Stable Mable
1975 studio album by Dexter Gordon Quartet
Stable Mable Released 1975 Recorded March 10, 1975 Studio Rosenberg Studio (Copenhagen, Denmark) Genre Jazz Length 71 :11 CD with bonus tracks Label SteepleChase SCS 1040 Producer Nils Winther
Stable Mable is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1975 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[ 1] [ 2]
Reception
In his review for AllMusic , Scott Yanow said "Dexter Gordon is in frequently exuberant form on this quartet session ...the veteran tenor sounds quite inspired throughout the joyous outing".[ 3]
Track listing
"Just Friends " (John Klenner , Sam M. Lewis ) - 7:59
"Misty " (Johnny Burke , Erroll Garner ) - 8:18
"Red Cross" (Charlie Parker ) - 7:51
"So What " (Miles Davis ) - 8:23
"In a Sentimental Mood " (Duke Ellington , Manny Kurtz , Irving Mills ) - 6:54
"Stablemates" (Benny Golson ) - 9:56
"Just Friends" [Alternate Take] (Klenner, Lewis) - 8:09 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Misty" [Alternate Take] (Burke, Garner) - 7:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Red Cross" [Alternate Take] (Parker) - 6:12 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
References
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
Albums as leader WithStanley Turrentine With others
Gene Ammons in Sweden (1973)
One Foot in the Gutter (Dave Bailey , 1960)
Gettin' Into Somethin' (Dave Bailey, 1960)
Motoring Along (Al Cohn & Zoot Sims , 1974)
Tough Tenor Favorites (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis & Johnny Griffin , 1962)
Goin' to the Meeting (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1962)
Jaw's Blues (Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, 1981)
The Time Is Right (Lou Donaldson , 1959)
Sunny Side Up (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
Midnight Sun (Lou Donaldson, 1960)
The Jazzpar Prize (Pierre Dørge , 1991)
That's It! (Booker Ervin , 1961)
Exultation! (Booker Ervin, 1963)
The House That Love Built (Frank Foster , 1982)
Doin' Allright (Dexter Gordon , 1961)
Stable Mable (Dexter Gordon , 1975)
Jazz with a Twist (Slide Hampton , 1961)
Explosion! The Sound of Slide Hampton (1962)
Weary Blues (Langston Hughes , Charles Mingus & Leonard Feather , 1958)
Gifts & Messages (Roland Kirk , 1964)
I Talk with the Spirits (Roland Kirk, 1964)
Slightly Latin (Roland Kirk, 1965)
A Modern Jazz Symposium of Music and Poetry (Charles Mingus , 1957)
Blues & Roots (Charles Mingus, 1959)
Mingus Ah Um (Charles Mingus, 1959)
I'll Close My Eyes (Doug Raney , 1982)
Meeting the Tenors (Doug Raney, 1983)
Splashes (Archie Shepp, 1987)
Bird's Grass (Idrees Sulieman , 1976)
Groovin' (Idrees Sulieman, 1985)