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DEXTERGORDON.COM - The Official Dexter Gordon Website
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Born in L.A., Gordon joined Lionel Hampton's band in 1940 when he was 17, and recorded with the vibraphonist in 1942 before leaving Hampton in 1943.
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Jazz Artist Biography - Dexter Gordon@ jazzreview.comThe only musician ever nominated for an Oscar was, "Dexter 'LTD' Gordon (Long Tall Dexter)," for his role in the most praised jazz film of all time, Bertrand Tavernier's, "Round Midnight"; titled for Theolonius Monk's signature composition.
http://www.jazzreview.com/articledetails.cfm?ID=143Jazzscript.co.uk - DEXTER GORDON : LIFELINE
Born in Los Angeles in a middle-class family (his father was once doctor to Duke Ellington), Dexter Gordon starts to play the clarinet aged seven and transfers to the saxophone eight years later.
http://www.jazzscript.co.uk/life/gordonlife.htmDexter Gordon > Biography at MyStrands
Los Angeles-born Dexter Gordon, the premier tenor player of the bop era, began his career with Lionel Hampton and the legendary Billy Eckstine band in the 1940s.
http://www.mystrands.com/artist/936/biographyThe History of Jazz Music. Dexter Gordon: biography, disco...
Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923) adapted Charlie Parker's alto style to the tenor saxophone on Long Tall Dexter (january 1946), Rides Again (1945) and The Chase (june 1947), mostly based on his own themes. He was not shy to employ dissonance.
http://www.scaruffi.com/jazz/gordon.htmlDexter Gordon Biography : Oldies.com
27 February 1923, Los Angeles, California, USA, d. 25 April 1990, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Gordon began his musical career studying clarinet; by his mid-teens he had switched to tenor saxophone, on which instrument he played with Lionel Hampton in 1940.
http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Dexter-Gordon.htmlFamous Songs
Dexter Gordon on RhapsodyLike Paul Desmond, Gordon quoted different songs -- as well as bits of other artists' solos -- at strategic spots during both his frenzied swingers and devastating ballads.
http://www.rhapsody.com/dextergordonDexter Gordon – Music at Last.fm
Dexter (Keith) Gordon (February 27, 1923 - April 25, 1990) was an American tenor saxophone musician. He is considered one of the first bebop tenor players. From 1940 to 1980, he played with such jazz greats as Lionel Hampton, Tadd Dameron, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong and Billy Eckstine.
http://www.last.fm/music/Dexter+GordonTuneTribe.com | Browse | Blue Note | Dexter Gordon
The top tenor saxophonist of the bop era and an accomplished jammer, Dexter Gordon’s sax battles with Wardell Gray and Teddy Edwards were legendary.
http://www.tunetribe.com/Artist?artist_id=16015MUSICMATCH Guide: Dexter Gordon
Just when he was regaining his former popularity, in 1962 Gordon moved to Europe where he would stay until 1976. While on the continent, he was in peak form and Gordon's many SteepleChase recordings rank with the finest work of his career.
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Dexter Gordon Discography at CD UniversePersonnel: Dexter Gordon (tenor saxophone); Sonny Clarke (piano); Butch Warren (bass); Billy Higgins (drums). Recorded at the Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey on August 29, 1962. Includes liner notes by Barbara Long.
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/artist/Gordon,+Dexter/a/De...Dexter Gordon Catalog
Gordon, Dexter (Keith) (b Los Angeles, February 27, 1923; d Philadelphia, PA, April 25, 1990) tenor saxophonist.
http://www.jazzdisco.org/dex/cat/a/Albums by Dexter Gordon - Rate Your Music
Dexter Gordon would be mostly noted for his individual BeBop sound in the 50's. He had a creative and inventive approach to his playing, and he played with a bluesy tinge as well with certain swing elements.
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Video Dexter Gordon - dexter, gordon, Kenny, Drew, concert...& Kenny Drew & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen Copenhagen 1971
http://www.dailymotion.com/alternativa/video/xm7v4_dexter-gordonDexter Gordon - Filmography - Movies - New York Times
One of the great jazz tenor sax players, Dexter Gordon is best remembered by filmgoers for playing fictional sax player Dale Turner in Bertrand Tavernier's 'Round Midnight (1986).
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/filmography.html?p_id=92097Dexter Gordon movies on VHS and DVD online at Movies Unlim...
rama set in 1950s France, where a friendship develops between an aging black American jazz musician (Dexter Gordon) and a young Parisian artist (Francois Cluzet). Co-written and directed by French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, the movie also stars Lonette McKee, Gabrielle Haker and Herbie Hancock.
http://www.moviesunlimited.com/musite/findresults_actor.asp?search=D...The Dexter Gordon Quartet (VHS)
Dexter Gordon is warming up as this Jazz at the Maintenance Shop gig opens, still cutting an imposing presence as he ponders his saxophone. 'It's You or No One' features a commanding Gordon solo, followed by a hair-raising ride by pianist George Cables.
http://www.activemusician.com/item--HL.00320201Awards and Accomplishments
allmusic ((( Dexter Gordon > Charts & Awards > Billboard A...Gordon recorded with Dizzy Gillespie ("Blue 'N' Boogie") and as a leader for Savoy before returning to Los Angeles in the summer of 1946.
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=DEXTER\%7CGORDON...Past Winners Database
(nominations January 5, 1987; awarded January 31, 1987)
http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1986/1986gg.htm100 Greatest Jazz Ballads
These jazz ballads were chosen based on influence, originality, impact, dedication, beauty, and if it became a multiple-recorded standard by different jazz artists.
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Dexter Gordon - Jazz Visions Photo/GraphicsDexter Gordon
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Dexter Gordon and Congressman John Conyers, Jr. at a Howard University tribute to Dexter, 1986
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Dexter Gordon (Books, films, and a small biography on Dext...When ever and wherever Dexter Gordon appeared it was an event, a celebration of life by the music that coursed through his tenor saxophone which sometimes looked (but never sounded) like a toy in the hands of the handsome, 6'5" man whose frame were symbolic of his stature as an artist.
http://www.falkoner.net/~jes/dexter/index.shtmlDexter Gordon: The Hard Bop Homepage
Dexter Gordon--there is a name to conjure with. Veteran listeners will certainly remember him but younger fans probably will not although he was intermittently active during the '50s.
http://hardbop.tripod.com/dex.htmlDexter Gordon 1962_1
I was never really away from jazz—not a final, absolute separation. It’s just that there were so many other things that put great demands on my time that I wasn’t able to function jazz–wise as much as I would have liked—or should have been doing.
http://www.jazzprofessional.com/interviews/Dexter\%20Gordon_1962_1.htmDexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon was, quite literally, one of the giants of jazz - he stood 6'6" tall. He is considered by many to be the first tenor sax player to adapt Lester Young's style to the bebop style.
http://ilovejazz.tripod.com/jazz/dextergordon.htmlNews and Interviews
Down Beat MagazineWhen Dexter Gordon won the 1971 Down Beat Critics Poll, the honor could hardly be considered premature.
http://www.downbeat.com/default.asp?sect=stories&subsect=story_detai...Dexter Gordon News
News about Dexter Gordon continually updated from thousands of sources around the net
http://www.topix.net/who/dexter-gordonSpeeches and Quotes
Dexter Gordon QuotesA lot of times I go back to record and to make a tour, but I'm very happy to do it, because it gives me an opportunity to dig and hear what's going on.
http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/d/dexter_gordon.htmlDexter Gordon quotes
“In nuclear war all men are cremated equal”
http://thinkexist.com/quotes/dexter_gordon/Myths and Controversies
nthposition online magazine: Dexter GordonDexter Gordon said that the best thing that ever happened to him was getting busted for possession of heroin - he spent three years in San Quentin, where he dried out and played saxophone every day.
http://www.nthposition.com/dextergordon.phpBiography for Dexter Gordon (I)
Dexter Gordon was considered one of the greatest jazz saxophonists ever, During his heyday, namely `45-`80, he played tenor sax with many of the all-time jazz greats, including Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Billy Eckstine and many others. In the 60s, he left his vices behind and created some wonderful music.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0330143/bioRound Midnight
A major jazz innovator and star before his 23rd birthday, Dexter Gordon was also a junkie. For this he went to jail, where he appeared in a scene in the 1955 prison film, Unchained.
http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/SoundtrackForACentury/ie/track/1733...Dexter Gordon: The Complete Prestige Recordings
Like many of his peers, Gordon struggled with drug abuse and, indeed, spent much of the '50s incarcerated.
http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=15854The My Hero Project - Dexter Gordon
The only musician ever nominated for an Oscar was Dexter 'LTD' Gordon (Long Tall Dexter) for his role in Bertrand Tavernier's "Round Midnight."
http://myhero.com/myhero/hero.asp?hero=DexterGordonCriticism, Commentary, and Interpretations
Review: Dexter Gordon - Manhattan Symphonie @ Blogcritics....In 1976, following a fourteen year exile from the United States, legendary jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon returned to Manhattan.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/09/19/120303.phpDexter Gordon: Jazz Moods: 'Round Midnight - PopMatters Mu...
The late Dexter Gordon was one of the momentous jazz instrumentalists. A decent happy hour this, for the many people without the time or resources to explore the many, many hours of music this physical and musical giant recorded.
http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/g/gordondexter-jazzmoods2005...Rolling Stone : Dexter Gordon: Biting The Apple : Music Re...
Having Dexter Gordon back home, where he has been able to blow his tenor sax prolifically on tour and in the recording studio, has raised the level of be-bop-derived discourse substantially.
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Dexter Gordon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaGordon was a virtuoso particularly famous for his titanic saxophone duels with fellow tenorman Wardell Gray, which were a popular live attraction that also produced several albums between 1947 and 1952.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_GordonDexter Gordon at the Blue Neon Alley
". . . In this modern jazz, they heard something rebel and nameless that spoke for them, and their lives knew a gospel for the first time. It was more than a music; it became an attitude toward life, a way of walking, a language and a costume; and these introverted kids... now felt somewhere at last."
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Check out Dexter Gordon's movie page to watch trailers, see photos, find out about upcoming film projects and more!
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Dexter Gordon's stature as a pivotal jazz musician more than mirrored his 6 foot 5 inch frame. He was in the forefront of the 1940s swing era and was the first to play the new sounds of Bebop on the tenor saxophone.
http://www.jazztranscriptions.com/dexterbio.htmlDexter Gordon - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs,...
A great deal of interest was suddenly shown in the living legend with long lines of people waiting at clubs in order to see him. Gordon was signed to Columbia and remained a popular figure until his gradually worsening health made him semi-active by the early '80s.
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Powell's Books - Dexter Gordon: A Musical Biography (Da Ca...Discography: p. [171]-204. Includes bibliographical references (p. [169]-170) and indexes.
http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=0306803615Dexter Gordon: Early Years & Daddy Plays the Horn
Dexter Gordon’s career spanned the period from the birth of bebop through the golden period of American jazz in the 1950s and 1960s, a period of European exile in the 1970s and a triumphant return to the States in ’76, leading to a period of renewed interest in his playing that lasted until his death in 1990.
http://www.jazzitude.com/dexter_gordon01.htmDexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon began to play clarinet at the age of 13 and studied music with Lloyd Reese, during which time he played in a rehearsal band with other pupils of Reese, including Charles Mingus and Buddy Collette.
http://afgen.com/dexter_gordon.htmlDexter Gordon - Dexter Gordon - Jazz Saxophone Solos (Saxo...
The excitement of a musical career spanning over 30 years is captured here in the 22 solos composed by Gordon and transcribed directly off his recordings.
http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/book.asp?ppn=bkhl853780African American Registry: Saxophonist, Dexter Gordon exem...
From Los Angeles, Calif. Dexter Keith Gordon played the clarinet and alto saxophone as a teenager, but the improvising of Lester Young inspired him to play the tenor saxophone exclusively.
http://www.aaregistry.com/african_american_history/83/Saxophonist_De...
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