Dexter Gordon
Birthday
1923/02/27
Day of death
1990/04/25 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Los Angeles, California, USA
Also know as
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor (Round Midnight, Warner Bros, 1986). He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone. His studio and live performance career were both extensive and multifaceted, spanning over 50 years in recorde...Read more
Acting
Dexter Gordon at Jazzhus Montmartre in '69
as Tenor Saxophone
(1990) Awakenings
as Rolando
(1986) Round Midnight
as Dale Turner
(1996) Dexter Gordon: More Than You Know
as Himself
(1986) Before Midnight
as Self (archive footage)
(2015) Cool Cats
as Self (archive footage)
(1963) Stop for Bud
as Narrator (voice)
(2007) Jazz Icons: Dexter Gordon Live in '63 and '64
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Dexter Gordon-Jazz At Highschool
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