DEXTER GORDON
Name: Dexter Gordon
Born: 27 February 1923 Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Died: 25 April 1990
Genre(s): swing, bop, hard bop
Occupation(s): Composer, bandleader, saxophonist, actor
Instrument(s): Tenor saxophone
Years active: 1940 - 1986
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923-April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor
saxophonist, and an Academy Award-nominated actor. He is considered one of the
first bebop tenor players. A famous photograph by Herman Leonard of Gordon
smoking a cigarette during a set at the Royal Roost in New York City in 1948 is
one of the more iconic images in the history of jazz.
Gordon's height was 6 feet 5 inches, and so consequently he was also known as 'Long
Tall Dexter'.
Name: Dexter Gordon
Born: 27 February 1923 Los Angeles, CA, U.S.
Died: 25 April 1990
Genre(s): swing, bop, hard bop
Occupation(s): Composer, bandleader, saxophonist, actor
Instrument(s): Tenor saxophone
Years active: 1940 - 1986
Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923-April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor
saxophonist, and an Academy Award-nominated actor. He is considered one of the
first bebop tenor players. A famous photograph by Herman Leonard of Gordon
smoking a cigarette during a set at the Royal Roost in New York City in 1948 is
one of the more iconic images in the history of jazz.
Gordon's height was 6 feet 5 inches, and so consequently he was also known as 'Long
Tall Dexter'.