Go
by Dexter Gordon

Go by Dexter Gordon
Year: 1962
Overall rank: 2,435th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 141 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1962 (6th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (221st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,435th)

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Go is ranked as the best album by Dexter Gordon.

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Overall rank: 2,435th | 1960s rank: 221st | 1962 rank: 6th

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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 141 votes)
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01/30/2026 23:29 PapaShiz86  Ratings distribution  11,10479/100
 
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12/20/2025 23:38 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  7,79070/100
 
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11/05/2025 12:52 VictorVale  Ratings distribution  3,74581/100
 
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09/24/2025 15:21 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  22,93769/100
 
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05/31/2025 14:01 Elauqsapid  Ratings distribution  2,72064/100

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.6/100, a mean average of 78.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.7.

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75/100
From 10/24/2020 20:20 | #259730
73/100

Best tracks: Cheese Cake, I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry, Second Balcony Jump
Worst track: Three o'clock in the Morning
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From 07/13/2016 20:12 | #171243
Thrilling jazz album. Full of great tunes and performances. A great record.
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70/100
From 07/09/2012 15:47 | #46177
Updating Charlie Parker's innovative alto-style to the tenor, Gordon, aided by a brilliant piano quartet, uses dissonance to great effect. Under Gordon's direction, the tenor has rarely sounded so emphatically alive as it does on 'Go'. This was the album that introduced me to the greatness of the 'Blue Note' label.
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From 12/20/2011 10:48 | #33346
This BS & SL, A Love Supreme, Sketches Of Spain and Out To Lunch are some of the best albums ever! And the best Jazz albums ever!

By "best ever" I mean favourite, not that they are mutually exclusive though ^_^
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From 06/25/2011 18:30 | #23515
I agree. One of the greatest jazz albums of all-time.
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From 06/25/2011 15:55 | #23498
an amazing album
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Best Albums of 1962
1. Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music by Ray Charles
2. Howlin' Wolf by Howlin' Wolf
3. Waltz For Debby by Bill Evans Trio
4. Bob Dylan by Bob Dylan
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6. Go by Dexter Gordon
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9. The Bridge by Sonny Rollins
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15. Takin' Off by Herbie Hancock
16. Peter, Paul And Mary by Peter, Paul And Mary
17. Mosaic by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
18. Coltrane by John Coltrane Quartet
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