Joe Gordon (musician) Gordon. He recorded as a bandleader for two sessions, and appeared on one recording with Thelonious Monk. He died in a house fire on November 4, 1963. With Art Blakey With Donald Byrd With Dizzy Gillespie With Barney Kessel With Harold Land With Shelly Manne With Thelonious Monk With Herb Pomeroy With Horace Silver With Jimmy Woods With Various Artists Joe Gordon (musician) Joseph Henry Gordon (May 15, 1928, in Boston, Massachusetts – November 4, 1963, in Santa Monica, California) was an American jazz trumpeter. His first professional gigs were in Boston in 1947; he played with Georgie Auld, Charlie
Dizzy Gillespie time in Calloway's band, Gillespie started writing big band music for Woody Herman and Jimmy Dorsey. He then freelanced with a few bands, most notably Ella Fitzgerald's orchestra, composed of members of the Chick Webb's band. Gillespie did not serve in World War II. At his Selective Service interview, he told the local board, "in this stage of my life here in the United States whose foot has been in my ass?" He was classified 4-F. In 1943, he joined the Earl Hines band. Composer Gunther Schuller said, Gillespie said of the Hines band, "[p]eople talk about the Hines band