Dexter Gordon
Den Dexter Gordon, gebuer de 27. Februar 1923 zu Los Angeles a gestuerwen de 25. Abrëll 1990 zu Philadelphia, war en US-amerikaneschen Jazz-Saxophonist. Hien huet virun allem Tenor-Saxophon gespillt a war mat deen éischten, deen am Bebop-Stil op deem Instrument gespillt huet.

Wéinst senger Gréisst - bal 2 Meter - krut hien de Spëtznumm Long Tall Dexter oder Sophisticated Giant. An den 1960er-1970er Joren huet hien an Europa, virun allem zu Paräis an zu Kopenhagen, gelieft.

Hien huet am Film Round Midnight (Warner Bros, 1986) d'Haaptroll gespillt, woufir e fir en Oscar nominéiert gouf an e Grammy fir de beschte Soundtrack krut.

Discographie
 Dexter Rides Again (1945)
 The Hunt mam Wardell Gray (1947)
 The Chase mam Wardell Gray (1947)
 The Duel mam Teddy Edwards (1947)
 Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)
 Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (1955)
 The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon] (Riverside, 1960)
 Doin' Allright] (1961), Blue Note
 Dexter Calling... (1961), Blue Note
 Go! (1962), Blue Note
 A Swingin' Affair (1962), Blue Note
 Our Man in Paris (Paris 1963), Blue Note - mam Bud Powell
 One Flight Up] (Paris, 1964) - Blue Note
 King Neptune (1964)
 Clubhouse (1965)
 Gettin' Around (New York, 1965)
 The Squirrel: Live at Montmartre (1967)
 Take The "A" Train (1967)
 Tower of Power (1969) - mam James Moody
 More Power (1969)
 The Panther! (Prestige, 1970) mam Tommy Flanagan a Alan Dawson. Prestige Records
 The Chase!] (Prestige, 1970) - mam Gene Ammons
 The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige, 1970) - with Wynton Kelly
 Tangerine (1972) mam Freddie Hubbard an aneren - Prestige
 Ca'Purange (1972) mam Thad Jones, Hank Jones, Stanley Clarke a Louis Hayes
 Generation (1972) mam Freddie Hubbard, Cedar Walton a. a. - Prestige
 All Souls with Eric Ineke a. a. (1972) - Dexterity
 Afterhours/The Great Pescara Jam Sessions Vol 1&2 mam Eric Ineke (1973) - Ports Song
 The Apartment (1974) - SteepleChase
 Something Different (1975), SteepleChase
 Bouncin' with Dex (1975), SteepleChase
 Swiss Nights Vol.1-3 (1975 Zurich Jazz Fest) SteepleChase
 Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard (1976)
 True Blue mam Al Cohn (1976; Xanadu Records)
 Silver Blue mam Al Cohn (1976; Xanadu Records)
 Biting The Apple (1976) - SteepleChase
 Sophisticated Giant (1977) mat enger 11-Mann Bg-band, dorënner de Woody Shaw, Slide Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson - Columbia Records
 Manhattan Symphonie (1978), Columbia Records— mam Rufus Reid - bass, Eddie Gladden - an George Cables * Gotham City (1980), Columbia Records
 American Classic [featuring: Grover Washington Jr. and Shirley Scott] (1982) Elektra Entertainment
 Round Midnight (Soundtrack, 1986), Columbia Records
 The Other Side of Round Midnight (1986) Blue Note Records
 Live at Carnegie Hall (1998), Columbia Records –opgeholl 1978
 The Rainbow People mam Benny Bailey (2002), Steeplechase Records

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Sophisticated Giant: The Dexter Gordon Discography

Gebuer 1923
Gestuerwen 1990
Jazzmuseker
US-amerikanesch Saxophonisten
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