Dexter Gordon
Actor
- Born
- February 27, 1923
- Died
- April 25, 1990 (age 67)
- From
- Los Angeles, California, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor (Round Midnight, Warner Bros, 1986). He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone. His…
Filmography (11)
Cool Cats (2015)Self (archive footage)
Jazz Icons: Dexter Gordon Live in '63 and '64 (2007)
Dexter Gordon: More Than You Know (1996)Himself
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1992)Self
Awakenings (1990)Rolando
'Round Midnight (1986)Dale Turner
Before Midnight (1986)Self (archive footage)
Stop for Bud (1963)Narrator (voice)
Unchained (1955)Saxophone Player (uncredited)- Dexter Gordon at Jazzhus Montmartre in '69Dexter Gordon at Jazzhus Montmartre in '69Tenor Saxophone
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