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Dexter Gordon
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Sassofonisti · 1923–1990

Dexter Gordon

Sassofonista statunitense

Nascita
27 febbraio 1923
Los Angeles
Morte
25 aprile 1990
Filadelfia
Paese
Stati Uniti
Attività
1940–
Etichette
Columbia Records, Blue Note, Prestige, Savoy Records, SteepleChase Records
Discografia
92 album

Biografia

Dexter Gordon è stato un musicista jazz (sassofono e sassofono tenore). Nato il 27 febbraio 1923 a Los Angeles, morto il 25 aprile 1990 a Filadelfia. Lo stile è di solito associato a jazz, swing e bebop. Etichette: Columbia Records, Blue Note, Prestige e Savoy Records. La discografia qui comprende 92 album, da «Daddy Plays the Horn» (1955) a «Mr. Dexter Gordon» (2025). Tra i riconoscimenti: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Performance (1987), David di Donatello per il miglior attore straniero (1987) e NEA Jazz Masters.

Dexter Keith Gordon (Los Angeles, 27 febbraio 1923 – Filadelfia, 25 aprile 1990) è stato un sassofonista jazz statunitense. Il suo percorso musicale è costellato di collaborazioni prestigiose: Lionel Hampton, Tadd Dameron, Charles Mingus, Louis Armstrong, Dizzy Gillespie, nonché Billy Eckstine nella cui orchestra entrò nel 1943.

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Discografia

Album in studio e dal vivo

Daddy Plays the Horn 1955 · Bethlehem Records
West Coast Jazz Concert 1957 · Live · Regent Records
Dexter Calling… 1961 · Blue Note Records Doin’ Allright 1961 · Blue Note A Swingin’ Affair 1962 · Blue Note Go 1962 · Blue Note Our Man in Paris 1963 · Blue Note Gettin’ Around 1965 · Blue Note One Flight Up 1967 · Blue Note A Day in Copenhagen 1969 · MPS More Power! 1969 · Prestige The Tower of Power! 1969 · Prestige Ca' Purange 1972 · Original Jazz Classics Generation 1972 · Original Jazz Classics Blues Walk! The Montmartre Collection Vol. II 1974 · Live · Black Lion Records More Than You Know 1975 · SteepleChase Tangerine 1975 · Prestige Long Tall Dexter 1976 · Savoy Jazz Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard 1977 · Live · Columbia Sophisticated Giant 1977 · CBS Who’s Who in Jazz Presents: Lionel Hampton With Dexter Gordon 1977 · Tobacco Road Great Encounters 1978 · Columbia
Montmartre Collection Volume 3 1978
Clubhouse 1979 · Blue Note Landslide 1980 · Blue Note Gotham City 1981 · Columbia The Montmartre Collection Vol. 1 1981 · Live · Black Lion Records American Classic 1982 · Elektra Musician The Other Side of Round Midnight 1986 · Blue Note Dexter Gordon at Montreux (with Junior Mance) 1987 · Live · Prestige Swiss Nights, Volume 1 1987 · Live · SteepleChase Swiss Nights, Volume 3 1987 · Live · SteepleChase Body and Soul 1988 · Live · Black Lion Both Sides of Midnight 1988 · Live · Black Lion For All We Know 1988 · Jazz Life True Blue 1988 · Xanadu Records Come Rain or Come Shine 1989 · Jazz Hour Take the 'A' Train 1989 · Live · Black Lion Records Cheese Cake 1990 · SteepleChase Hot and Cool 1990 · Black Bird King Neptune 1990 · SteepleChase Nights at the Keystone, Volume 1 1990 · Live · Blue Note Nights at the Keystone, Volume 2 1990 · Live · Blue Note Nights at the Keystone, Volume 3 1990 · Live · Blue Note The Tower of Power / More Power 1991 · Prestige
A Gordon Cantata 1992 · West Wind
Dexter Rides Again 1992 · Savoy Jazz Jazz West Coast Live / Hollywood Jazz Vol.1 1992 · Live · Savoy Records The Panther! 1992 · Prestige Cry Me a River 1994 · SteepleChase Dexter Gordon on Dial - The Complete Sessions 1994 · Spotlite Jazz
Live at the Amsterdam Paradiso 1994 · Live
Swiss Nights, Volume 2 1994 · Live · SteepleChase
Dexter Gordon Featuring Joe Newman 1995
Blue Dex: Dexter Gordon Plays The Blues 1996 · Prestige Live at the Montmartre Jazzhus 1996 · Live · Black Lion Records The Jumpin' Blues 1996 · Original Jazz Classics Tenor Titans 1997 · Storyville Records The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon 1997 · Jazzland The Squirrel 1997 · Live · Blue Note Live at Carnegie Hall 1998 · Live · Legacy Live! At the Jazzhus Montmartre 1998 · Live · Jazz Colours L.T.D.: Live at the Left Bank 2001 · Live · Prestige Jazz at Highschool 2002 · Live · Storyville Records The Rainbow People 2002 · SteepleChase XXL: Live at the Left Bank 2002 · Live · Prestige
Live At The Both/And Club San Francisco | August 7, 1970 2003
Our Man In Amsterdam 2003 · Live · Fuel 2000 Records Wee Dot 2003 · Live · SteepleChase Bopland: The Legendary Elks Club Concert, L.A. 1947 2004 · Live · Savoy Jazz Heartaches: Live Montmatre Jazzhouse 1965 2004 · Live · SteepleChase Misty 2004 · SteepleChase Ladybird 2005 · SteepleChase
Stella By Starlight 2005
Duels 2006 · Saga Dextivity 2007 · Edel Records
The Complete Hamburg Concert 1974 2008
Parisian Concert 2009 · Live · Futura Records The Real Thing Happened to Me 2009 · House of Jazz Dexter Blows 2011 · Not Now Music
Night Ballads Montreal 1977 2012
Walk the Blues 2017 · Live · Black Lion Records Atlanta Georgia May 5, 1981 2020 · Live Montmartre 1964 2020 · Live
The Squirrel (Live At Montmartre Copenhagen '67) 2020 · Live
Copenhagen Coda 2023 · Live The Blue Note Collection 2023 · Enlightenment
Village Vanguard (Live New York '79) 2023 · Live
Vin Et Roses (Live) 2024 · Live
More Than You Know 2025 · GleAM Records Mr. Dexter Gordon 2025 · Zoroty Distribution Strings & Things · SteepleChase

Suona anche in

Album in cui Dexter Gordon compare come sideman

1962 Takin’ Off — Herbie Hancock tenor saxophone
1973 Gene Ammons and Friends at Montreux — Gene Ammons with Dexter Gordon & Cannonball Adderley tenor saxophone
1974 Meets The Master Saxes - Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Illinois Jacquet — Nat Cole tenor saxophone
1974 The Meeting — Jackie McLean & Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone
1974 The Source — Jackie McLean & Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone
1989 Some Other Spring: Blues and Ballads — Karin Krog & Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone
1994 Lester Young Trio — Lester Young tenor saxophone
1995 Montmartre Summit 1973 — Jackie McLean & Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone
1996 The Chase — Gene Ammons & Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone
1998 Gershwin Jazz — George Gershwin performer
1998 Baden 1972 — Ben Webster tenor saxophone
2000 The Cool Mr. B — Billy Eckstine tenor saxophone
2003 Live at Montmartre — Clark Terry & Ernie Wilkins vocals
2005 The Chase and The Steeplechase — Wardell Gray & Dexter Gordon tenor saxophone

Standard scritti da Dexter Gordon

TitoloTonalitàFormaGroove
The Chase Si♭ maggiore AABA · 32 swing medio-veloce
Cheese Cake Do minore AAB · 40 swing medio-veloce

Assoli analizzati di Dexter Gordon

Premi

Dischi storici a 78 giri

  • MY KINDA' LOVE DEXTER GORDON · Trent · Alter archive.org ↗
  • JERONIMO - Part 7 DEXTER GORDON archive.org ↗
  • 20th Century Blues Sir Charles and his All Stars · Sir Charles · Buck Clayton · Jimmy… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • If I Had You Sir Charles and his All Stars · Sir Charles · Buck Clayton · Jimmy… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • Takin' Off Sir Charles and his All Stars · Sir Charles · Buck Clayton · Jimmy… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • The Street Beat Sir Charles and his All Stars · Sir Charles · Buck Clayton · Jimmy… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • IF I HAD YOU SIR CHARLES and his ALL STARS · Sir Charles · Buck Clayton · Jimmy… · 1945 archive.org ↗
  • TAKIN' OFF SIR CHARLES and his ALL STARS · Sir Charles · Buck Clayton · Jimmy… · 1945 archive.org ↗

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Domande frequenti

Che strumento suonava Dexter Gordon?

Dexter Gordon è noto per sassofono e sassofono tenore.

Quando e dove è nato Dexter Gordon?

Dexter Gordon è nato 27 febbraio 1923 a Los Angeles.

Quali sono gli album più noti di Dexter Gordon?

Nel nostro archivio ci sono, tra gli altri, Daddy Plays the Horn (1955), Dexter Calling… (1961), Doin’ Allright (1961), A Swingin’ Affair (1962) e Go (1962).

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