Dexter Gordon

Biography

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. He stayed with Hampton for a little over two years, recording with the band and gaining in stature so that no less an artist than Coleman Hawkins could nominate him, in 1941, as one of his favourite tenor players. Gordon then worked with... Read more

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Dexter Gordon

Biography

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Tags jazz saxophone bebop hard bop tenor sax

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Genres

Classical Drama Movies Easy Listening Jazz Jazz Music Videos & Concerts Pop / Rock Television

Tags

jazz

saxophone

bebop

hard bop

tenor sax

Links

allmusic bbc music page biography discogs image imdb musik-sammler.de official homepage rateyourmusic.com viaf wikidata wikipedia