Our Man in Paris

Our Man in Paris
Studio album by
Dexter Gordon and Bud Powell
ReleasedDecember 1963 (1963-12)[1]
RecordedMay 23, 1963
StudioCBS Studios, Paris
GenreJazz
Length38:05
50:03 (reissue)
LabelBlue Note
BLP 4146
ProducerFrancis Wolff
Dexter Gordon chronology
Go!
(1962) 		Our Man in Paris
(1963) 		A Swingin' Affair
(1964)
Bud Powell chronology
Bouncing with Bud
(1962) 		Our Man in Paris
(1963) 		Bud Powell in Paris
(1964)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
All About Jazz[2]
Allmusic [3]
The Guardian[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz[5]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[6]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]

Our Man in Paris is a 1963 jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon. The album's title refers to where the recording was made, Gordon (who had moved to Copenhagen a year earlier) teaming up with fellow expatriates Bud Powell and Kenny Clarke, both Parisian residents, and native Parisian Pierre Michelot. Powell, Clarke and Michelot, under the name The Three Bosses, had played together often in Paris since Powell moved there in 1959.

The album was remastered by Rudy Van Gelder in 2003 and released as part of Blue Note's RVG Edition series.

  1. ^ Billboard Dec 28, 1963
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  6. ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 87. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.