Biting the Apple

Biting the Apple
Studio album by
Released1977
RecordedNovember 9, 1976
StudioCI Recording Studios, NYC
GenreJazz
Length56:15 CD with bonus tracks
LabelSteepleChase SCS 1080
ProducerNils Winther
Dexter Gordon chronology
Silver Blue
(1976)
Biting the Apple
(1977)
Homecoming
(1976)

Biting the Apple is an album led by saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1976 and released on the Danish SteepleChase label.[1][2] The album was released in the U.S. in collaboration with Inner City Records. The album's title refers to Gordon's return to New York City for a 1976 performance after living abroad for many years.[3][4]

  1. ^ Dexter Gordon discography, accessed March 24, 2015
  2. ^ SteepleChase Records discography, accessed March 24, 2015
  3. ^ Levesque, Roger (September 30, 1990). "Dexter Gordon Delivers Treasure Trove from Across the Atlantic". Edmonton Journal. p. 28.
  4. ^ Allan, William (December 11, 1977). "Jazz is back...big...on Records". The Pittsburgh Press.