These Joe Gordon sessions from 1954 show how the young trumpeter from Boston left his mark on jazz history as one of hard-bops most innovative and outstanding soloists. All these recordings were made in New York in 1954 and represent Gordons introduction into the jazz scene as a leader of his own group and also as a featured soloist with the Art Blakey Quintet. Before his tragic early death in 1963, Joe Gordon managed to inspire and amaze all those who heard.