those ladies are great. ❤

[@JunkerOnDrums]

I was only 9 years old - and I wan't there. Wish I where there. Thankyou!

[@geokaks1]

Class all by itself! Couldn't help noticing the uncanny resemblance of Dexter to Barack Obama; down to mannerisms. Wow.

[@linusandersson1469]

[@nosmelc1001]

forget Ali, this guy was the greatest

[@charliesilas8518]

.inosmelc1001

[@anthonyfelker1712]

Who's Ali?

[@nosmelc1001]

Muhammed Ali, semi-joking

[@jduff59]

He had as much charisma as Ali (more for me) Dexter Gordon -larger than life! And we haven't even got to the music yet......

[@geoffm.6842]

Does anyone know the names of the players, besides Dex? Without the album covers, etc, I'm lost piano = George Cables. Harold Land??

[@nealgoldstein4578]

Classic, thank you

[@Jaujau933]

Great musicians

[@theWarriorUnknown]

The level of musicianship here is very hard to find now days: wow great stuff!!!

[@jangunnarolsen5946]

Y don't see/hear them nowadays (read 2019)!

[@sherriekoberevans3935]

Why is it that the euroiean market embraced jazz wake uo USA

[@luctienhoven1275]

[@nosmelc1001]

+Sherrie Kober Evans they had good taste.

[@babyokes3808]

I live in the wrong generation. I belong in the 1900s/1800s

[@MrBongoagogo]

Long tall Dexter the tenor player Albert heath.cooking on drums .

[@Sarastro010267]

I was born this year...Dexter will survive all of us...