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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>As a leader</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-As_a_leader-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-As_sideman" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#As_sideman"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>As sideman</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-As_sideman-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86" title="ديكستر غوردون – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ديكستر غوردون" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekster_Qordon" title="Dekster Qordon – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dekster Qordon" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%82%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86" title="دکستر قوردون – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="دکستر قوردون" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A1%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%9F%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%A8" title="ডেক্সটার গর্ডন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ডেক্সটার গর্ডন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86" title="دکستر گوردون – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دکستر گوردون" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%B1%EC%8A%A4%ED%84%B0_%EA%B3%A0%EB%93%A0" title="덱스터 고든 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="덱스터 고든" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%A5%D6%84%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80_%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B6" title="Դեքստեր Գորդոն – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Դեքստեր Գորդոն" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%A8_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9F" title="דקסטר גורדון – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דקסטר גורדון" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86" title="ديكستر جوردون – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ديكستر جوردون" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3" title="デクスター・ゴードン – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="デクスター・ゴードン" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD,_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Гордон, Декстер – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Гордон, Декстер" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="Декстер Гордон – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Декстер Гордон" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexter_Gordon" title="Dexter Gordon – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Dexter Gordon" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li 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font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Dexter Gordon</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Dexter_Gordon1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Gordon in concert in Toronto on August 19, 1978"><img alt="Gordon in concert in Toronto on August 19, 1978" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Dexter_Gordon1.jpg/220px-Dexter_Gordon1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="334" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Dexter_Gordon1.jpg/330px-Dexter_Gordon1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Dexter_Gordon1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="339" data-file-height="515" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Gordon in concert in <a href="/wiki/Toronto" title="Toronto">Toronto</a> on August 19, 1978</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Dexter Keith Gordon</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Also known as</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Long Tall Dexter</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1923-02-27</span>)</span>February 27, 1923<br /><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">April 25, 1990<span style="display:none">(1990-04-25)</span> (aged 67)<br /><a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, Pennsylvania, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">Jazz</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swing_music" title="Swing music">swing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hard_bop" title="Hard bop">hard bop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Musician, composer, bandleader</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Instrument(s)</th><td class="infobox-data note">Tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1940–1986</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Labels</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a>, <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Records" title="Savoy Records">Savoy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://DexterGordon.com">dextergordon<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Musical artist</div> <p><b>Dexter Gordon</b> (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American <a href="/wiki/Jazz" title="Jazz">jazz</a> tenor saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. He was among the most influential early <a href="/wiki/Bebop" title="Bebop">bebop</a> musicians. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant". His studio and performance career spanned more than 40 years. </p><p>Gordon's sound was commonly characterized as being "large" and spacious and he had a tendency to play behind the beat. He inserted musical quotes into his solos, with sources as diverse as "<a href="/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You" title="Happy Birthday to You">Happy Birthday</a>" and well-known melodies from the operas of <a href="/wiki/Richard_Wagner" title="Richard Wagner">Wagner</a>. Quoting from various musical sources is not unusual in jazz improvisation, but Gordon did it frequently enough to make it a hallmark of his style. One of his major influences was <a href="/wiki/Lester_Young" title="Lester Young">Lester Young</a>. Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on <a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Rollins" title="Sonny Rollins">Sonny Rollins</a>. Rollins and Coltrane then influenced Gordon's playing as he explored <a href="/wiki/Hard_bop" title="Hard bop">hard bop</a> and modal playing during the 1960s. </p><p>Gordon had a genial and humorous stage presence. He was an advocate of playing to communicate with the audience,<sup id="cite_ref-tomkinsineterview_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tomkinsineterview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which was his musical approach as well. One of his idiosyncratic rituals was to recite lyrics from each ballad before playing it.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A photograph by <a href="/wiki/Herman_Leonard" title="Herman Leonard">Herman Leonard</a> of Gordon taking a smoke break at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Roost" title="Royal Roost">Royal Roost</a> in 1948 is one of the iconic images in jazz photography.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Cigarettes were a recurring theme on covers of Gordon's albums. </p><p>Gordon was nominated for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Academy Award</a> for <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Best Actor in a Leading Role</a> for his performance in the <a href="/wiki/Bertrand_Tavernier" title="Bertrand Tavernier">Bertrand Tavernier</a> film <i><a href="/wiki/Round_Midnight_(film)" title="Round Midnight (film)">Round Midnight</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner Bros">Warner Bros</a>, 1986), and he won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist, for the soundtrack album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Round_Midnight" title="The Other Side of Round Midnight">The Other Side of Round Midnight</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note Records</a>, 1986). He also had a cameo role in the 1990 film <i><a href="/wiki/Awakenings" title="Awakenings">Awakenings</a></i>. In 2018, Gordon's album <a href="/wiki/Go_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Go (Dexter Gordon album)"><i>Go</i></a> (Blue Note, 1962) was selected by the <a href="/wiki/Library_of_Congress" title="Library of Congress">Library of Congress</a> for preservation in the <a href="/wiki/National_Recording_Registry" title="National Recording Registry">National Recording Registry</a> for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_life">Early life</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dexter Keith Gordon was born on February 27, 1923, in <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His father, Frank Gordon, one of the first African-American medical doctors in Los Angeles, arrived in 1918 after graduating from <a href="/wiki/Howard_University" title="Howard University">Howard University</a> Medical School in <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> Among his patients were <a href="/wiki/Duke_Ellington" title="Duke Ellington">Duke Ellington</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a>. Dexter's mother, Gwendolyn Baker, was the daughter of Captain <a href="/wiki/Edward_Lee_Baker,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Edward Lee Baker, Jr.">Edward Lee Baker, Jr.</a> one of the five African-American <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> recipients in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DexGor1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DexGor1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gordon began his study of music with the <a href="/wiki/Clarinet" title="Clarinet">clarinet</a> at the age of 13, then switched to the <a href="/wiki/Alto_saxophone" title="Alto saxophone">alto saxophone</a> at 15, and finally to the <a href="/wiki/Tenor_saxophone" title="Tenor saxophone">tenor saxophone</a> at 17.<sup id="cite_ref-DexGor1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DexGor1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He studied with <a href="/wiki/Multi-instrumentalist" title="Multi-instrumentalist">multi-instrumentalist</a> Lloyd Reese while attending <a href="/wiki/Jefferson_High_School_(Los_Angeles)" title="Jefferson High School (Los Angeles)">Thomas Jefferson High School</a>, and studied with the school’s band director, Sam Browne.<sup id="cite_ref-DGRD_list_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DGRD_list-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While still at school, he played in bands with such contemporaries as <a href="/wiki/Chico_Hamilton" title="Chico Hamilton">Chico Hamilton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buddy_Collette" title="Buddy Collette">Buddy Collette</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Between December 1940 and 1943, Gordon was a member of <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a>'s band,<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> playing in a saxophone section alongside <a href="/wiki/Illinois_Jacquet" title="Illinois Jacquet">Illinois Jacquet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marshal_Royal" title="Marshal Royal">Marshal Royal</a>. During 1944, Gordon was featured in the <a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Henderson" title="Fletcher Henderson">Fletcher Henderson</a> band, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a> band, before joining <a href="/wiki/Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/1942%E2%80%9344_musicians%27_strike" class="mw-redirect" title="1942–44 musicians' strike">1942–44 musicians' strike</a> curtailed the recording of the Hampton, Henderson, and Armstrong bands; however, they were recorded on <a href="/wiki/V-Discs" class="mw-redirect" title="V-Discs">V-Discs</a> produced by the Army for broadcast and distribution among overseas troops. In 1943, he was featured, alongside <a href="/wiki/Harry_Edison" title="Harry Edison">Harry "Sweets" Edison</a>, in recordings under <a href="/wiki/Nat_Cole" class="mw-redirect" title="Nat Cole">Nat Cole</a> for a small label not affected by the strike. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bebop_era_recordings">Bebop era recordings</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Bebop era recordings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>By late 1944, Gordon was resident in New York, a regular at bebop jam sessions, and a featured soloist in the Billy Eckstine big band ("If That's The Way You Feel", "I Want To Talk About You", "Blowin' the Blues Away", "Opus X", "I'll Wait and Pray", "The Real Thing Happened To Me", "Lonesome Lover Blues", "I Love the Rhythm in a Riff"). During early 1945, he was featured on recordings by <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a> ("<a href="/wiki/Blue_%27n%27_Boogie" title="Blue 'n' Boogie">Blue 'n' Boogie</a>", "<a href="/wiki/Groovin%27_High" title="Groovin' High">Groovin' High</a>") and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Thompson_(jazz)" title="Charles Thompson (jazz)">Charles Thompson</a> ("Takin' Off", "If I Had You", "20th Century Blues", "The Street Beat"). In late 1945, Gordon was recording under his own name for the <a href="/wiki/Savoy_Records" title="Savoy Records">Savoy</a> label. His Savoy recordings during 1945–46 included <i>Blow Mr. Dexter</i>, <i>Dexter's Deck</i>, <i>Dexter's Minor Mad</i>, <i>Long Tall Dexter</i>, <i>Dexter Rides Again</i>, <i>I Can't Escape From You,</i>and <i>Dexter Digs In</i>. </p><p>He returned to Los Angeles in late 1946 and in 1947 was leading sessions for <a href="/wiki/Ross_Russell_(jazz)" title="Ross Russell (jazz)">Ross Russell</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Dial_Records_(1946)" title="Dial Records (1946)">Dial</a> label (<i>Mischievous Lady, Lullaby in Rhythm, The Chase, Iridescence, It's the Talk of the Town, Bikini, A Ghost of a Chance, Sweet and Lovely</i>). After his return to Los Angeles, he became known for his saxophone duels with fellow tenorman <a href="/wiki/Wardell_Gray" title="Wardell Gray">Wardell Gray</a>, which were a popular concert attraction documented in recordings made between 1947 and 1952 (<i>The Hunt, Move, The Chase, The Steeplechase</i>).<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Hunt</i> gained literary fame from its mention in <a href="/wiki/Jack_Kerouac" title="Jack Kerouac">Jack Kerouac</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/On_The_Road" class="mw-redirect" title="On The Road">On The Road</a></i>, which also contains descriptions of wild tenormen jamming in Los Angeles. <i>Cherokee, Byas a Drink, </i>and<i> Disorder at the Border</i> are other live recordings of the Gray/Gordon duo from the same concert (all issued on the album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunt_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="The Hunt (Dexter Gordon album)">The Hunt</a></i> in 1977). In December 1947, Gordon recorded again with the Savoy label (<i>Settin' the Pace, So Easy, Dexter's Riff, Dextrose, Dexter's Mood, Index, Dextivity, Wee Dot, Lion Roars</i>). Through the mid-to-late 1940s, he continued to work as a sideman on sessions led by <a href="/wiki/Russell_Jacquet" title="Russell Jacquet">Russell Jacquet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter" title="Benny Carter">Benny Carter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Burns" title="Ralph Burns">Ralph Burns</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rushing" title="Jimmy Rushing">Jimmy Rushing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Humes" title="Helen Humes">Helen Humes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wynonie_Harris" title="Wynonie Harris">Wynonie Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leo_Parker" title="Leo Parker">Leo Parker</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tadd_Dameron" title="Tadd Dameron">Tadd Dameron</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_1950s">The 1950s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: The 1950s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>During the 1950s, Gordon's recorded output and live appearances declined as heroin addiction and legal troubles took their toll.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gordon made a concert appearance with Wardell Gray in February 1952 (<i>The Chase, The Steeplechase, Take the A Train, Robbins Nest, Stardust</i>) and appeared as a sideman in a session led by Gray in June 1952 (<i>The Rubiyat, Jungle Jungle Jump, Citizen's Bop, My Kinda Love</i>). After an incarceration at <a href="/wiki/Chino_Prison" class="mw-redirect" title="Chino Prison">Chino Prison</a> from 1953 to 1955, he recorded the albums <i><a href="/wiki/Daddy_Plays_the_Horn" title="Daddy Plays the Horn">Daddy Plays the Horn</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Blows_Hot_and_Cool" title="Dexter Blows Hot and Cool">Dexter Blows Hot and Cool</a></i> in 1955 and played as a sideman on the <a href="/wiki/Stan_Levey" title="Stan Levey">Stan Levey</a> album, <i>This Time the Drum's on Me</i>. The latter part of the decade saw him in and out of prison until his final release from Folsom Prison in 1959. He was one of the initial sax players for the <a href="/wiki/Onzy_Matthews" title="Onzy Matthews">Onzy Matthews</a> <a href="/wiki/Big_band" title="Big band">big band</a> in 1959, along with <a href="/wiki/Curtis_Amy" title="Curtis Amy">Curtis Amy</a>. Gordon continued to champion Matthews' band after he left Los Angeles for New York, but left for Europe before getting a chance to record with that band. He recorded <i><a href="/wiki/The_Resurgence_of_Dexter_Gordon" title="The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon">The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon</a></i> in 1960. His recordings from the mid-1950s onward document a meander into a smooth <a href="/wiki/West_Coast_jazz" title="West Coast jazz">West Coast</a> style that lacked the impact of his bebop era recordings or his subsequent Blue Note recordings. </p><p>The decade saw Gordon's first entry into the world of drama. He appeared as a member (uncredited) of Art Hazzard's band in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Young_Man_with_a_Horn_(film)" title="Young Man with a Horn (film)">Young Man with a Horn</a></i> (1950). He appeared in an uncredited and overdubbed role as a member of a prison band in the movie <i><a href="/wiki/Unchained_(film)" title="Unchained (film)">Unchained</a></i>, filmed inside Chino. Gordon was a saxophonist performing <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Redd" title="Freddie Redd">Freddie Redd</a>'s music for the Los Angeles production of <a href="/wiki/Jack_Gelber" title="Jack Gelber">Jack Gelber</a>'s play <i><a href="/wiki/The_Connection_(1959_play)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Connection (1959 play)">The Connection</a></i> in 1960, replacing <a href="/wiki/Jackie_McLean" title="Jackie McLean">Jackie McLean</a>. He contributed two compositions, <i>Ernie's Tune</i> and <i>I Want More</i> to the score and later recorded them for his album <i>Dexter Calling...</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="New_York_renaissance">New York renaissance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: New York renaissance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon signed to <a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a> in 1961. He initially commuted from Los Angeles to New York to record, but took up residence when he regained the cabaret card that allowed him to perform where alcohol was served. The Jazz Gallery hosted his first New York performance in twelve years. The Blue Note association was to produce a steady flow of albums for several years, some of which gained iconic status. His New York renaissance was marked by <i><a href="/wiki/Doin%27_Allright" title="Doin' Allright">Doin' Allright</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Calling..." title="Dexter Calling...">Dexter Calling...</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Go_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Go (Dexter Gordon album)"><i>Go!</i></a>, and <i><a href="/wiki/A_Swingin%27_Affair" title="A Swingin' Affair">A Swingin' Affair</a></i>. The first two were recorded over three days in May 1961 with <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horace_Parlan" title="Horace Parlan">Horace Parlan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Drew" title="Kenny Drew">Kenny Drew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paul_Chambers" title="Paul Chambers">Paul Chambers</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Tucker_(musician)" title="George Tucker (musician)">George Tucker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Al_Harewood" title="Al Harewood">Al Harewood</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Philly_Joe_Jones" title="Philly Joe Jones">Philly Joe Jones</a>. The last two were recorded in August 1962, with a rhythm section that featured Blue Note regulars <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Clark" title="Sonny Clark">Sonny Clark</a>, <a href="/wiki/Butch_Warren" title="Butch Warren">Butch Warren</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Higgins" title="Billy Higgins">Billy Higgins</a>. Of the two <a href="/wiki/Go_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Go (Dexter Gordon album)"><i>Go!</i></a> was an expressed favorite.<sup id="cite_ref-DexGor1_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DexGor1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The albums showed his assimilation of the hard bop and modal styles that had developed during his years on the west coast, and the influence of John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, whom he had influenced before. The stay in New York turned out to be shortlived, as Gordon got offers for engagements in England, then Europe, that resulted in a fourteen-year stay.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soon after recording <i>A Swingin' Affair</i>, he left the United States. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Years_in_Europe">Years in Europe</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Years in Europe"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Over the next 14 years in Europe, living mainly in <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> and <a href="/wiki/Copenhagen" title="Copenhagen">Copenhagen</a>, Gordon played regularly with fellow expatriates or visiting players, such as <a href="/wiki/Bud_Powell" title="Bud Powell">Bud Powell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hutcherson" title="Bobby Hutcherson">Bobby Hutcherson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Drew" title="Kenny Drew">Kenny Drew</a>, <a href="/wiki/Horace_Parlan" title="Horace Parlan">Horace Parlan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Billy_Higgins" title="Billy Higgins">Billy Higgins</a>. Blue Note's <a href="/wiki/Francis_Wolff" title="Francis Wolff">Francis Wolff</a> supervised Gordon's later sessions for the label on his visits to Europe. The pairing of Gordon with Drew turned out to be one of the classic matchups between a horn player and a pianist, much like <a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a> with <a href="/wiki/Red_Garland" title="Red Garland">Red Garland</a> or <a href="/wiki/John_Coltrane" title="John Coltrane">John Coltrane</a> with <a href="/wiki/McCoy_Tyner" title="McCoy Tyner">McCoy Tyner</a>. </p><p>From this period came <i><a href="/wiki/Our_Man_in_Paris" title="Our Man in Paris">Our Man in Paris</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/One_Flight_Up" title="One Flight Up">One Flight Up</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Gettin%27_Around" title="Gettin' Around">Gettin' Around</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/Clubhouse_(album)" title="Clubhouse (album)">Clubhouse</a></i>. <i>Our Man in Paris</i> was a Blue Note session recorded in Paris in 1963 with backup consisting of pianist Powell, drummer <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Clarke" title="Kenny Clarke">Kenny Clarke</a>, and French bassist <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Michelot" title="Pierre Michelot">Pierre Michelot</a>. <i>One Flight Up</i>, recorded in Paris in 1964 with trumpeter <a href="/wiki/Donald_Byrd" title="Donald Byrd">Donald Byrd</a>, pianist Kenny Drew, drummer <a href="/wiki/Art_Taylor" title="Art Taylor">Art Taylor</a>, and Danish bassist <a href="/wiki/Niels-Henning_%C3%98rsted_Pedersen" title="Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen">Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen</a>, features an extended solo by Gordon on the track "Tanya". </p><p>Gordon also visited the US occasionally for further recording dates. <i>Gettin' Around</i> was recorded for Blue Note during a visit in May 1965, as was the album <i>Clubhouse</i> which remained unreleased until 1979. </p><p>Gordon found Europe in the 1960s a much easier place to live, saying that he experienced less racism and greater respect for jazz musicians. He also stated that on his visits to the US in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he found the political and social strife disturbing.<sup id="cite_ref-Berginterview_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berginterview-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in Copenhagen, Gordon and Drew's trio appeared onscreen<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Ole Ege's theatrically released hardcore pornographic film <i>Pornografi – en musical</i> (1971), for which they composed and performed the score.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He switched from Blue Note to <a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige Records</a> (1965–73). For the label, he recorded bop albums like <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tower_of_Power!" title="The Tower of Power!">The Tower of Power!</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/More_Power!" title="More Power!">More Power!</a></i> (1969) with <a href="/wiki/James_Moody_(saxophonist)" title="James Moody (saxophonist)">James Moody</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Harris" title="Barry Harris">Barry Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Buster_Williams" title="Buster Williams">Buster Williams</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Albert_%22Tootie%22_Heath" class="mw-redirect" title="Albert "Tootie" Heath">Albert "Tootie" Heath</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Panther!" title="The Panther!">The Panther!</a></i> (1970) with <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Flanagan" title="Tommy Flanagan">Tommy Flanagan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larry_Ridley" title="Larry Ridley">Larry Ridley</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Dawson" title="Alan Dawson">Alan Dawson</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Jumpin%27_Blues" title="The Jumpin' Blues">The Jumpin' Blues</a></i> (1970) with <a href="/wiki/Wynton_Kelly" title="Wynton Kelly">Wynton Kelly</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sam_Jones_(musician)" title="Sam Jones (musician)">Sam Jones</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roy_Brooks" title="Roy Brooks">Roy Brooks</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Chase!" title="The Chase!">The Chase!</a></i> (1970) with <a href="/wiki/Gene_Ammons" title="Gene Ammons">Gene Ammons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jodie_Christian" title="Jodie Christian">Jodie Christian</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Young_(jazz_pianist)" title="John Young (jazz pianist)">John Young</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Eaton" title="Cleveland Eaton">Cleveland Eaton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Reid" title="Rufus Reid">Rufus Reid</a>, Wilbur Campbell, <a href="/wiki/Steve_McCall" title="Steve McCall">Steve McCall</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Vi_Redd" title="Vi Redd">Vi Redd</a>; and <i><a href="/wiki/Tangerine_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Tangerine (Dexter Gordon album)">Tangerine</a></i> (1972) with <a href="/wiki/Thad_Jones" title="Thad Jones">Thad Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a>. Some of the Prestige albums were recorded during visits back to North America while he was still living in Europe; others were made in Europe, including live sets from the <a href="/wiki/Montreux_Jazz_Festival" title="Montreux Jazz Festival">Montreux Jazz Festival</a>. </p><p>In addition to the recordings Gordon did under his American label contracts, live recordings by European labels and live video from his European period have been released. In 1975, Dexter Gordon signed an exclusive recording contract with Danish label SteepleChase, for which he recorded some of his most inspired sessions including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Apartment_(album)" title="The Apartment (album)">The Apartment</a></i> (1974), <i><a href="/wiki/More_Than_You_Know_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="More Than You Know (Dexter Gordon album)">More Than You Know</a></i> (1975), <i><a href="/wiki/Stable_Mable" title="Stable Mable">Stable Mable</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Nights_Vol._1" title="Swiss Nights Vol. 1">Swiss Nights Vol. 1</a>, <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Nights_Vol._2" title="Swiss Nights Vol. 2">2</a> and <a href="/wiki/Swiss_Nights_Vol._3" title="Swiss Nights Vol. 3">3</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Something_Different_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Something Different (Dexter Gordon album)">Something Different</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Lullaby_for_a_Monster" title="Lullaby for a Monster">Lullaby for a Monster</a></i>, and not least <i><a href="/wiki/Biting_the_Apple" title="Biting the Apple">Biting the Apple</a></i> (1976), recorded during his homecoming trip to New York, featuring Barry Harris, Sam Jones and <a href="/wiki/Al_Foster" title="Al Foster">Al Foster</a>. The album received the Grand Prix De Jazz in Montreux, Switzerland, in 1977. <a href="/wiki/SteepleChase_Records" title="SteepleChase Records">SteepleChase</a> released live dates from his mid-1960s tenure at the <a href="/wiki/Jazzhus_Montmartre" title="Jazzhus Montmartre">Jazzhus Montmartre</a> in Copenhagen. The video was released in the <i>Jazz Icons</i> series. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Homecoming">Homecoming</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Homecoming"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dexter_Gordon_1980.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Dexter_Gordon_1980.jpg/220px-Dexter_Gordon_1980.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Dexter_Gordon_1980.jpg/330px-Dexter_Gordon_1980.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Dexter_Gordon_1980.jpg/440px-Dexter_Gordon_1980.jpg 2x" data-file-width="972" data-file-height="1146" /></a><figcaption>At the 1980 <a href="/wiki/Edison_Award" title="Edison Award">Edison Award</a>, Amsterdam</figcaption></figure> <p>Gordon returned to the United States for good in 1976.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He recorded "Biting The Apple" for SteepleChase during his homecoming, an album featuring pianist Barry Harris, bassist Sam Jones, and drummer Al Foster. In 1977 the album received the Grand Prix de Disques at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland. He appeared with <a href="/wiki/Woody_Shaw" title="Woody Shaw">Woody Shaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Mathews" title="Ronnie Mathews">Ronnie Mathews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stafford_James" title="Stafford James">Stafford James</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Hayes" title="Louis Hayes">Louis Hayes</a>, for a gig at the <a href="/wiki/Village_Vanguard" title="Village Vanguard">Village Vanguard</a> in New York that was dubbed his "homecoming." It was recorded and released by <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a> under that title. He observed: "There was <i>so</i> much love and elation; sometimes it was a little <i>eerie</i> at the Vanguard. After the last set they'd turn on the lights and <i>nobody</i> would move."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to the <i>Homecoming</i> album, a series of live albums was released by Blue Note from his stands at <a href="/wiki/Keystone_Korner" title="Keystone Korner">Keystone Korner</a> in San Francisco during 1978 and 1979. They featured Gordon, <a href="/wiki/George_Cables" title="George Cables">George Cables</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Reid" title="Rufus Reid">Rufus Reid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gladden" title="Eddie Gladden">Eddie Gladden</a>. He recorded the studio albums <i><a href="/wiki/Sophisticated_Giant" title="Sophisticated Giant">Sophisticated Giant</a></i> with an eleven piece big band in 1977 and <i>Manhattan Symphonie</i> with the <i>Live at Keystone Corner</i> crew in 1978. The sensation of Gordon's return, and the continued efforts of <a href="/wiki/Art_Blakey" title="Art Blakey">Art Blakey</a> through 1970s and early 1980s, have been credited with reviving interest in swinging, melodic, acoustically-based classic jazz sounds after the <a href="/wiki/Fusion_jazz" class="mw-redirect" title="Fusion jazz">Fusion jazz</a> era that saw an emphasis on electronic sounds and contemporary pop influences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Musician_Emeritus">Musician Emeritus</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Musician Emeritus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dexter_Gordon_at_Mountain_Winery_Jazz_Festival,_Saratoga_CA_1981.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Dexter_Gordon_at_Mountain_Winery_Jazz_Festival%2C_Saratoga_CA_1981.jpg/220px-Dexter_Gordon_at_Mountain_Winery_Jazz_Festival%2C_Saratoga_CA_1981.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="309" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Dexter_Gordon_at_Mountain_Winery_Jazz_Festival%2C_Saratoga_CA_1981.jpg/330px-Dexter_Gordon_at_Mountain_Winery_Jazz_Festival%2C_Saratoga_CA_1981.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/Dexter_Gordon_at_Mountain_Winery_Jazz_Festival%2C_Saratoga_CA_1981.jpg/440px-Dexter_Gordon_at_Mountain_Winery_Jazz_Festival%2C_Saratoga_CA_1981.jpg 2x" data-file-width="649" data-file-height="912" /></a><figcaption>Dexter Gordon at Mountain Winery Jazz Festival, Saratoga CA 1981</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1978 and 1980, Gordon was the <i><a href="/wiki/DownBeat" title="DownBeat">DownBeat</a></i> Musician of the Year, and in 1980 he was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/DownBeat_Jazz_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame">Jazz Hall of Fame</a>. The US Government honored him with a Congressional Commendation, a Dexter Gordon Day in Washington DC, and in 1986 the <a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">National Endowment for the Arts</a> named him a <a href="/wiki/NEA_Jazz_Master" class="mw-redirect" title="NEA Jazz Master">NEA Jazz Master</a> in recognition of hia Lifetime Achievement.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1986, he was named a member and officer of the <a href="/wiki/French_Order_of_Arts_and_Letters" class="mw-redirect" title="French Order of Arts and Letters">French Order of Arts and Letters</a> (Officier des Arts et Lettres) by the Ministry of Culture in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 1980s, Gordon, a life-long smoker, was weakened by <a href="/wiki/Emphysema" title="Emphysema">emphysema</a>. He remained a popular attraction at concerts and festivals, although his live appearances and recording dates would soon become infrequent.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Gordon starred in the 1986 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Round_Midnight_(film)" title="Round Midnight (film)">Round Midnight</a></i> as "Dale Turner", an expatriate jazz musician in Paris during the late 1950s based loosely on Lester Young and Bud Powell.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That portrayal earned him a nomination for an <a href="/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor" title="Academy Award for Best Actor">Academy Award for Best Actor</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LarkinGE_4-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LarkinGE-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition, he had a non-speaking role as a piano-playing hospital inmate in the 1990 film <i><a href="/wiki/Awakenings" title="Awakenings">Awakenings</a></i>, which was posthumously released. Before that last film was released, he made a guest appearance on the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Mann_(director)" class="mw-redirect" title="Michael Mann (director)">Michael Mann</a> series <i><a href="/wiki/Crime_Story_(U.S._TV_series)" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime Story (U.S. TV series)">Crime Story</a></i>. </p><p>Soundtrack performances from <i>Round Midnight</i> were released as the albums <i><a href="/wiki/Round_Midnight_(soundtrack)" title="Round Midnight (soundtrack)">Round Midnight</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Round_Midnight" title="The Other Side of Round Midnight">The Other Side of Round Midnight</a></i>, featuring original music by <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a> as well as playing by Gordon. The latter was the last recording released under Gordon's name. He was a sideman on <a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a>'s 1987 album, <i>Berlin</i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Death">Death</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon died of <a href="/wiki/Kidney_failure" title="Kidney failure">kidney failure</a> and smoking-related cancer of the <a href="/wiki/Larynx" title="Larynx">larynx</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, on April 25, 1990, at the age of 67.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Family"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gordon's maternal grandfather was Captain <a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Baker" class="mw-redirect" title="Edward L. Baker">Edward L. Baker</a>, who received the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> during the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a>, while serving with the 10th Cavalry Regiment (also known as the <a href="/wiki/Buffalo_Soldiers" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffalo Soldiers">Buffalo Soldiers</a>).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Gordon's father, Dr. Frank Gordon, M.D., was one of the first prominent African-American physicians and a graduate of <a href="/wiki/Howard_University" title="Howard University">Howard University</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (March 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>When he lived in Denmark, Gordon became friends with the family of the future <a href="/wiki/Metallica" title="Metallica">Metallica</a> drummer <a href="/wiki/Lars_Ulrich" title="Lars Ulrich">Lars Ulrich</a>, and subsequently became Lars's godfather.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gordon was married three times and had six children: Robin, James, Deirdre, Mikael, Morten and Benjamin. .<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Instruments_and_mouthpieces">Instruments and mouthpieces</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Instruments and mouthpieces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest photographs of Gordon as a player show him with a <a href="/wiki/C.G._Conn" class="mw-redirect" title="C.G. Conn">Conn</a> 30M "Connqueror" and an Otto Link mouthpiece. Later he adopted the standard Conn tenor, the 10M. In a 1962 interview with the British journalist Les Tomkins, he did not refer to the specific model of mouthpiece but stated that it was made for him personally. He stated that it was stolen around 1952.<sup id="cite_ref-tomkinsineterview_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tomkinsineterview-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Tomkins interview he referred to his mouthpiece as a small-chambered piece with a 5* (.085" under the Otto Link system) tip opening. He bought a <a href="/wiki/Selmer_Mark_VI" title="Selmer Mark VI">Selmer Mark VI</a> from <a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a> after he lost his 10M during the trip to Paris. In a <i>DownBeat</i> magazine interview from 1977, he referred to his current mouthpiece as an Otto Link model with a #8 (.110" under the Otto Link system) tip opening.<sup id="cite_ref-Berginterview_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Berginterview-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_a_leader">As a leader</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: As a leader"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Rides_Again" title="Dexter Rides Again">Dexter Rides Again</a></i> (1947 78 album; Savoy MG 12130, 1992; SV-120, 2010)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunt_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="The Hunt (Dexter Gordon album)">The Hunt</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Wardell_Gray" title="Wardell Gray">Wardell Gray</a> (1947 78 album; Savoy SJL 2222, 1977)</li> <li>Dexter Gordon – <i>The Chase</i> with <a href="/wiki/Wardell_Gray" title="Wardell Gray">Wardell Gray</a> (Dial Records, 1947, re-released as Spotlite (E) SPJ 130)</li> <li>Dexter Gordon – <i>Move!</i> (Dial Records, 1947, re-released as Spotlite (E) SPJ 133)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Duel_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Duel (Dexter Gordon album)">The Duel</a></i> with <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Edwards" title="Teddy Edwards">Teddy Edwards</a> (Dial, Spotlite, 1947)</li> <li><i>Dexter Gordon On Dial, The Complete Sessions – The Chase</i> (compilation, Spotlite (E) SPJ 130 CD)</li> <li><i>Dexter Gordon – Long Tall Dexter</i> (Savoy SJL 2211, 1976, compilation of 1940s Savoy tracks, previously released and unreleased)</li> <li><i>Dexter Gordon: Settin' the Pace</i> (Savoy SVY 17027, compilation of 1940s Savoy studio tracks, including alternate takes)</li> <li><i>Dexter's Mood</i> (Cool & Blue [Switzerland] C&B CD-114, 1994, compilation of Dial and Savoy studio tracks)</li> <li><i>The Wardell Gray Memorial, Volume 2</i> (live jam, <i>Move</i>) (Prestige, PRLP 7009, 1983; CD, OJC 051, 1992)</li> <li><i>The Chase and The Steeplechase,</i> with Wardell Gray, Paul Quinichette (1952, Decca; Universal Distribution CD 9061, 2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daddy_Plays_the_Horn" title="Daddy Plays the Horn">Daddy Plays the Horn</a></i> (Bethlehem 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Blows_Hot_and_Cool" title="Dexter Blows Hot and Cool">Dexter Blows Hot and Cool</a></i> (Dootone 1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Resurgence_of_Dexter_Gordon" title="The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon">The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Riverside_Records" title="Riverside Records">Jazzland</a>, 1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doin%27_Allright" title="Doin' Allright">Doin' Allright</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a>, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Calling..." title="Dexter Calling...">Dexter Calling...</a></i> (Blue Note, 1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Landslide_(album)" title="Landslide (album)">Landslide</a></i> (Blue Note, 1961–62 [1980])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Go_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Go (Dexter Gordon album)">Go!</a></i> (Blue Note 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Swingin%27_Affair" title="A Swingin' Affair">A Swingin' Affair</a></i> (Blue Note, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Man_in_Paris" title="Our Man in Paris">Our Man in Paris</a></i> (Blue Note, 1963, with <a href="/wiki/Bud_Powell" title="Bud Powell">Bud Powell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pierre_Michelot" title="Pierre Michelot">Pierre Michelot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kenny_Clarke" title="Kenny Clarke">Kenny Clarke</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Flight_Up" title="One Flight Up">One Flight Up</a></i> (Blue Note, 1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cheese_Cake_(album)" title="Cheese Cake (album)">Cheese Cake</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/SteepleChase_Records" title="SteepleChase Records">SteepleChase</a>, 1979 [1964])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Neptune_(album)" title="King Neptune (album)">King Neptune</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1979 [1964])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Want_More_(album)" title="I Want More (album)">I Want More</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1980 [1964])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_for_Sale_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Love for Sale (Dexter Gordon album)">Love for Sale</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1982 [1964])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_You_or_No_One_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="It's You or No One (Dexter Gordon album)">It's You or No One</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1983 [1964])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Billie%27s_Bounce_(album)" title="Billie's Bounce (album)">Billie's Bounce</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1983 [1964])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gettin%27_Around" title="Gettin' Around">Gettin' Around</a></i> (Blue Note 1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clubhouse_(album)" title="Clubhouse (album)">Clubhouse</a></i> (Blue Note, 1979 [1965])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wee_Dot" title="Wee Dot">Wee Dot</a></i> (SteepleChase, 2003 [1965])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Loose_Walk_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Loose Walk (Dexter Gordon album)">Loose Walk</a></i> (SteepleChase, 2004 [1965])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Misty_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Misty (Dexter Gordon album)">Misty</a></i> (SteepleChase, 2004 [1965])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heartaches_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Heartaches (Dexter Gordon album)">Heartaches</a></i> (SteepleChase, 2004 [1965])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ladybird_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Ladybird (Dexter Gordon album)">Ladybird</a></i> (SteepleChase, 2005 [1965])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stella_by_Starlight_(album)" title="Stella by Starlight (album)">Stella by Starlight</a></i> (SteepleChase, 2005 [1966])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Squirrel_(album)" title="The Squirrel (album)">The Squirrel</a></i> (Blue Note, 2001 [1967])</li> <li><i>Satin Doll</i> (SteepleChase, 2012 [1967])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Both_Sides_of_Midnight" title="Both Sides of Midnight">Both Sides of Midnight</a></i> (Black Lion, 1988 [1967])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Body_and_Soul_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Body and Soul (Dexter Gordon album)">Body and Soul</a></i> (Black Lion, 1988 [1967])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_the_%22A%22_Train_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Take the "A" Train (Dexter Gordon album)">Take The "A" Train</a></i> (Black Lion, 1989 [1967])</li> <li><i>After Hours</i> (SteepleChase, 1986, [1969])</li> <li><i>After Midnight</i> (SteepleChase, 1986, [1969])</li> <li><i>Live at the Amsterdam Paradiso</i> (Catfish, 1971 [1969])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Day_in_Copenhagen" title="A Day in Copenhagen">A Day in Copenhagen</a></i> (MPS, 1969) – with <a href="/wiki/Slide_Hampton" title="Slide Hampton">Slide Hampton</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tower_of_Power!" title="The Tower of Power!">The Tower of Power!</a></i> (Prestige, 1969) – with <a href="/wiki/James_Moody_(saxophonist)" title="James Moody (saxophonist)">James Moody</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/More_Power!" title="More Power!">More Power!</a></i> (Prestige, 1969)</li> <li><i>L.T.D. Live At The Left Bank</i> (Prestige, 2001 [1969])</li> <li><i>XXL Live At The Left Bank</i> (Prestige, 2002 [1969])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Some_Other_Spring" title="Some Other Spring">Some Other Spring</a></i> (Sonet, 1970) – with <a href="/wiki/Karin_Krog" title="Karin Krog">Karin Krog</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Gordon_with_Junior_Mance_at_Montreux" title="Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux">Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux</a></i> (Prestige, 1970, with <a href="/wiki/Junior_Mance" title="Junior Mance">Junior Mance</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Panther!" title="The Panther!">The Panther!</a></i> (Prestige, 1970, with <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Flanagan" title="Tommy Flanagan">Tommy Flanagan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Dawson" title="Alan Dawson">Alan Dawson</a>. <a href="/wiki/Prestige_Records" title="Prestige Records">Prestige Records</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Live_At_The_Both/And_Club,_San_Francisco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Live At The Both/And Club, San Francisco (page does not exist)">Live At The Both/And Club, San Francisco</a></i> (BPM BPE-6101, 1970, with <a href="/wiki/George_Duke" title="George Duke">George Duke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donald_Garrett" title="Donald Garrett">Donald Garrett</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Oliver_Johnson_(drummer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Oliver Johnson (drummer) (page does not exist)">Oliver Johnson</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chase!" title="The Chase!">The Chase!</a></i> (Prestige, 1970, with <a href="/wiki/Gene_Ammons" title="Gene Ammons">Gene Ammons</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jumpin%27_Blues" title="The Jumpin' Blues">The Jumpin' Blues</a></i> (Prestige, 1970, with <a href="/wiki/Wynton_Kelly" title="Wynton Kelly">Wynton Kelly</a>)</li> <li><i>Those Were The Days</i> (Moon, 1995 [1967–71])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Shadow_Of_Your_Smile" class="mw-redirect" title="The Shadow Of Your Smile">The Shadow Of Your Smile</a></i> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Steeplechase_SCCD-31206_1971&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Steeplechase SCCD-31206 1971 (page does not exist)">Steeplechase SCCD-31206 1971</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tangerine_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Tangerine (Dexter Gordon album)">Tangerine</a></i> (Prestige, 1975 [1972])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ca%27Purange" title="Ca'Purange">Ca'Purange</a></i> (Prestige, 1972, with <a href="/wiki/Thad_Jones" title="Thad Jones">Thad Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stanley_Clarke" title="Stanley Clarke">Stanley Clarke</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louis_Hayes" title="Louis Hayes">Louis Hayes</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Generation_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Generation (Dexter Gordon album)">Generation</a></i> (Prestige, 1972, with <a href="/wiki/Freddie_Hubbard" title="Freddie Hubbard">Freddie Hubbard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Walton" title="Cedar Walton">Cedar Walton</a> and others)</li> <li><i>Afterhours/The Great Pescara Jam Sessions Vol 1&2</i> (Ports Song, 1973, with <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ineke" title="Eric Ineke">Eric Ineke</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blues_%C3%A0_la_Suisse" title="Blues à la Suisse">Blues à la Suisse</a></i> (Prestige, 1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Montmartre_Collection_Vol.II_-_Blues_Walk&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Montmartre Collection Vol.II - Blues Walk (page does not exist)">The Montmartre Collection Vol.II - Blues Walk</a></i> (Black Lion Records, 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Candlelight_Lady_(album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Candlelight Lady (album) (page does not exist)">Candlelight Lady</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/SteepleChase_Records" title="SteepleChase Records">SteepleChase</a>, 2014 [1974])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Apartment_(album)" title="The Apartment (album)">The Apartment</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/SteepleChase_Records" title="SteepleChase Records">SteepleChase</a>, 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rainbow_People_(album)" title="The Rainbow People (album)">The Rainbow People</a></i> (Steeplechase, 2002 [1974], with <a href="/wiki/Benny_Bailey" title="Benny Bailey">Benny Bailey</a>)</li> <li><i>Round Midnight</i> (SteepleChase, 1991 [1974], with <a href="/wiki/Benny_Bailey" title="Benny Bailey">Benny Bailey</a>)</li> <li><i>Revelation</i> (SteepleChase, 1995 [1974], with <a href="/wiki/Benny_Bailey" title="Benny Bailey">Benny Bailey</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/More_Than_You_Know_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="More Than You Know (Dexter Gordon album)">More Than You Know</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1975) with Orchestra arranged and conducted by <a href="/wiki/Palle_Mikkelborg" title="Palle Mikkelborg">Palle Mikkelborg</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stable_Mable" title="Stable Mable">Stable Mable</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Something_Different_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Something Different (Dexter Gordon album)">Something Different</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bouncin%27_with_Dex" title="Bouncin' with Dex">Bouncin' with Dex</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Nights_Vol._1" title="Swiss Nights Vol. 1">Swiss Nights Vol. 1</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1976 [1975])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Nights_Vol._2" title="Swiss Nights Vol. 2">Swiss Nights Vol. 2</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1978 [1975])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Swiss_Nights_Vol._3" title="Swiss Nights Vol. 3">Swiss Nights Vol. 3</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1979 [1975])</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Live_In_Chateauvallon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Live In Chateauvallon (page does not exist)">Live In Chateauvallon</a></i> (Elemental, 11/8/78 [2020)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lullaby_for_a_Monster" title="Lullaby for a Monster">Lullaby for a Monster</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1981 [1976])</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/True_Blue_(jazz_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="True Blue (jazz album)">True Blue</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Xanadu_Records" title="Xanadu Records">Xanadu</a>, 1976, with <a href="/wiki/Al_Cohn" title="Al Cohn">Al Cohn</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Blue_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Blue (album)">Silver Blue</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Xanadu_Records" title="Xanadu Records">Xanadu</a>, 1976, with <a href="/wiki/Al_Cohn" title="Al Cohn">Al Cohn</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Biting_the_Apple" title="Biting the Apple">Biting the Apple</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Homecoming:_Live_at_the_Village_Vanguard" title="Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard">Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard</a></i> (Columbia, 1976, with <a href="/wiki/Woody_Shaw" title="Woody Shaw">Woody Shaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Mathews" title="Ronnie Mathews">Ronnie Mathews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stafford_James" title="Stafford James">Stafford James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Louis_Hayes" title="Louis Hayes">Louis Hayes</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jazz_Classics&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jazz Classics (page does not exist)">Jazz Classics</a></i> (Aurophon, 1977, with <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Pizzarelli" title="Bucky Pizzarelli">Bucky Pizzarelli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hank_Jones" title="Hank Jones">Hank Jones</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Duvivier" title="George Duvivier">George Duvivier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Candido_Camero" class="mw-redirect" title="Candido Camero">Candido Camero</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Jackson_(musician)" title="Oliver Jackson (musician)">Oliver Jackson</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sophisticated_Giant" title="Sophisticated Giant">Sophisticated Giant</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia</a>, 1977, with 11-piece big-band including <a href="/wiki/Woody_Shaw" title="Woody Shaw">Woody Shaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slide_Hampton" title="Slide Hampton">Slide Hampton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hutcherson" title="Bobby Hutcherson">Bobby Hutcherson</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Benny_Bailey" title="Benny Bailey">Benny Bailey</a>)</li> <li><i>Manhattan Symphonie</i> (Columbia, 1978, with <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Reid" title="Rufus Reid">Rufus Reid</a> – bass, <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Gladden" title="Eddie Gladden">Eddie Gladden</a> – percussion, and <a href="/wiki/George_Cables" title="George Cables">George Cables</a> – keyboard)</li> <li>Great Encounters (Columbia, 1979)</li> <li><i>Live at Carnegie Hall</i> (Columbia, 1998 [1978], 2 tracks with <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Griffin" title="Johnny Griffin">Johnny Griffin</a>)</li> <li><i>North Sea Jazz Legendary Concerts</i> (North Sea Jazz, 1979)</li> <li><i>Nights at the Keystone, Volumes 1-3</i> (1979, Blue Note; CD release 1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Montmartre_Collection_Vol.I&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Montmartre Collection Vol.I (page does not exist)">The Montmartre Collection Vol.I</a></i> (Black Lion Records, 1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gotham_City_(album)" title="Gotham City (album)">Gotham City</a></i> (Columbia, 1981, with <a href="/wiki/Woody_Shaw" title="Woody Shaw">Woody Shaw</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cedar_Walton" title="Cedar Walton">Cedar Walton</a>, <a href="/wiki/George_Benson" title="George Benson">George Benson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Percy_Heath" title="Percy Heath">Percy Heath</a>, <a href="/wiki/Art_Blakey" title="Art Blakey">Art Blakey</a>)</li> <li><i>American Classic</i> (<a href="/wiki/Elektra/Musician" title="Elektra/Musician">Elektra/Musician</a>, 1982, featuring <a href="/wiki/Grover_Washington_Jr." title="Grover Washington Jr.">Grover Washington Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shirley_Scott" title="Shirley Scott">Shirley Scott</a>)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Round_Midnight" title="The Other Side of Round Midnight">The Other Side of Round Midnight</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Blue_Note_Records" title="Blue Note Records">Blue Note</a>, 1986)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="As_sideman">As sideman</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: As sideman"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Gene_Ammons" title="Gene Ammons">Gene Ammons</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chase!" title="The Chase!">The Chase!</a></i> (Prestige, 1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gene_Ammons_and_Friends_at_Montreux" title="Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux">Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux</a></i> (Prestige, 1973)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Louis_Armstrong" title="Louis Armstrong">Louis Armstrong</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Dexter Gordon, Vol. 1 Young Dex 1941-1944</i> (Masters Of Jazz MJCD 112)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra 1944-1945</i> (Blue Ace BA 3603)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra</i> (AFRS One Night Stand 240) (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra</i> (AFRS One Night Stand 253) (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra</i> (AFRS One Night Stand 267) (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong New Orleans Masters, Vol. 2</i> (Swing House (E) SWH 44)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra</i> (AFRS Spotlight Bands 382) (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong – Chronological Study</i> (MCA Decca 3063 72)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra</i> (AFRS Spotlight Bands 444) (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra</i> (AFRS Spotlight Bands 465) (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i>Various Artists, Louis, Pops And Tram</i> (IAJRC 21) (off <a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i>Louis Armstrong Armed Forces Radio Service 1943/44</i> (Duke (It) D 1021)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Benny_Carter" title="Benny Carter">Benny Carter</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>The Fabulous Benny Carter</i> (1946, Audio Lab AL 1505)</li> <li><i>Benny Carter And His Orchestra</i> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/AfrsJubilee">AFRS Jubilee 246</a>) (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1947)</li> <li><i>Various Artists – Jazz Off The Air, Vol. 3</i> (Spotlite (E) SPJ 147) (off <a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a> 1947)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Billy_Eckstine" title="Billy Eckstine">Billy Eckstine</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>The Chronological Billy Eckstine and His Orchestra, 1944-1945</i> (CD, Classic Records [France], 1997)</li> <li><i>Billy Eckstine, The Legendary Big Band</i> (SVY 17125)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Dizzy_Gillespie" title="Dizzy Gillespie">Dizzy Gillespie</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Dexter Gordon, Vol. 2 Young Dex 1944-1946</i> (Masters Of Jazz MJCD 128)</li> <li><i>Dizzy Gillespie – Groovin' High</i> (Savoy MG 12020, 1992; SV 152, 2010)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Lionel Hampton</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Dexter Gordon, Vol. 1 Young Dex 1941-1944</i> (Masters Of Jazz MJCD 112)</li> <li><i>Lionel Hampton, Vol. 1: 1941-1942</i> (Coral (G) COPS 7185)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lionel_Hampton" title="Lionel Hampton">Decca Jazz Heritage Series DL-79244</a></i></li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Takin%27_Off" title="Takin' Off">Takin' Off</a></i> (Blue Note, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Round_Midnight_(soundtrack)" title="Round Midnight (soundtrack)">Round Midnight</a></i> (1986), Columbia Records</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Fletcher_Henderson" title="Fletcher Henderson">Fletcher Henderson</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra</i> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/AfrsJubilee">AFRS Jubilee 76</a>), (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li> <li><i>Fletcher Henderson And His Orchestra</i> (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/AfrsJubilee">AFRS Jubilee 77</a>), (<a href="/wiki/V-Disc" title="V-Disc">V-Disc</a>, 1944)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Helen_Humes" title="Helen Humes">Helen Humes</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Various Artists – Black California</i> (Savoy SJL 2215)</li> <li><i>Helen Humes – Be-Baba-Leba 1942-52</i> (Whiskey, Women And... Gene Norman "Just Jazz" concert, February 2, 1952, KM 701)</li> <li><i>Helen Humes – New Million Dollar Secret</i> (Whiskey, Women And... Gene Norman "Just Jazz" concert, February 2, 1952, KM 707)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Jackie_McLean" title="Jackie McLean">Jackie McLean</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Meeting_(Jackie_McLean_album)" title="The Meeting (Jackie McLean album)">The Meeting</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Source_(Jackie_McLean_album)" title="The Source (Jackie McLean album)">The Source</a></i> (SteepleChase, 1974)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Gerry_Mulligan" title="Gerry Mulligan">Gerry Mulligan</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Gerry Mulligan – Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 4: Walking Shoes</i> (Capitol M 11029)</li> <li><i>Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions</i> (Mosaic MQ19-170)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Leo_Parker" title="Leo Parker">Leo Parker</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>The Be Bop Boys</i> (Savoy SJL 2225)</li> <li><i>Leo Parker – Birth Of Bop, Vol. 1</i> (Savoy XP 8060)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Pony_Poindexter" title="Pony Poindexter">Pony Poindexter</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Pony%27s_Express" title="Pony's Express">Pony's Express</a></i> (Epic, 1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stella_By_Starlight" class="mw-redirect" title="Stella By Starlight">Stella By Starlight</a></i> (co leader) (SteepleChase 1966)</li></ul> <p><b>With <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Rushing" title="Jimmy Rushing">Jimmy Rushing</a></b> </p> <ul><li><i>Jimmy Rushing/Don Redman/Russell Jacquet/Joe Thomas – Big Little Bands</i> (1946, Onyx ORI 220)</li> <li><i>Black California, Vol. 2: Anthology</i> (1946, Savoy SJL 2242)</li></ul> <p><b>With others</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rob_Agerbeek" title="Rob Agerbeek">Rob Agerbeek</a>, <i>All Souls</i> (Dexterity, 1972, with <a href="/wiki/Eric_Ineke" title="Eric Ineke">Eric Ineke</a> and others)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Bennett" title="Tony Bennett">Tony Bennett</a>, <i>Berlin</i> (Columbia, 1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Burns" title="Ralph Burns">Ralph Burns</a>, <i>Various Artists – OKeh Jazz</i> (Epic EG 37315)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nat_King_Cole" title="Nat King Cole">Nat King Cole</a>, <i>Nat King Cole Meets The Master Saxes</i> 1943 (Phoenix Jazz LP 5)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadd_Dameron" title="Tadd Dameron">Tadd Dameron</a>, <i>Tadd Dameron/Babs Gonzales/Dizzy Gillespie – Capitol Jazz Classics, Vol. 13: Strictly Bebop</i> (Capitol M 11059)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Booker_Ervin" title="Booker Ervin">Booker Ervin</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Setting_the_Pace" title="Setting the Pace">Setting the Pace</a></i> (Prestige, 1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lowell_Fulson" title="Lowell Fulson">Lowell Fulson</a>, <i>Lowell Fulson</i> (Swing Time 320)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wynonie_Harris" title="Wynonie Harris">Wynonie Harris</a>, <i>Wynonie Harris – Love Is Like Rain / Your Money Don't Mean A Thing (Come Live With Me Baby)</i> (King 4217)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philly_Joe_Jones" title="Philly Joe Jones">Philly Joe Jones</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Philly_Mignon" title="Philly Mignon">Philly Mignon</a></i> (Galaxy, 1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Levey" title="Stan Levey">Stan Levey</a>, <i>Stan Levey – This Time The Drum's On Me</i> (Bethlehem BCP 37)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charlie_Parker" title="Charlie Parker">Charlie Parker</a>, <i>Charlie Parker – Every Bit Of It 1945</i> (Spotlite (E) SPJ 150D)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Thompson_(musician)" title="Leslie Thompson (musician)">Les Thompson</a>, <i>Les Thompson – Gene Norman Presents Just Jazz</i> (RCA Victor LPM 3102)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Webster" title="Ben Webster">Ben Webster</a>, <i>Ben Webster Nonet</i> (1945, Jazz Archives JA 35)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dexter_Gordon&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style 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class="references"> <li id="cite_note-tomkinsineterview-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tomkinsineterview_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tomkinsineterview_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription 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.cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/interviews/1622002-dexter-gordon-interview-2">"Dexter Gordon interview with Les Tomkins, 1962"</a>. <i>National Jazz Archive</i>. March 11, 2020. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200814170214/https://nationaljazzarchive.org.uk/explore/interviews/1622002-dexter-gordon-interview-2">Archived</a> from the original on August 14, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">March 6,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=National+Jazz+Archive&rft.atitle=Dexter+Gordon+interview+with+Les+Tomkins%2C+1962&rft.date=2020-03-11&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fnationaljazzarchive.org.uk%2Fexplore%2Finterviews%2F1622002-dexter-gordon-interview-2&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADexter+Gordon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/342926">"From the Harvard Art Museums' collections Dexter Gordon, Royal Roost, New York City"</a>. <i>Harvardartmuseums.org</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Harvardartmuseums.org&rft.atitle=From+the+Harvard+Art+Museums%27+collections+Dexter+Gordon%2C+Royal+Roost%2C+New+York+City&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.harvardartmuseums.org%2Fcollections%2Fobject%2F342926&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADexter+Gordon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAndrews2019" class="citation news cs1">Andrews, Travis M. (March 20, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/jay-z-a-speech-by-sen-robert-f-kennedy-and-schoolhouse-rock-among-recordings-deemed-classics-by-library-of-congress/2019/03/19/f7eb08ea-4a58-11e9-9663-00ac73f49662_story.html?">"Jay-Z, a speech by Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and 'Schoolhouse Rock!' among recordings deemed classics by Library of Congress"</a>. <i>The Washington Post</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dextergordon.com/bio/">the original</a> on April 14, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 28,</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=DEXTERGORDON.COM&rft.atitle=Biography&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dextergordon.com%2Fbio%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADexter+Gordon" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DGRD_list-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DGRD_list_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBritt1989" class="citation book cs1">Britt, Stan (1989). <i>Dexter Gordon: a music biography</i>. London: <a href="/wiki/Da_Capo_Press" title="Da Capo Press">Da Capo Press</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-306-80361-5" title="Special:BookSources/0-306-80361-5"><bdi>0-306-80361-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dexter+Gordon%3A+a+music+biography&rft.place=London&rft.pub=Da+Capo+Press&rft.date=1989&rft.isbn=0-306-80361-5&rft.aulast=Britt&rft.aufirst=Stan&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADexter+Gordon" class="Z3988"></span> pp. 4, 26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Joop Visser, essay booklet with <i>Settin' the Pace</i>, Proper box set.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Berginterview-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Berginterview_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Berginterview_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150528032742/https://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2013/01/dexter-gordon-chuck-berg-interview.html">"Dexter Gordon interview with Chuck Berg, Downbeat Magazine, 1977"</a>. <i>Jazzprofiles.blogspot.com</i>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2013/01/dexter-gordon-chuck-berg-interview.html">the original</a> on May 28, 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-jazz-is-backbig/146607276/">Jazz is back...big...on Records</a>". <i>The Pittsburgh Press</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFChapman,_Dale2018" class="citation book cs1">Chapman, Dale (March 23, 2018). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=RTRMDwAAQBAJ&q=%22There+was+so+much+love+and+elation%22&pg=PA78"><i>The Jazz Bubble: Neoclassical Jazz in Neoliberal Culture</i></a>. 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<ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Rides_Again" title="Dexter Rides Again">Dexter Rides Again</a></i> (1945–47)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hunt_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="The Hunt (Dexter Gordon album)">The Hunt</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Wardell_Gray" title="Wardell Gray">Wardell Gray</a> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Chase_(1947_Dexter_Gordon_album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="The Chase (1947 Dexter Gordon album) (page does not exist)">The Chase</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Wardell_Gray" title="Wardell Gray">Wardell Gray</a> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Duel_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Duel (Dexter Gordon album)">The Duel</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Teddy_Edwards" title="Teddy Edwards">Teddy Edwards</a> (1947)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Daddy_Plays_the_Horn" title="Daddy Plays the Horn">Daddy Plays the Horn</a></i> (1955)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Blows_Hot_and_Cool" title="Dexter Blows Hot and Cool">Dexter Blows Hot and Cool</a></i> (1955)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Resurgence_of_Dexter_Gordon" title="The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon">The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Doin%27_Allright" title="Doin' Allright">Doin' Allright</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Calling..." title="Dexter Calling...">Dexter Calling...</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Go_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Go (Dexter Gordon album)">Go</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Swingin%27_Affair" title="A Swingin' Affair">A Swingin' Affair</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Our_Man_in_Paris" title="Our Man in Paris">Our Man in Paris</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Flight_Up" title="One Flight Up">One Flight Up</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cheese_Cake_(album)" title="Cheese Cake (album)">Cheese Cake</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/I_Want_More_(album)" title="I Want More (album)">I Want More</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_You_or_No_One_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="It's You or No One (Dexter Gordon album)">It's You or No One</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/King_Neptune_(album)" title="King Neptune (album)">King Neptune</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_for_Sale_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Love for Sale (Dexter Gordon album)">Love for Sale</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Clubhouse_(album)" title="Clubhouse (album)">Clubhouse</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Gettin%27_Around" title="Gettin' Around">Gettin' Around</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Setting_the_Pace" title="Setting the Pace">Setting the Pace</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Booker_Ervin" title="Booker Ervin">Booker Ervin</a> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Squirrel_(album)" title="The Squirrel (album)">The Squirrel: Live at Montmartre</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Take_the_%22A%22_Train_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Take the "A" Train (Dexter Gordon album)">Take the "A" Train</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Day_in_Copenhagen" title="A Day in Copenhagen">A Day in Copenhagen</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Slide_Hampton" title="Slide Hampton">Slide Hampton</a> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Tower_of_Power!" title="The Tower of Power!">The Tower of Power!</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/More_Power!" title="More Power!">More Power!</a></i> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Some_Other_Spring" title="Some Other Spring">Some Other Spring</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Karin_Krog" title="Karin Krog">Karin Krog</a> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dexter_Gordon_with_Junior_Mance_at_Montreux" title="Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux">Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Junior_Mance" title="Junior Mance">Junior Mance</a> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Panther!" title="The Panther!">The Panther!</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Chase!" title="The Chase!">The Chase!</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Gene_Ammons" title="Gene Ammons">Gene Ammons</a> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Jumpin%27_Blues" title="The Jumpin' Blues">The Jumpin' Blues</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ca%27Purange" title="Ca'Purange">Ca'Purange</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tangerine_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Tangerine (Dexter Gordon album)">Tangerine</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Generation_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Generation (Dexter Gordon album)">Generation</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=All_Souls_(Dexter_Gordon_album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="All Souls (Dexter Gordon album) (page does not exist)">All Souls</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Apartment_(album)" title="The Apartment (album)">The Apartment</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Something_Different_(Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="Something Different (Dexter Gordon album)">Something Different</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bouncin%27_with_Dex" title="Bouncin' with Dex">Bouncin' with Dex</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Swiss_Nights&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Swiss Nights (page does not exist)">Swiss Nights</a></i> Vol. 1-3 (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Homecoming:_Live_at_the_Village_Vanguard" title="Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard">Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/True_Blue_(Al_Cohn_and_Dexter_Gordon_album)" title="True Blue (Al Cohn and Dexter Gordon album)">True Blue</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Al_Cohn" title="Al Cohn">Al Cohn</a> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Silver_Blue_(album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Silver Blue (album)">Silver Blue</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Al_Cohn" title="Al Cohn">Al Cohn</a> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Biting_The_Apple&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Biting The Apple (page does not exist)">Biting The Apple</a></i> (1976)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sophisticated_Giant" title="Sophisticated Giant">Sophisticated Giant</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manhattan_Symphonie&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Manhattan Symphonie (page does not exist)">Manhattan Symphonie</a></i> (1978)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Gotham_City_(album)" title="Gotham City (album)">Gotham City</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=American_Classic_(Dexter_Gordon_album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="American Classic (Dexter Gordon album) (page does not exist)">American Classic</a></i> (1982)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Round_Midnight_(soundtrack)" title="Round Midnight (soundtrack)">Round Midnight</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Other_Side_of_Round_Midnight" title="The Other Side of Round Midnight">The Other Side of Round Midnight</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Both_Sides_of_Midnight" title="Both Sides of Midnight">Both Sides of Midnight</a></i> (1988)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Posthumous<br />releases</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Live_at_Carnegie_Hall_(Dexter_Gordon_album)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Live at Carnegie Hall (Dexter Gordon album) (page does not exist)">Live at Carnegie Hall</a></i> (1998)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rainbow_People_(album)" title="The Rainbow People (album)">The Rainbow People</a></i> w/ <a href="/wiki/Benny_Bailey" title="Benny Bailey">Benny Bailey</a> (2002)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related<br />articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Baker,_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Edward L. 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March</a> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rex_Harrison" title="Rex Harrison">Rex Harrison</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Burton" title="Richard Burton">Richard Burton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a> (1967)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warren_Beatty" title="Warren Beatty">Warren Beatty</a> / <a href="/wiki/Spencer_Tracy" title="Spencer Tracy">Spencer Tracy</a> (1968)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Steiger" title="Rod Steiger">Rod Steiger</a> (1969)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman" title="Dustin Hoffman">Dustin Hoffman</a> / <a href="/wiki/Peter_O%27Toole" title="Peter O'Toole">Peter O'Toole</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_O%27Neal" title="Ryan O'Neal">Ryan O'Neal</a> (1971)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chaim_Topol" title="Chaim Topol">Chaim Topol</a> (1972)</li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/William_Hurt" title="William Hurt">William Hurt</a> (1986)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dexter Gordon</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Douglas" title="Michael Douglas">Michael Douglas</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dustin_Hoffman" title="Dustin Hoffman">Dustin Hoffman</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Noiret" title="Philippe Noiret">Philippe Noiret</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeremy_Irons" title="Jeremy Irons">Jeremy Irons</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Turturro" title="John Turturro">John Turturro</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Auteuil" title="Daniel Auteuil">Daniel Auteuil</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Hopkins" title="Anthony Hopkins">Anthony Hopkins</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Travolta" title="John Travolta">John Travolta</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Keitel" title="Harvey Keitel">Harvey Keitel</a> (1996)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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