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Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon

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Marc Myers
Sep 14, 2016
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Tenor saxophone giants Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon recorded together only once—on Oct. 22, 1976, for the Xanadu label. The results of the lengthy New York session were two albums—True Blue and Silver Blue. Cohn was recording regularly for Xanadu at the time and Gordon had only recently returned to the States for good after spending 14 years in Europe. Int…

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