Fried Bananas - Dexter Gordon - Alto Sax Version in Eb (+Backing Track)

What's included:

• (Pdf) Alto Sax Version in Eb (Transcribed from Tenor Sax)
• (Mp3) Backing Track

Fried Bananas is a Dexter Gordon original first recorded on April 10, 1969 for the album More Power! (Prestige Records). This energetic hard-bop tune is based on the harmony of It Could Happen to You and features Dexter Gordon and James Moody on tenor saxes, Barry Harris on piano, Buster Williams on bass, and Albert ‘Tootie’ Heath on drums.

A few months later, on June 22, 1969, Gordon recorded another version in Hilversum, Netherlands, with Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, and Albert Heath again on drums. This European session, later released as Fried Bananas (Prestige / SteepleChase), captures a more relaxed swing and lyrical phrasing — a hallmark of Gordon’s late-1960s sound.