Dexter Gordon Quartet
Bent Gordonsen
Live at the Club Caloo
Kalundborg, Denmark
February 22, 1969

(Recorded in Mono)


Here's my tribute to our friend in Norway, Carl-Berhard Kjelstrup jr. a.k.a. "Red"/"Cakjels".


*OBS! Extra! Interview by Carl-Bernhard with Dexter Gordon on "Disc 2, track 5", done July 15, 1969, at Dexter's home "Valby Danhave" in Copenhagen.

Recordings, remastering, interview and layout by Carl-Bernhard Kjelstrup jr.
Photos by Arne Kr. Svendsen and Carl-Bernhard Kjelstrup jr.


*** R.I.P. - Carl-Bernhard passed away Feb. 2, 2008 ***



Personnel:
Dexter Gordon (ts)
Niels Brøndsted (p)
Bo Stief (b)
Simon Koppel (d)


Disc 1
1. The Rainbow People 11:26
2. The Blues Up And Down 13:30
3. The Shadow Of Your Smile 8:43
4. Hot House 10:48
5. Rhythm-A-Ning 10:24
6. Straight, No Chaser 9:37

Disc 2
1. Fried Bananas 13:18
2. In A Sentimental Mood 9:01
3. Misty 9:17
4. 2nd Balcony Jump 8:36
5. Interview with Dexter Gordon* 18:11



Private live recording > CDR > Adobe Audition 3.0 > Flac >

Goody 2008-12-15: dBpowerAMP (WAV) > CEP (Pitch Bender +43 cents) > TLH (FLAC, ffp)

*Incl. scans

*Transferred by peterw©

Enjoy!


Carl-Bernhard's original comments:

OK, folks, I think I promised y'all some more Dexter.
I recorded the concert part of the torrent live at the Club Caloo, Kalunborg, Denmark
February 22, 1969, with the consent of Dexter. I had arranged to meet Dexter at
the railway station in Copenhagen to accompany him to Kalundborg.As this was
just a few says before Dexter's birtday, I had brought a bottle of Gordon's gin,
that was mostly consumed during the concert. The funny thing about this show is
that it was in two parts. First, at eight p. m. Dexter played a concert in the
club, which resided in the ballroom of a local hotel, but the second part, from
ten and onwards, was a dance to the Dexter Gordon Quartet! People were bebopping
all over the place. The interview part was done at Dexter's residence in Valby
Danhave in Copenhagen, July 15, 1969. I was sixteen at the time, and my
admiration for my interview object is very obvious in my stuttering English. I
thought I had lost the tapes, but after many years I found them in the estate of
an old friend of mine, a drummer who died all too early ten years ago.

History: Tandberg mono reel-to-reel tape recorder, transferred to my hard disc
and prepared with Flac Frontend. The order is as it was recorded. Enjoy



Goody's comments:

I haven't changed anything other than correcting the speed/pitch of this recording of Red's. The sound is admittedly less than stellar, but it's very listenable. I did nothing to try and tame some distortion, which I don't believe would do any good after it's been committed to tape. Nor did I use any EQ or noise reduction. But the playing is what counts, and there's plenty of Dexter's gorgeous tone to carry this special recording.

Fortunately, an added bonus of getting the music back to the correct speed at which it was originally played is the benefit of being able to hear Dexter in his interview with Red in his normal and proper voice, and not as 'draggy' sounding as had been presented previously, resulting from the slower playback issues.

Thanks to all involved in getting the music out and keeping it alive, including the staff at Dime. A special thanks goes out to our good friend, Peter, who's been helping to keep more of Red's archives in circulation. Where there's a need for fixin' 'em, I'll do my best in the future to take care of seeing to it. This project will be ongoing, (albeit somewhat sporadic...)

Thanks also to my brother, twat, who suggested that I fix this one in the first place to honor Red, when it came online. I finally got around to it. Glad I did!