On this edition I pay tribute to tenor giant Dexter Gordon on what would have been his 97th Birthday and I look back at his extraordinary career from his early days with Billy Eckstine's Orchestra, his first recordings for the Savoy Label, his international breakthrough with his ground-breaking Blue Note albums, his 14 year stint in Europe and his successful return to the States until his passing in April 1990.
TALES FROM THE FAR SIDE is live on air on CRC102.9fm and on www.crcfm.ie every Thursday 8-9 pm with a repeat on Saturday 9-10 pm. And there is a podcast of the show available on the web site all through the week. The show has established itself over the years with a small but devoted listenership (even beyond Jazz-fans) and since the introduction on internet the listenership extended nationally and internationally.