The Day We Discovered Dexter Gordon’s ‘One Flight Up’
We were driving alongside Lake Michigan in Wisconsin on a beautiful summer evening. The windows were down and the sunroof open, as a warm breeze cycled through the car. Our friend pulled Dexter Gordon’s One Flight Up from his backpack and casually popped it into the CD player. The seemingly simple and sweet, yet swinging 18-minute first track, Tanya, gripped us from its first note. We drove in silence, grooving and totally entranced by the amazing deep sound. What a great, great find and a wonderful memory!














