Dexter Gordon
Dexter Keith Gordon
1 album · 1980s · LP · appears on 5 albums
Born: February 27, 1923 // Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: April 26, 1990 // Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Tenor saxophonist during the bebop era. Gordon was inspired by Lester Young, as well as Herschel Evans and Illinois Jacquet, tenor players of the 1930s and 1940s.
Member of
- The George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band
- Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra
- Lionel Hampton And His Orchestra
- Billy Eckstine And His Orchestra
- Tadd Dameron And His Orchestra
- Dizzy Gillespie Sextet
- Dexter Gordon And His Boys
- Dexter Gordon Quintet
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