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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    style, featuring solos by trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and saxophonist Dexter Gordon. A single release reached the Top 100 of the Billboard pop charts. Afro-Cuban...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • drummer Tony Williams, vocalist Bobby McFerrin, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon, bassist Pierre Michelot, drummer Billy Higgins, guitarist John McLaughlin...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • A Swingin' Affair is a 1962 album by saxophonist Dexter Gordon, recorded two days after Go! with the same line-up, but not released for two years. The...
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  • and later Dexter Gordon. Performances from this period include "Blowin' the Blues Away," featuring a saxophone duel between Ammons and Gordon. After 1947...
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