Setting the Pace

Setting the Pace
Studio album by
Booker Ervin with Dexter Gordon
ReleasedDecember 1966[1]
RecordedOctober 27, 1965
Munich, West Germany
GenreJazz
Length41:36
LabelPrestige
PR 7455
ProducerDon Schlitten
Booker Ervin chronology
The Trance
(1965) 		Setting the Pace
(1966) 		Heavy!!!
(1966)
Dexter Gordon chronology
Gettin' Around
(1966) 		Setting the Pace
(1966) 		Stella by Starlight
(1965)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[3]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[4]

Setting the Pace is an album by saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Booker Ervin recorded in Munich in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.[5]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Although Gordon is in good form, Ervin (who sometimes takes the music outside) wins honors".[2]

Track listing

  1. "Setting the Pace" (Dexter Gordon) – 19:09
  2. "Dexter's Deck" (Dexter Gordon) – 22:47
  3. "The Trance" (Booker Ervin) – 19:37
  4. "Speak Low" (Weil-Nash) – 15:06

Tracks 3 and 4 were added to the 1992 digital remaster of "Setting The Pace"; originally released on "The Trance"

Personnel

Recorded in Munich, Germany. October 27, 1965. Digital remastering, 1992 by Phil De Lancie

References

  1. ^ Billboard December 17, 1966
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 21, 2013
  3. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  4. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 450. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. ^ Dexter Gordon discography accessed March 21, 2013