Jazz
United States
Dexter Gordon
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![Listen to Dexter Calling (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] by Dexter Gordon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music6/v4/50/16/08/501608ea-3575-b19e-dca8-bd827e8e7a39/00724359242057.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Dexter Calling (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] by Dexter Gordon")
![Listen to Doin' Allright (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] by Dexter Gordon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music/v4/b1/c6/43/b1c643bb-74d7-c98b-ac58-936735ec15c7/00724359650357.jpg/1380x1380bb.webp "Listen to Doin' Allright (The Rudy Van Gelder Edition) [Remastered] by Dexter Gordon")
About Dexter Gordon
Hometown
Los Angeles, CA, United States
Born
February 27, 1923
Genre
Jazz
As one of the great tenors to emerge from Los Angeles' Central Avenue scene of the 1940s, Dexter Gordon led a colorful and eventful, sometimes tragic life that included three triumphant comebacks in a four-plus-decade career. Gordon was the top tenor saxophonist during the bop era and possessed his own distinctive sound. His years as a leader, especially on Blue Note with albums like 1962's Go!, were enough to make him a legend. Following an extended period living in Europe, he returned to the states, garnering more acclaim for albums like 1979's Sophisticated Giant. As a beloved member of the bebop generation, his story inspired French director Bertrand Tavernier to tell a portion of it in the 1986 drama Round Midnight in which Gordon starred, earning a Best Actor Oscar nomination. He also won a Grammy for The Other Side of Round Midnight, his final album released five years before his death in 1999.
Dexter Gordon has also released music as a member of Dexter Gordon and His Boys, Dexter Gordon Quintet, and Dexter Gordon Quartet.
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