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During Dexter Gordon’s last year in high school, he got a call from Marshall Royal, an alto saxophonist, asking him to join the Lionel Hampton Band. Gordon started touring the country with the band. In 1941, he made his first recordings with the Lionel Hampton Band.
In New York in 1943, Gordon got the [...]

Dexter Gordon is considered to be the first be-bop tenor player. Born in Los Angeles in 1923, he started playing the clarinet at 13, the alto sax at 15 and the tenor at 17.
Dexter Gordon would sometimes recite the lyrics of a tune before playing it. In an interview at the end of the [...]

Everyone knows that I’m a big Dexter Gordon fan. I love listening to Our Man in Paris. Dexter Gordon has such a relaxed way of playing. It’s what I want my playing to be like–laid back. Too bad there’s nothing laid back about me.
When I stick the CD in the CD [...]