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 East which was extremely well received internationally and earned him the nickname "the Ambassador of Jazz". During this time, he also continued to lead a big band that performed throughout the United States and featured musicians including Pee Wee Moore and others. This band recorded a live album at the 1957 Newport jazz festival that featured Mary Lou Williams as a guest artist on piano. In the late 1940s, Gillespie was also involved in the movement called Afro-Cuban music, bringing Afro-Latin American music and elements to greater prominence in jazz and even pop music, particularly salsa. Afro-Cuban jazz is based