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Dexter Gordon ( Los Angeles, 27 februari 1923 – Philadelphia, 25 april 1990) was een Amerikaans tenorsaxofonist. Hij wordt beschouwd als een van de eerste bebop tenorsaxofonisten. Op een uit 1948 daterende foto, genomen tijdens een optreden in The Royal Roost, staat hij afgebeeld terwijl hij een sigaret rookt.
The extraordinary life of Dexter Gordon is the subject of two fine biographies, one written in 1989 by British journalist Stan Britt, and the other--just published, by Gordon's manager and widow, Maxine. In this month's book review, Thomas Cunniffe compares the two books, noting what each author chooses to highlight and omit.
As the title The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon (1960) suggests, the tenor sax master resurfaced from his chronic bouts of addiction in an attempt to revive his on-again/off-again recording career. Truth be told, Gordon was actually on parole from Chino State Penitentiary and co-starring in a local Los Angeles production of The Connection -- a play ironically enough about the victims of heroin ...
25. Apr. 1990 · February 27, 1923 - April 25, 1990. Born in Los Angeles, California on February 27, 1923, Dexter Gordon began his career through collaborations with some of the most influential names in jazz including Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, and Dizzy Gillespie. Through his trend setting work in the 1940s ...
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Hard bop is an extension of bebop. The term “hard bop,” which emerged in the 1950s, was used to describe the new take on jazz that incorporated elements of rhythm and blues, gospel, and blues. Hard bop is generally recognized to have originated with the Jazz Messengers, a quartet led by pianist Horace Silver and drummer Art Blakey. Many saw hard bop as a response to cool jazz and West ...
27. Feb. 2023 · Er hatte einen riesigen Ton: voll, rund, präsent. Und mit 1,96 Meter war er tatsächlich ein Riese: der Saxophonist Dexter Gordon. Sein Sound war einzigartig, und sein Gesicht wurde durch seine ...
