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Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early bebop musicians. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant".
27. Nov. 2018 · Purchase. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. The late saxophonist Dexter Gordon is the subject of a new biography written by his wife Maxine Gordon. Dexter Gordon was a bebop prodigy in the...
12. Okt. 2018 · Maxine Gordon chronicles the life and career of her late husband, Dexter Gordon, in Sophisticated Giant. By Eugene Holley Jr. |. Oct 12, 2018. Tweet. Comments. Standing at...
Jazz historian, long time jazz advocate, executive, archivist, author of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, and Gordon’s widow and biographer — Maxine Gordon prepares for the publication of her next book, entitled "Quartette: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians - Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton ...
20. Apr. 2020 · Gordon's great strides starting in 1976 had a great deal to do with the acumen and determination of Maxine Gordon, who worked with Gordon in Europe and became his wife in 1983. She is the author of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon .
Dexter Gordon wird als der erste bedeutende Hard-Bop -Saxophonist gesehen. Nach Unterricht bei Lloyd Reese begann seine Karriere 1940 in der Band von Lionel Hampton, in der er bis 1942 blieb. Nach kurzen Auftritten zusammen mit dem Fletcher Henderson Orchestra und Louis Armstrong zog er 1944 nach New York und spielte dort in der Big Band von ...
3. Feb. 2023 · Gordon, a lifelong jazz fan and wife of Dexter Gordon, the late tenor saxophone great, spent decades working in the music business, mostly as a road and tour manager for jazz musicians. In 2018, she completed a book her husband had begun about his life, “Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon.”
