A Swingin' Affair

A Swingin' Affair
Studio album by Dexter Gordon
Released	Early October 1964[1]
Recorded	August 29, 1962 Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs
Genre	Jazz
Length	38:27
Label	Blue Note BST 84133
Producer	Alfred Lion
Dexter Gordon chronology
Go! (1962) A Swingin' Affair (1962) Our Man in Paris (1963)

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The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	[2]

A Swingin' Affair is a 1962 jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded two days after his best-known album Go!, and with the same line-up.

Track listing

1. "Soy Califa" (Gordon) – 6:27
2. "Don't Explain" (Herzog Jr., Holiday) – 6:06
3. "You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Brown, Kahn) – 6:34
4. "The Backbone" (Butch Warren) – 6:48
5. "Until the Real Thing Comes Along" (Cahn, Chaplin, L.E. Freeman, Mann Holiner, Alberta Nichols) – 6:49
6. "McSplivens" (Gordon) – 5:43

Personnel

• Dexter Gordon – tenor saxophone
• Sonny Clark – piano
• Butch Warren – bass
• Billy Higgins – drums

References

1. Billboard Oct 17, 1964
2. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 87. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.