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).

Artist:  Dexter Gordon Quartet
Title:  Tokyo 1975  (2018)
Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz
Label:  Elemental Music
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Fried Bananas  (9:30)
 2.  Days Of Wine And Roses  (8:45)
 3.  Misty  (10:52)
 4.  Jelly, Jelly, Jelly  (7:45)
 5.  Rhythm-A-Ning  (14:10)
 6.  Old Folks

Personnel:

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

Tokyo 1975 is a live album by Dexter Gordon Quartet, released on June 29, 2018 by Elemental Music, recorded live at Yubin Chokin Hall, Tokyo, Japan, October 1, 1975.  Featuring Kenny Drew Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, and Albert "Tootie" Heath.