- jazz
- 46 min
- 6 tracks
- Columbia Records
Sophisticated Giant is a jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded in 1977 by an eleven-piece band playing tunes arranged by trombone player Slide Hampton. The album marked Gordon's return to the United States after a long residency in Europe.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
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Tracks
- 1Laura7:42
- 2The Moontrane6:39
- 3Red Top8:54
- 4Fried Bananas7:56
- 5You're Blasé9:53
- 6How Insensitive4:55
6 tracks, 46 minutes.
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- Artist
- Dexter Gordon
- Label
- Columbia Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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