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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 63. Chapters: Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, Archie Shepp, Joe Locke, Frank Foster, Jackie McLean, Stan Getz, Andrew Hill, Eddie Harris, Paul Bley, Nat Adderley, Eddie Henderson, Johnny Griffin, Cedar Walton, Tom Harrell, Gary Bartz, Kenny Werner, Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, Sam Jones, Jimmy Heath, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Scott Colley, Jesper Lundgaard, Sheila Jordan, Duke Jordan, Louis Hayes, Von Freeman, Andy LaVerne, Buster Williams, Horace Parlan, Clifford Jordan, Rene McLean, Jimmy Raney, Jim McNeely, Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis, Kenny Drew, Stanley Cowell, Teddy Edwards, Idrees Sulieman, Junior Cook, Rich Perry, Dave Stryker, George Cables, Hal Galper, Johnny Dyani, Ronnie Cuber, Joe Albany, Jerry Bergonzi, Bill Hardman, David Friesen, Hilton Ruiz, Frank Strozier, Harold Danko, Jimmy Knepper, Steve LaSpina, Albert Dailey, Bob Rockwell, George Colligan, Vic Juris, Walt Dickerson, Mike Richmond, Rick Margitza, Mickey Tucker, Vincent Gardner, SteepleChase Records, Jodie Christian, Joe Bonner, Bill Barron, Doug Raney, Buck Hill, Michael Cochrane, Michael Carvin, Scotty Holt, Gregory Tardy. Excerpt: 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 studio and live performance career were both extensive and multifaceted, spanning over 50 years in recorded jazz history. Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), and so consequently he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant." He played a Conn 10M 'Ladyface' tenor until it was stolen in a Paris airport in 1961. He then switched over to a Selmer Mark VI. His ...
