GORDON, DEXTER - A Swingin' Affair (Sealed) (LP)

Swingin'" is the key word for this great 1962 recording session with the marvelous Dexter Gordon's tenor saxophone, leading an all-star quartet including Sonny Clark - piano - Butch Warren - bass - and Billy Higgins - drums. The album opens with the infectious, Afro-Cuban groove of "Soy Califa", featuring the unique Billie Higgins beat, and develops through some Hi-Class renditions of romantic standards such as "Don't Explain" and "You Stepped out of a Dream", plus the dynamic Latin rhythm of Butch Warren's "Backbon