songs, but he created a large body of superior work and could battle nearly anyone successfully at a jam session. His first important gig was with Lionel Hampton (1940-1943) although, due to Illinois Jacquet also being in the sax section, Gordon did not get any solos. In 1943, he did ...
Dexter Gordon covered I Was Doing All Right, Let's Get Down, A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, Talk of the Town and other songs. Dexter Gordon originally did Blue Gardenia, I Want More, Let's Get Down, Serenade in Blue and other songs. Dexter Gordon
Tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon was an amiable gentle giant whose sound, style, and easy-going attitude epitomized bebop at its coolest.
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