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Saxophonist Dexter Gordon played with jumping energy when he was a young man. He became a majestic performer as he aged. 1963 was a wonderful year in which to make Dexter's acquaintance. He moved to Europe, settled in Copenhagen, and played all over the continent. Before the move, he could hardly work in the US. He recorded the "Our Man In Paris" album with Kenny Clarke and Bud Powell, one of his absolute best, shortly after he arrived. This is from one of the few ... MORE
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When he was a younger man, tenorman Dexter Gordon could swing you into ill health with the strength and energy of his playing. By the time he returned to the United States to tour for the first time with his own permanent band after 15 years of residence in Europe, he had invested his tenor saxophone sound with a majesty that that was wholly his own. This change in Dexter's style likely was due to the influence of Ben Webster, who had his own full-throated, inimitable so... MORE
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Dexter Gordon had such a colorful and eventful life (with three separate comebacks) that his story would make a great Hollywood movie. The top tenor saxophonist to emerge during the bop era and possessor of his own distinctive sound, Gordon sometimes was longwinded and quoted excessively from other songs, but he created a large body of superior work and could battle nearly anyone successfully at a jam session.Or, he could just lay back and gently caress his horn One of m... MORE
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Over the weekend, a friend of mine was in town. He's a pianist and we talked about playing jazz and trying to be independent musicians, etc. (he was actually stopping through New York on his first union gig--a two week tour of Taiwan). I pulled out "Our Man In Paris" by Dexter Gordon and we listened to it for a bit. I've transcribed all of Dexter's playing, wrote some of it down, so we were checking that out. I've said it before, but it needs to be said again. I don'... MORE
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While many people love Dexter Gordon's "Ballads" album, this is it for me. I transcribed every note he plays, and he just tears up every song. Kenny Clarke plays off Gordon like they share a brain, and while this was towards the end of Bud Powell's career, he still plays a mean comping role. On several tunes, including the opener "Scrapple From The Apple," Gordon begins his solo by repeating just one note, and he swings the SH*T out of it before going into some great b... MORE
