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- NAME: Dexter Gordon
- OCCUPATION: Saxophonist
- BIRTH DATE: February 27, 1923
- DEATH DATE: April 25, 1990
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Los Angeles, California
- PLACE OF DEATH: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Full Name: Dexter Keith Gordon
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Dexter Gordon was a big-toned, exultant, lyrical soloist on the tenor saxophone who thrived in the 1930s and 1940s.
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As a youth Dexter Gordon played the clarinet and alto saxophone, but the improvising of Lester Young inspired him to play the tenor saxophone exclusively. He gained early experience in bands led by Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton and alto saxophonist Charlie Parker. In the early 1960s he recorded albums such as Go! and A Swingin' Affair, which are usually considered his major works.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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