Percy Brice

Dexter Gordon: LTD: Live At the Left Bank

by C. Michael Bailey
August 1, 2001

Long Tall Dexter in Baltimore, circa 1969.The most telling thing about this disc is a political one. Inside the liner notes, in small print, are the words. “Special Thanks to Joel Dorn." Indeed, special thanks. Dorn has based his new company, Label M, on about 300 performances he negotiated away from Baltimore's Left Bank Jazz Society that constitute his Live at the Left Bank series. It's likely that this all resulted from a quid pro quo between Dorn ...