Dexter Gordon

Artist:  Dexter Gordon
Born:  February 27, 1923.  Los Angeles, California, USA
Died:  April 25, 1990 (Aged 67).  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Occupation:  Musician, Composer, Bandleader, Actor
Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Soprano, Saxophone

Dexter Gordon as an American Jazz Tenor Saxophonist.  He was among the earliest tenor players to adapt the Bebop musical language of people such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell.  His height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant".  He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in the Bertrand Tavernier film Round Midnight  in 1986, and he won a Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist, for the soundtrack album the Other Side Of Round Midnight (Blue Note Records in 1986).

Title:  Both Sides Of Midnight  (2017)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  ORG Music
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Devilette  (12:44)
 2.  For All We Know  (8:43)
 3.  Doxy  (7:13)
 4.  Sonnymoon For Two  (15:42)

Personnel:

Dexter Gordon:  Tenor Saxophone
Kenny Drew:  Piano
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen:  Bass
Albert Heath:  Drums

Both Sides Of Midnight is the live album by Dexter Gordon, originally released in 1988, remastered and reissued on December 1 2017 by ORG Music, recorded at the Montmartre Jazzhuis, Copenhagen, July 20, 1967, featuring Kenny Drew, Niel-Hanning Orsted Pedersen, and Albert Heath.