
Dexter Gordon ~ Similar Artists
Hank Mobley
- 100% match to Dexter Gordon
Henry Mobley, 7 July 1930, Eastman, Georgia, USA, d. 30 May 1986, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Tenor saxophonist Mobley began his professional career with an R&B band in 1950. The following year, he was attracting the attention of such important beboppers as Max Roach...
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Joe Henderson
- 62% match to Dexter Gordon
Art Pepper
- 59% match to Dexter Gordon
1 September 1925, Gardena, Los Angeles, California, USA, d. 15 June 1982, Panorama City, California, USA. Pepper started out on clarinet at the age of nine, switching to alto saxophone four years later. After appearing in school groups, he first played professionally with Gus...
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Jackie McLean
- 54% match to Dexter Gordon
John Lenwood McLean, 17 May 1932, New York City, New York, USA, d. 31 March 2006, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (some sources cite 1931 as his year of birth). Coming as he did from a musical background (McLean's father played guitar with the Tiny Bradshaw band), Jackie was...
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