Setting the Pace

Studio album by Booker Ervin with Dexter Gordon

Released

1965

Recorded

October 27, 1965
Munich, West Germany

Genre

Jazz

Length

41:36

Label

Prestige
PR 7455

Producer

Don Schlitten

Booker Ervin chronology

The Trance
(1965)

Setting the Pace
(1965)

Heavy!!!
(1966)

Dexter Gordon chronology

Ladybird
(1965)

Setting the Pace
(1965)

Stella by Starlight
(1965)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[2]

Setting the Pace is an album by saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Booker Ervin recorded in Munich in 1965 and released on the Prestige label.^[3]

Reception

The Allmusic review stated "Although Gordon is in good form, Ervin (who sometimes takes the music outside) wins honors".^[1]

Track listing

"Setting the Pace" (Booker Ervin) - 19:09
"Dexter's Deck" (Dexter Gordon) - 22:47

Personnel

Booker Ervin, Dexter Gordon - tenor saxophone
Jaki Byard - piano
Reggie Workman - bass
Alan Dawson - drums

References

1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed March 21, 2013
↑ Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 72. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
↑ Dexter Gordon discography accessed March 21, 2013

Booker Ervin

Studio albums

The Book Cooks (1960)
Cookin' (1960)
That's It! (1961)
Exultation! (1963)
Gumbo! (1963) [with Pony Poindexter]
The Freedom Book (1963)
The Song Book (1964)
The Blues Book (1964)
The Space Book (1964)
Groovin' High (1965)
The Trance (1965)
Setting the Pace (1965) [with Dexter Gordon]
Heavy!!! (1966)
Structurally Sound (1966)
Booker 'n' Brass (1967)
The In Between (1968)
Tex Book Tenor (1968)
Back from the Gig (1976)

Dexter Gordon

1940s	Dexter Rides Again (1945) The Hunt w/ Wardell Gray (1947) The Chase w/ Wardell Gray (1947) The Duel w/ Teddy Edwards (1947)

1950s	Daddy Plays the Horn (1955) Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (1955)

1960s	The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon (1960) Doin' Allright (1961) Dexter Calling... (1961) Go! (1962) A Swingin' Affair (1962) Our Man in Paris (1963) One Flight Up (1964) King Neptune (1964) Clubhouse (1965) Gettin' Around (1965) Setting the Pace w/ Booker Ervin (1965) The Squirrel: Live at Montmartre (1967) Take the "A" Train (1967) A Day in Copenhagen w/ Slide Hampton (1969) The Tower of Power! (1969) More Power! (1969)

1970s	Some Other Spring w/ Karin Krog (1970) Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux w/ Junior Mance (1970) The Panther! (1970) The Chase! w/ Gene Ammons (1970) The Jumpin' Blues (1970) Ca'Purange (1972) Tangerine (1972) Generation (1972) All Souls (1972) The Apartment (1974) Something Different (1975) Bouncin' with Dex (1975) Swiss Nights Vol. 1-3 (1975) Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (1976) True Blue w/ Al Cohn (1976) Silver Blue w/ Al Cohn (1976) Biting The Apple (1976) Sophisticated Giant (1977) Manhattan Symphonie (1978)

1980s	Gotham City (1980) American Classic (1982) Round Midnight (1986) The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986)

1990s and 2000s	Live at Carnegie Hall (1998) The Rainbow People w/ Benny Bailey (2002)

Related articles	Edward L. Baker, Jr. (grandfather) Round Midnight (1986 film)

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