Dexter Gordon

Dexter Gordon
Dexter Gordon
Gebuer	27. Februar 1923; Los Angeles
Gestuerwen	25. Abrëll 1990; Philadelphia
Doudesursaach	Niereversoen
Nationalitéit	USA
Aktivitéit	Komponist, Saxophonist, Jazzmuseker, Discographesche Kënschtler

Den Dexter Gordon, gebuer de 27. Februar 1923 zu Los Angeles a gestuerwen de 25. Abrëll 1990 zu Philadelphia, war en US-amerikaneschen Jazz-Saxophonist. Hien huet virun allem Tenor-Saxophon gespillt a war mat deen éischten, deen am Bebop-Stil op deem Instrument gespillt huet.

Wéinst senger Gréisst - bal 2 Meter - krut hien de Spëtznumm Long Tall Dexter oder Sophisticated Giant. An den 1960er-1970er Joren huet hien an Europa, virun allem zu Paräis an zu Kopenhagen, gelieft.

Hien huet am Film Round Midnight (Warner Bros, 1986) d'Haaptroll gespillt, woufir e fir en Oscar nominéiert gouf an e Grammy fir de beschte Soundtrack krut.

Discographie

Dexter Rides Again (1945)
The Hunt mam Wardell Gray (1947)
The Chase mam Wardell Gray (1947)
The Duel mam Teddy Edwards (1947)
Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)
Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (1955)
The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon] (Riverside, 1960)
Doin' Allright] (1961), Blue Note
Dexter Calling... (1961), Blue Note
Go! (1962), Blue Note
A Swingin' Affair (1962), Blue Note
Our Man in Paris (Paris 1963), Blue Note - mam Bud Powell
One Flight Up] (Paris, 1964) - Blue Note
King Neptune (1964)
Clubhouse (1965)
Gettin' Around (New York, 1965)
The Squirrel: Live at Montmartre (1967)
Take The "A" Train (1967)
Tower of Power (1969) - mam James Moody
More Power (1969)
The Panther! (Prestige, 1970) mam Tommy Flanagan a Alan Dawson. Prestige Records
The Chase!] (Prestige, 1970) - mam Gene Ammons
The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige, 1970) - with Wynton Kelly
Tangerine (1972) mam Freddie Hubbard an aneren - Prestige
Ca'Purange (1972) mam Thad Jones, Hank Jones, Stanley Clarke a Louis Hayes
Generation (1972) mam Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton a. a. - Prestige
All Souls with Eric Ineke a. a. (1972) - Dexterity
Afterhours/The Great Pescara Jam Sessions Vol 1&2 mam Eric Ineke (1973) - Ports Song
The Apartment (1974) - SteepleChase
Something Different (1975), SteepleChase
Bouncin' with Dex (1975), SteepleChase
Swiss Nights Vol.1-3 (1975 Zurich Jazz Fest) SteepleChase
Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (1976)
True Blue mam Al Cohn (1976; Xanadu Records)
Silver Blue mam Al Cohn (1976; Xanadu Records)
Biting The Apple (1976) - SteepleChase
Sophisticated Giant (1977) mat enger 11-Mann Bg-band, dorënner de Woody Shaw, Slide Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson - Columbia Records
Manhattan Symphonie (1978), Columbia Records— mam Rufus Reid - bass, Eddie Gladden - an George Cables * Gotham City (1980), Columbia Records
American Classic [featuring: Grover Washington Jr. and Shirley Scott] (1982) Elektra Entertainment
Round Midnight (Soundtrack, 1986), Columbia Records
The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986) Blue Note Records
Live at Carnegie Hall (1998), Columbia Records –opgeholl 1978
The Rainbow People mam Benny Bailey (2002), Steeplechase Records

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