White Lightning Posted October 9, 2003 Report Posted October 9, 2003 Well, I can't think of a recording with the two of them. If so, how could that be? Both boppers, in the same period of time, Miles was with Bird in LA. Maybe they at least jammed together? Quote
brownie Posted October 9, 2003 Report Posted October 9, 2003 Barak, the Jan Lohmann 'The Sound of Miles Davis' discography does not list any Miles-Dexter recorded get-together. Our loss... Quote
John Delaney Posted October 9, 2003 Report Posted October 9, 2003 'Long Tall Dexter', the discography by Thorbjorn Sjogren comes to the same conclusion. John Delaney Quote
Michael Fitzgerald Posted October 10, 2003 Report Posted October 10, 2003 Miles has several things to say about Gordon in the autobiography. Unquestionably they played together, but none were recorded it seems. Mike Quote
brownie Posted October 10, 2003 Report Posted October 10, 2003 (edited) In the Ken Vail book 'Miles' Diary, the Life of Miles Davis' there is a photo taken in October 1945 at the Sportlite Club in New York showing Miles and Dexter with Charlie Parker, Leonard Gaskin and Stan Levey. Dexter played with the Charlie Parker group for a couple of weeks at the time. Sir Charles Thompson was the pianist. The book also mentions a Jazz at the Philharmonic tour in April-May 1948 which featured the Charlie Parker group (Miles, Duke Jordan, Tommy Potter and Max Roach) and Sarah Vaughan (with the George Treadwell group) plus Dexter Gordon and Flip Philips. Several appearances are mentioned but there is no indication of Miles and Dexter playing together on stage. Edited October 10, 2003 by brownie Quote
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