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A1	Blow Mr. Dexter	2:37
A2	Blow Mr. Dexter	2:53
A3	Dexter's Deck	2:52
A4	Dexter's Cuttin' Out	3:05
A5	Dexter's Minor Mad	2:40
A6	Long Tall Dexter	2:42
A7	Long Tall Dexter	3:01
A8	Dexter Rides Again	3:12
B1	I Can't Escape From You	3:07
B2	I Can't Escape From You	3:12
B3	Dexter Digs In	2:49
B4	Dexter Digs In	2:53
B5	Settin' The Pace	5:47
B6	So Easy	2:36
B7	So Easy	2:38
C1	Dexter's Riff	2:56
C2	Dexter's Riff	2:42
C3	Dexter's Mood	2:48
C4	Dextrose	2:44
C5	Index	3:00
C6	Dextivity	2:55
C7	Wee Dot	2:38
C8	Wee Dot	2:37
D1	Lion Roars	2:52
D2	Lion Roars	2:47
D3	After Hours Bop Alto Saxophone – Sonny CrissBass – Red CallenderDrums – Roy PorterGuitar – Barney Kessell*Piano – Hampton HawesTrombone – Trummy YoungTrumpet – Howard McGhee	16:33

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Arista Records, Inc.
• Distributed By – Arista Records, Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Arista Records, Inc.
• Copyright (c) – Arista Records, Inc.
• Mastered At – Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs

Credits

• Art Direction – Bob Heimall*
• Artwork [Cover Art], Photography By [Back Cover] – Benno Friedman
• Baritone Saxophone – Leo Parker (tracks: B5 to C2, C7 to D2)
• Bass – Curley Russell* (tracks: A6 to B4, C7 to D2), Gene Ramey (tracks: A1 to A5), Nelson Boyd (tracks: B5 to C6)
• Design – Nancy Greenberg
• Drums – Art Blakey (tracks: B5 to C2), Art Mardigan (tracks: C3 to C6), Eddie Nicholson (tracks: A1 to A5), Max Roach (tracks: A6 to B4), Shadow Wilson (tracks: C7 to D2)
• Edited By, Transferred By [Transfers] – Jack Towers, Jerry Valburn
• Executive Producer – Steve Backer
• Mastered By – Al Brown
• Photography By [Cover] – Ray Ross*
• Piano – Bud Powell (tracks: A6 to B4), Hank Jones (tracks: C7 to D2), Sadik Hakim (tracks: A1 to A5), Tadd Dameron (tracks: B5 to C6)
• Producer [Original Sessions] – Ralph Bass, Teddy Reig
• Reissue Producer – Bob Porter
• Tenor Saxophone – Dexter Gordon
• Trombone – J.J. Johnson (tracks: C7 to D2)
• Trumpet – Fats Navarro (tracks: C3 to C6), Joe Newman (tracks: C7 to D2), Leonard Hawkins (tracks: A6 to B4)
• Written-By – Dexter Gordon (tracks: A1 to C7, D3), Leo Parker (tracks: D1, D2)

Notes

A1 to A5 Recorded October 30, 1945.
A6 to B4 Recorded January 29, 1946.
B5 to C2 Recorded December 11, 1947.
C3 to C6 Recorded December 22, 1947.
C7 to D2 Recorded December 19, 1947.
D3 Recorded (Around) April 1947.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side A Etched): SJL 2211 A-1 RE Al Brown FW/Ѽ
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Etched): SJL 2211 B-1 RE Al Brown FW/Ѽ
• Matrix / Runout (Side C Etched): SJL 2211 C-1 RE Al Brown FW/Ѽ
• Matrix / Runout (Side D Etched): SJL 2211 D-1 RE Al Brown FW/Ѽ

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
SJL 2211	Dexter Gordon	Long Tall Dexter ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Savoy Records	SJL 2211	US	1976
650117	Dexter Gordon	Long Tall Dexter ‎(CD, Comp, RE)	Vogue, Savoy Jazz	650117	France	1989
ASJL 2211	Dexter Gordon	Long Tall Dexter ‎(2xLP, Comp)	Savoy Records	ASJL 2211	Italy	1976
550 110	Dexter Gordon	Long Tall Dexter ‎(LP, Comp)	Savoy Jazz, Vogue	550 110	France	1989