Homecoming is a live double LP by jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded at the Village Vanguard in New York City in 1976. The album's title refers to Gordon's return to the United States after a long residency in Europe.

Track listing

LP 1

Side A

“Gingerbread Boy” (Jimmy Heath) - 13:29

“Little Red's Fantasy” (Woody Shaw) - 12:30

Side B

“Fenja” (Dexter Gordon) - 12:34

“In Case You Haven't Heard” (Woody Shaw) - 10:55

LP 2

Side C

“It's You Or No One” (Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn) - 13:46

“Let's Get Down” (Ronnie Mathews) - 13:03

Side D

“Round Midnight” (Hanighen, Williams, Monk) - 13:06

“Backstairs” (Dexter Gordon) - 12:20

+ 2 bonus tracks on the 1990 CD re-issue - from the same 1976 Village Vanguard recording session: “Fried Bananas” (Gordon) - 14:34 ”Body and Soul" (Johnny Green, Frank Eyton, Edward Heyman, Robert Sour) - 13:10

Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard

Personnel

Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone

Woody Shaw - trumpet, flugelhorn

Ronnie Mathews - piano

Stafford James - bass

Louis Hayes - drums

External links

Dexter Gordon album catalog at jazzdisco.org

Homecoming at Discogs.com

Dexter Gordon albums

1977 albums

Albums recorded at the Village Vanguard

Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard