Dexter Gordon

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bebop musician human jazz musician tenor saxophonist

Dexter Gordon was a pioneering American jazz tenor saxophonist known for his influential bebop style, towering stage presence, and acclaimed recordings such as "Go!" and "Our Man in Paris."

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Dexter Gordon canonical 22

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bebop musician ⓘ
human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1990 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1940 ⓘ
associatedAct Bud Powell ⓘ
Charlie Parker ⓘ
Dizzy Gillespie ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Kenny Drew ⓘ
Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen ⓘ
Tadd Dameron ⓘ
Wardell Gray ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist

Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath kidney failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1923-02-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1990-04-25 ⓘ
educatedAt Jefferson High School, Los Angeles ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Gordon ⓘ
father Frank Gordon ⓘ
genre bebop ⓘ
hard bop ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
givenName Dexter ⓘ
height approximately 6 ft 6 in ⓘ
influenced John Coltrane ⓘ
Sonny Rollins ⓘ
Wayne Shorter ⓘ
influencedBy Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
instrument soprano saxophone ⓘ
tenor saxophone ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement bebop ⓘ
name Dexter Gordon self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actor ⓘ
notableFeature laid-back behind-the-beat phrasing ⓘ
towering stage presence ⓘ
notableWork A Swingin' Affair ⓘ
Dexter Calling... ⓘ
Doin' Allright ⓘ
Go! ⓘ
Live at the Village Vanguard ⓘ
surface form: Homecoming: Live at the Village Vanguard

One Flight Up ⓘ
Our Man in Paris ⓘ
Round Midnight ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
composer ⓘ
musician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfDeath Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
recordLabel Black Lion Records ⓘ
Blue Note Records ⓘ
Columbia Records ⓘ
Prestige Records ⓘ
SteepleChase Records ⓘ
residence Copenhagen ⓘ
surface form: Copenhagen, Denmark

Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Maxine Gordon ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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Coleman Hawkins → influenced → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Confirmation → recordedBy → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Round Midnight (film score) → associatedWith → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Dial Records → recordedArtist → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Blue Note Records → notableArtist → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
You Stepped Out of a Dream → hasNotablePerformer → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Savoy Records → recordedArtist → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
How Long Has This Been Going On? → hasNotablePerformer → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
A Foggy Day → hasNotablePerformer → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Coleman → influenced → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
subject surface form: Coleman Hawkins
Bean → influenced → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Chu Berry → influenced → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Alan Dawson → associatedWith → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Dexter Gordon → name → Dexter Gordon self-link ⓘ
I'm Old Fashioned → hasNotablePerformer → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'm Old Fashioned"
Imagination → hasPerformer → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Darn That Dream → notablePerformer → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
It Could Happen to You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Glad to Be Unhappy → hasNotablePerformer → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
Softly, as in a Morning Sunrise → hasNotableRecording → Dexter Gordon ⓘ
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To → hasNotableRecordingBy → Dexter Gordon ⓘ