Daddy Plays the Horn is a 1955 jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon.
Reception
The Billboard review stated that the album was "not too original, but it swings" and mentioned that Gordon played "some top-flight, Lester Young-inspired tenor here, with a more robust sound than that of the master or most of his other disciples"."Review: Daddy Plays the Horn".Billboard: November 24, 1956. The Penguin Guide to Jazz awarded it three out of four stars, saying "Daddy would be worth the purchase for 'Confirmation' and 'Autumn in New York'... Drew and Vinnegar play exceptionally well, and the CD transfer is generally good."Richard Cook and Brian Morton, The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP & Cassette (Penguin, 1992), p. 432.
Track listing "Daddy Plays the Horn" (Gordon) (9:11) "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) (7:50) "Darn That Dream" (Jimmy Van Heusen & Eddie DeLange) (4:21) "Number Four" (Gordon) (4:51) "Autumn in New York" (Vernon Duke) (6:30) "You Can Depend on Me" (Charles Carpenter, Louis Dunlap, & Earl Hines) (8:59)
Personnel Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone Kenny Drew – piano Leroy Vinnegar – bass Lawrence Marable – drums
In popular culture The album is mentioned several times in the novels The Talisman and Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub.
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