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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...
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  • Go! is a studio album by jazz musician Dexter Gordon featuring Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins, recorded on August 27, 1962 and released in...
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  • Bertrand Tavernier and written by Tavernier and David Rayfiel. It stars Dexter Gordon, with a soundtrack by Herbie Hancock. The title comes from Thelonious...
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    and Japan. The series features programs about Chet Baker, Kenny Drew, Dexter Gordon, Johnny Griffin, Bobby Hutcherson, Carmen McRae, Palle Mikkelborg, James...
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    composer-performers, are alto sax player Charlie Parker; tenor sax players Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, and James Moody; clarinet player Buddy DeFranco; trumpeters...
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  • The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon is an album by American saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1960 and released on the Jazzland label. AllMusic critic...
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    three times as many songs. He played on notable recording sessions with Dexter Gordon, Gene Ammons, John Klemmer, Ike Cole, Bunky Green, The Dells, Bobby...
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  • Swingin' with Bud and Strictly Powell. Paris Jam Session (Fontana, 1959) Dexter Rides Again (Savoy, 1946 session only) Our Man in Paris (Blue Note, 1963)...
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    influential players include Coleman Hawkins, Lester Young, Ben Webster, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter...
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    influence on the modern jazz saxophonists Al Cohn, Stan Getz, Zoot Sims, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Charlie Parker, and Art Pepper...
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  • jazz album of performances from 1947 by a nonet featuring saxophonists Dexter Gordon and Wardell Gray. The title song is referenced in the book On the Road...
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  • by Blue Note Records. The album features veteran tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, trumpeter Freddie Hubbard, bassist Butch Warren and drummer Billy Higgins...
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    hard bop record, and featured improvisations by Freddie Hubbard and Dexter Gordon. A single reached the Top 100 of the pop chart. Cuban percussionist...
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    2022-07-17. Dexter Gordon - Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic, retrieved 2022-07-16 "Dexter Gordon Albums and...
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  • Dexter Calling... is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded in 1961 and released on the Blue Note label in 1962. "Soul Sister", "I...
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  • Dexter Gordon. "Dexter's Riff" – 2:43 "Settin' the Pace, Parts 1 & 2" – 5:52 "So Easy" – 3:38 "Long Tall Dexter" – 3:00 "Dexter Rides Again" (Dexter Gordon...
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  • Our Man in Paris (category Dexter Gordon albums)
    is a 1963 jazz album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon. The album's title refers to where the recording was made, Gordon (who had moved to Copenhagen a year...
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    Foster continued to play and record acoustic jazz with Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, McCoy Tyner, Horace Silver, and other band leaders. Foster played on...
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  • Phillips and directed by Keith Gordon. In the episode, which takes place several months after the second-season finale, Dexter Morgan (Michael C. Hall) mistakenly...
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  • Dexter Blows Hot and Cool is a 1955 album by jazz musician Dexter Gordon. The Billboard Reviewer noted that Gordon appeared "somewhat mellowed, making...
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  • Clifford D. Simak, American journalist and author (b. 1904) 1990 – Dexter Gordon, American saxophonist, composer, and actor (b. 1923) 1992 – Yutaka Ozaki...
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  • drummer Tony Williams, vocalist Bobby McFerrin, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, bassist Pierre Michelot, drummer Billy Higgins, guitarist John McLaughlin...
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  • Billboard charts in September 1944, with a peak position of number 18. The Dexter Gordon composition "Fried Bananas" is based on the chord progression of "It...
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  • unsympathetic neuro-chemist lecturer Bradley Whitford as Dr. Tyler Dexter Gordon as Rolando Vin Diesel (uncredited) as Orderly On September 15, 1989...
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  • Tangerine is an album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon which was recorded in 1972 and released on the Prestige label. Lindsay Planer of Allmusic states, "It...
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    Manhattan. In 1945–46 Powell recorded with Frank Socolow, Sarah Vaughan, Dexter Gordon, J. J. Johnson, Sonny Stitt, Fats Navarro, and Kenny Clarke. Powell...
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    Days (Fresh Sound, 1990) With Dexter Gordon New Trends of Jazz Volume 3 (Savoy, 1952) Long Tall Dexter (Savoy, 1976) Dexter Rides Again (Savoy, 1985) With...
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  • album by Harold Mabern featuring the above song Misty (Dexter Gordon album), an album by Dexter Gordon featuring the above song Misty, a 1975 album by American...
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    grandfather was persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon was Ulrich's godfather, and he is a childhood friend of musician Neneh...
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  • One Flight Up (category Dexter Gordon albums)
    One Flight Up is an album by American jazz saxophonist Dexter Gordon recorded on June 2, 1964 in Paris and released on Blue Note the following year. The...
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