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 & Slide Hampton

Title:   A Day In Copenhagen  (2021)

Genre:  Jazz, Swing, Bebop, Hard Bop, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  MPS Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.   My Blues  (9:11)

 2.  You Don't Know What Love Is  (6:03)

 3.  A New Thing  (5:07)

Side B:

 1.  What's New  (8:04)

 2.  The Shadow Of Your Smile  (5:01)

 3.  A Day Vienna  (7:49)

Personnel:

Dexter Gordon:   Tenor Saxophone

Slide Hampton:  Trombone on Tracks:   1-3 Side A, 1, 3 Side B

Dizzy Reece:   Trumpet on Tracks:  1-3 Side A, 1, 3 Side B

Kenny Drew:  Piano

Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen:  Bass

Art Taylor:  Drums

A Day In Copenhagen is an album by Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton, originally released in 1969 by MPS Records, remastered and reissued in 2021 by MPS Records.  Great Rhythm Section for Classic Album!.