Big Dexter fan here- it would be interesting to hear about the difficulties the Billy Eckstein band encountered, being a black band on tour, looking for restaurants, hotels, etc. I've heard a lot of disturbing stories about problems Duke Ellington had. Hard to face up to these stories- this is our history, disgrace or not.
@dfolegna
11 жыл бұрын
Technically the modern tenor sax, the link between lester young, coleman hawkings and rollins and trane. He started on the bebop era, same as bird, disappeared for much of the 50s for abuse problems and resureccted in the 60. Take 3 albums: "our man in paris", "dexter calling" and "go" and you have total masterpieces of jazz music. At the highest possible level. The way he created solos as full dialogues is out of this world. One of my all time favourites.
@shanearmstrong7197
2 жыл бұрын
Yes glad to see he is among the jazz gods pantheon of another! Love my Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins and Dexter
@LongwingSeagull
2 жыл бұрын
Great observations. Would add "Doin Alright" to that list for a fourth masterpiece!
@johnstarks7759
Жыл бұрын
"One flight up" has to be on that list too! Tanya Jean is a standard.
@tommysaxman
Жыл бұрын
Phrasing and articulation are a lesson for every post-bebop jazz player
@sanjursan
11 ай бұрын
I gotta say Dex, Hank Mobley, Tina Brooks, and Rouse.
@eljeffe58
8 жыл бұрын
Dex had the most impact besides Trane on my musical world to this day. He was interesting, unique, and would have been a wonderful person to have been able to meet. I wish he were still with us. This is a fantastic documentary. Thanks.
@rayjr62
7 жыл бұрын
Dex moved to Denmark not necessarily for political reason but for economic reasons. Jazz music's popularity remained unabated after the early-1950s.
@epf1961
12 жыл бұрын
I remember playing at a jam session one night at Sonny's Place on Long Island when I heard about Dexter's death. It's like how everybody of the generation remembers what they were doing when JFK was killed, or on 9/11.. Every jazz musician in 1990 remembers their own circumstances at the time of Dex's death. Superb player-- relaxed, loping, but totally in control-- I love his quoting of standards-- I try to do that in my own playing...I think we are all influenced by Dexter in some way. RIP.
@OneTrineMendUs
3 жыл бұрын
RIP🌿⚜⚘🎷
@jackshore3735
3 жыл бұрын
Geez...being a younger jazz musician in my 20s, I didn't even think about his death like that. You put that into perspective very well. What a monumental loss for the jazz community
@faeryangelharvey9720
3 жыл бұрын
@@jackshore3735 Oh yes indeed!!! Watch the brilliant movie Herbie Hancock wrote the score, Dexter starred in it.. ‘Round Midnight’ 🎶🎷💖🙏🏼 Playing along with Dexter in my early days, was such an overwhelming, all encompassing, completely engrossing experience for me. There are no words to describe the feeling.
@patsirianni7984
3 жыл бұрын
Some jazz musicians play to the ear some play to the heart Dexter plays to the soul
@marymichael1211
Жыл бұрын
And I will add to the spirit.
@pnojazz
Жыл бұрын
Amen!
@skotrock
7 жыл бұрын
The thing that struck me about Dexter, much like Miles, was while I was watching "Round Midnight", I noticed that the way he walked, talked, dressed, and his facial expressions- basically everything about the guy- all was exactly like his sound and style. When you saw him and heard him speak, you knew exactly how his sax playing would sound. Such a huge laid back sound. Even his uptempo be-bop playing sounds like he was leisurely walking in a park. The entire building could be panicking, trying to escape a fire, and Dexter would saunter gracefully out the exit with a serene smile on his face.
@boblatzer
4 жыл бұрын
skotrock What an interesting observation.
@aauthorj
3 жыл бұрын
Heroin will do that to you!
@mrlawilliamsukwarmachine4904
3 жыл бұрын
OMGosh, I came to the comment section to say similar. Whilst Gordon was being interviewed, his voice sounds like a tenor sax!!
@NadavHbr
3 жыл бұрын
exactly - truly authentic
@noreenjackson4377
3 жыл бұрын
Dex and Clint sauntered as they strolled!
@caponsacchi9979
3 жыл бұрын
I had the privilege of catching Dexter several times at The Jazz Showcase, where he performed with 2-3 other "tuff tenors" booked for the same session by jazz promoter Joe Segal (founded the club in 1946 and died just last year 2020). I never saw Dexter bested in a battle--by the "perfect" Sonny Stitt or altissimo-swinger Lockjaw Davis or soulful Gene "Jug" Ammons. Dexter was the master storyteller, sculpting notes in hard metal, each note played as though there could be no other, the most definitive improviser I've ever heard. He knew lyrics and didn't underestimate their importance, usually reciting at least one for each session. No other player represented this African-American art form more faithfully than "Long Tall" (or "LT"), though it's hard to associate the success of today's rappers with the deprived, struggling black artists Dexter describes (I certainly saw them in the '70s -- until Wynton M. was appointed head of the jazz Taj Mahal in NYC, too late for Dexter to receive his full due. The clip of "Mr. B" shows him singing his own song, "I Want to Talk About You," which occupied Coltrane throughout the '60s, rec. w Red Garland, and '60s, rec. on "J.C. Quartet at Birdland"--with the incredible cadenza on the penultimate note of the final chorus).
@shanearmstrong7197
2 жыл бұрын
Oh please write more somewhere…. Living memory and knowledge such a rare entity
@johnstarks7759
Жыл бұрын
I've transcribed nearly 100 Dexter solos over 25 years are so. I wanted to be just like him when I was 11. I still felt the same when I was 30!
@alejandrosoza8006
3 ай бұрын
I love his language, so melodic yet so energetic
@martinsaltzman5003
Жыл бұрын
Just came across this documentary. It brought back memories of my time at the Village Vanguard when Dexter was playing. One thing I heard was a version of "Body and Soul" that was a most beautiful rendition that I later checked out Dexter and others on record but never found a version that equaled it. It was just a week night club date but even so, this gorgeous "Body and Soul" just flowed out of him. I still remember parts of his solo.
@ctrlzjones
11 жыл бұрын
very well,dexter rules. a huge man. his voice and his leopard jacket are classic. but do we really need this 'aimersoft' - logo in the center of the film? boy or girl: rip the movies you steal with some dignity ... just pretend ...
@dcp8nts
3 жыл бұрын
Yes, the logo is so distracting. They could have put it in the lower right or left corner.
@KSmall109CAB
9 жыл бұрын
I saw 'Round Midnight' in Kansas City during a field trip for my job. I was watching Dexter Gordon, but felt Charlie Parker, Lester Young, and so many other musicians were having their story told. I'm glad the movie was done because it introduced a whole generation to Gordon and the bebop era of jazz. This documentary helps tell that story as well.
@faeryangelharvey9720
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely 🎷
@faeryangelharvey9720
3 жыл бұрын
My G’pa sang and played dbl bass, my Dad is still a Bbop pianist and I play sax and sing. I’ve always felt so very blessed 🤗
@benjamindavid5681
9 жыл бұрын
He was always out there - perhaps the first Tenor Sax player to use the medium of music to express direct Honesty to his audience. He influenced and was also somewhat indirectly influenced by John Coltrane. He was the man that used the Tenor Sax with technical genius to express the possibilities of the Tenor Saxophone. Dexter perhaps was the musician in the 1960's to express the Black experience in the most direct way to both African American and White audiences.
@faeryangelharvey9720
3 жыл бұрын
Yes❣️
@ulyssesgrantgarnerjr6395
Ай бұрын
Trane said that Dexter was a chief influencer of his development. He wanted to play like Dexter, but” he could not”., so he had to find another avenue to find his true voice.
@simonheffernan1767
12 жыл бұрын
Dexter Gordon continues to be a big influence on me. I play his music at work quite often. People who do & don't know about "the music" dig it. There is no such thing as "too many notes".
@theantiantihero
11 жыл бұрын
That tone. Dexter was the man.
@GrumpyStormtrooper
3 жыл бұрын
I love the way he presents the pieces he's about to play.
@MrSalsa1973
3 жыл бұрын
Min 35:42 fwd ...Dexter ahead of his time, with his Apple watch when nobody was even dreaming about it.👊🏽😎
@GrumpyStormtrooper
3 жыл бұрын
Dexter had the Apple watch 40+ years before it was released!!!
@MrSalsa1973
3 жыл бұрын
@@GrumpyStormtrooper 👊🏽😂🤣👍🏽
@TONEBHURT
8 жыл бұрын
Never forget greeting Mr Gordon during the Summer of 1979 in Harlem NYC on St. Nicholas Avenue and 117th Street. He was in attendance at one of the traveling Jazz Mobile concerts that the city sponsored at the time featuring Miss Etta Jones and Mr Johnny Griffin. I was in total awe of him and couldn't believe I was in his presence. He had the pleasure of being surrounded by a bevy of lovely ladies! That impressed me also(smile) Such a humble gentleman and artiste! Pure class!
@pnojazz
7 жыл бұрын
man he was cooler than cool!
@dontylar8760
4 жыл бұрын
U can't play like that and be square 😎🔥❤
@patholbert
6 жыл бұрын
Pop! If your listening in heaven, i want you to know, to the man of my heart, i love you more than you know! R.i.p.
@TheRealG2024
7 жыл бұрын
The grandmaster of the ballad. I would say the best and brightest of his generation playing the ballad
@pnojazz
Жыл бұрын
Hear-Hear!
@harrysmallenburg
12 жыл бұрын
Dexter's music is truly "soulful."
@jazzcornertv
4 жыл бұрын
Harrison, when you "Swing" you supposed to hit One Home Run Out of the Park. I think you just hit a 100 home runs out of the park with this video. Thank you for sharing this valuable piece of history.
@HarrisonFerlauto
4 жыл бұрын
You're welcome! Thanks for keeping the memory of Dexter Gordon alive!
@DiamondSoul
12 жыл бұрын
Fantastic upload, thank you very very much.
@DanaHunterroulette
12 жыл бұрын
Round Midnight introduced me to Dexter Gordon's music. I am so thankful for that movie. And this documentary.
@Henryfernandezmusic
9 жыл бұрын
Can recognize that sound anywhere :)
@Sassyjass2012
9 жыл бұрын
I got hipped to Dexter Gordon around 1972, via Ed Beach's WRVR show, "Just Jazz."
@gpedals1
11 жыл бұрын
Beautiful -- Dexter truly is a Jazz legend and icon - a musician's musician if there ever was one.
@AgustinIturralde
9 ай бұрын
I remember. Dexter playing in San Sebastian and singing an old spanish tune" Desiderio, Desiderio, siempre triste y siempre serio..."....
@AlbertMensinga
11 жыл бұрын
I picked up the saxophone thanks to Dex and Bird.
@slyme1711
12 жыл бұрын
what a marvel that we can share all this great stuff. I love Dexter, there's this whole other thing goin on, woven inbetween the tone and the timing that just kills me. Thanks for posting.
@JoaoCBraz
3 жыл бұрын
Dexter Gordon, one if my many favorite Jazz Musician that I had admired coming up. Amazing & Talented Brother.
@islamoh77
12 жыл бұрын
precious informations of Jazz history
@mjdrhd0318
7 жыл бұрын
Wow thank you for sharing that piece on Dexter.. truly one of America greatest gifts to the world.. thank u Dexter!!
@monsoonalley
11 жыл бұрын
Coolness in person.
@bobgure
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting this up. Much love.
@jnewbyshow
7 жыл бұрын
Excellent documentary .loved seeing Dexter ride a bike...
@Akawette
12 жыл бұрын
i seriously don't get how someone can even dare to hit the dislike button ..
@patholbert
6 жыл бұрын
Legendary Dexter Keith Gordon
@Purpleskyshorizon
10 жыл бұрын
Just found out he's Lars Ulrich's (Metallica drummer) godfather.
@tradeprog
10 жыл бұрын
Wikipedia: Lars Ulrich was born on December 26, 1963, in Gentofte, Denmark, the son of Lone (née Sylvester-Hvid) and Torben Ulrich. His paternal grandfather was tennis player Einer Ulrich. His paternal grandmother, Ulla Meyer, was from a Jewish family, and as a result, Lars' father was persecuted by the Nazis during World War II. Saxophonist Dexter Gordon was Ulrich's godfather. In February 1973, Lars' father obtained five passes for five of his friends to a Deep Purple concert that was being held in the same Copenhagen stadium as one of his tournaments. When it was discovered that one of the friends could not go, their ticket was handed over to the nine-year-old Ulrich. The young Ulrich found himself mesmerized by the performance, buying the band's Fireball album the next day. The concert and the album had a considerable impact on Ulrich, inspiring his entrance into the world of rock and roll and later on, heavy metal. As a result of his newfound interest in music, he received his first drum kit from his grandmother at the age of twelve,a Ludwig. Ulrich originally intended to play tennis, and he moved to America in 1980.
@Purpleskyshorizon
10 жыл бұрын
Denis Perron Thanks, They're one of my favorite bands, haha! However, I did not know he was Jewish! Wow! That was very enlightening. Cheers!
@reichlinsmall9765
7 жыл бұрын
I've seen the movie, I've loved the movie; this is better than the movie.
@briangraham367
2 жыл бұрын
Another unsung hero from the vault. Great to hear first-hand accounts. Stay safe all.
@Bix12
7 жыл бұрын
Dex had to fight the women off with TWO sticks..I never seen nothin' like it.
@yuryveniadziktau
12 жыл бұрын
Many thanks for Harrison Ferlauto! I like music or Dexter Gordon so much,there for this film is very interesting for me.
@youkali22
12 жыл бұрын
What a natural! I have learned so much from listening to his music. Many many thank!
@dwightk.1620
2 жыл бұрын
I want to thank you for providing this opportunity to view Dexter Gordon documentary. What a great musican! I can listen to any of his songs and hear it new every time. God bless you Mr. Gordon and his beautiful wife.
@hectormendez3572
5 жыл бұрын
Dexter like Miles can be cool and delicate but still can swing.
@ConiAntunez-w7g
29 күн бұрын
Excelente maravillosa música. Los metales en el PARAISO.
@Gachitadamunga
11 жыл бұрын
Without Mr. D. Gordon and his contemporaries life for a lot of us in those days would have been a much more severe and ugly thing overall. They really lit the way for art and civilization, maybe not as it is, but as it should be. It's just amazing that they were able to become such far advanced and distinguished artists when the order of the day presented an overabundance of obstacles that defeated so many other men.
@stevepetrinko
8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. Thank you so much for posting!
@GeorgWiede
10 жыл бұрын
Great Concert
@gpedals1
11 жыл бұрын
Doubtful -- Dexter frequently would quote the lyrics to a song before he played it ("More Than You Know" in this case) -- his voice and mannerisms here is just Dexter in his older age IMO.
@ghairraigh
11 жыл бұрын
While playing "Blues Up And Down", @2:17 Dexter quotes "Three Little Words". Mine are "I Love Dexter!"
@nyvcr502
3 жыл бұрын
I love him also. By the way incase you did not know that Dex was like some kind of master of inserting quotes from other tunes songs etc. it’s like an art in itself. An art within an art.
@56conn6h
7 жыл бұрын
Wonderful. Thank God for the Danish to appreciate Dexter.
@sulevisydanmaa9981
2 жыл бұрын
THEY R THE GREAT DANES ...w Big Capppps .....
@davewray9909
4 жыл бұрын
Aimersoft. One of most malignant pieces of software ever inflicted on the internet.
@robertballard8833
11 ай бұрын
Why couldnt Aimersoft put their logo in the corner........
@JerryLaCasse69
11 жыл бұрын
One hell of a player
@nicholasharrison6205
5 жыл бұрын
Every musician needs to see this to truly understand the experiences and life of a musician at this time.
@faeryangelharvey9720
3 жыл бұрын
How about the ugly trade mark go on the side rather than on Dexters face!!! doh
@timedmusic
12 жыл бұрын
No such thing as too much Long Tall- thank you, HarrisonFerlauto.
@123must
10 жыл бұрын
very beautiful upload ! Thanks
@mariannefurman1923
12 жыл бұрын
first heard of him when I watched Round Midnight love his playing and the movie.
@maggielandro7919
9 жыл бұрын
Song is title of the doc -------^^^^^^&I/m eternally yours DG^^^^^^^^^ "makes no difference where you are because I am sooo eternally yours" is not in the lyrics its delivery is true emotiion. we'll recognize ea other on the Astral Plane & or future life/lives as in Portugal 1967.
@abrahamgamboa
7 жыл бұрын
oh yeah Dexter talk about it what a voice!!!
@terrryc
12 жыл бұрын
If there was any doubt as to Dexter's abilities, this documentary kills the skeptics on sight. AND hearing....
@AlbertMensinga
7 жыл бұрын
Love this guy.
@andygraham8986
8 жыл бұрын
just brilliant
@nealgoldstein4578
3 жыл бұрын
Indeed, an excellent doc. A great history lesson, too. Thank you.
@blixtgo
12 жыл бұрын
A very enjoyable experience. Dexter Gordon's music and his personal style bring happiness to me. I have watched a wonderful movie starring Dexter, Round Midnight, from 1986, which I believe all who enjoy this documentary will find to be an enriching experience. Thanks to the poster for this.
@cindychristian1700
7 жыл бұрын
This makes me appreciate him not only as a brilliant musician but as a really cool and sexy man. Wow!
@2005rosebud
5 жыл бұрын
the poet of the tenor sax
@8aDe7
12 жыл бұрын
was he drunk in the beginning?!
@1cathexis
7 жыл бұрын
All the trouble to post this & you can't wipe the watermark first? Worthless distraction.
@Starritt_Piano
5 жыл бұрын
Wow that focused clarinet sound from 6:40-7:10!!! Has he been listening to Buddy Defranco?
@BeadsByAria
8 ай бұрын
That’s not Dexter…
@pvelectric
7 жыл бұрын
Titan of talent, a major music man of genius.
@TheDocRitchie
2 жыл бұрын
brilliant stuff.
@aaronamccoy
12 жыл бұрын
my favorite, thanks for upload
@dfmontgomery91
5 жыл бұрын
Watching horn players chain smoke I am reminded when I smoked a Marlboro on the way down to win the intramural 50 yrd dash..foolish youth !
@billabbott6092
10 жыл бұрын
Wow.... what a force! Saw him live in 1980 just pissed out of his head but bigger than life and amazing.
@TremendousSax
10 жыл бұрын
What do you mean "just pissed out of his head"?
@grievous0598films
10 жыл бұрын
You mean very angry?....
@LoganCharlesII
10 жыл бұрын
It probably means that he was high.
@jibsmokestack1
10 жыл бұрын
denzelsnipes69 On alcohol it's a British expression!
@kaschamacka8681
7 жыл бұрын
one of a Kind
@Jazz313
10 ай бұрын
Dexter Gordon placed Scandinavian Jazz to the world. Israel and Denmark 🇩🇰 is leading the new creative revolution in Jazz Music in 2024
@MeAndMichaelOeuo
5 жыл бұрын
36:08
@jazzorphin
Жыл бұрын
"Long tall Dex" was one of the top ballad players of the '60s !!
@xbobx27
Жыл бұрын
This is fantastic.
@lestmbly
8 жыл бұрын
Ask a young jazz musician today to put on a shirt, tie, slacks and sports jacket in the way that these guys did in the day... They would tend to look at you like you were crazy... This is a important part of the discipline of the jazz musician. Sartorial style is a lost art amongst today's contemproary musicians
@MaliVinnyB
8 жыл бұрын
Very True...I've Constantly Chided cats I've hired to AT LEAST wear Slacks and decent shoes....I've ALSO hired cats who may have been Less talented because they AT LEAST taken pride of their appearance!!!! NOT counting TIES,but At least they'd had a concept elegance....
@pettibonnotginn
7 жыл бұрын
Nonsense. Go shine Wynton's shoes, sophisticated gent.
@sulevisydanmaa9981
2 жыл бұрын
ALSO, music is lost amongst today s LOSEcicians, 4 the mst pt ...
@Dysusfusion
11 жыл бұрын
happy birthday dexter
@tripacer2005
21 күн бұрын
This is the bebop sound that killed good Jazz swing, they never play the melody, up and down the scales, bring back the great swing standard music like Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller Tommy Dorsey .
@1955drv
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Dexter 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@pedrosteve
12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this!!!!
@sulevisydanmaa9981
2 жыл бұрын
I DON T LIKE DEX, AM I A S C H M U C K ?? He s too mild, 2 cool. Prefer people like Jackie Mac, Hub, Mogie. =HOTttt ....Why should eby like eby ? Ask 1 Tristano, G.Russell, Herman Foster, Mance or Nance - even (Steven..).
@jevonj77
9 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the ballad in the intro!!!??? I need to KNOW! I have to KNOW!!!
@bebopjoe
9 жыл бұрын
Fitzgerald's Anticks More than you know
@jevonj77
9 жыл бұрын
Thanks! AWESOME!!!
@jevonj77
9 жыл бұрын
bebopjoe Thanks! AWESOME!!!
@peterwhitford3819
8 жыл бұрын
Its the verse of More than You Know , Then the song is Sunny moon for 2
@Filippo-Parisi
12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for share Harrison. I loved to watch it and I'm almost crying, for a mix of happyness to hear him and for missing him so much.
@DiamondSoul
12 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have a link or the name of the piece Lester Young is playing around 5:05?
@mishavidic3153
10 жыл бұрын
i remember seeing 'round midnight' -- i was in amsterdam and it was a strange feeling watching the story in paris and new york and then getting out of the cinema to amsterdam... shame there is nothing in the film about karin krog who worked with him.... i can still hear my very much wasted record shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh dexter and her and the band going 'some other spring'...
@ManuelGarcia-tu7ks
7 ай бұрын
The One and ONLY LTD. A Giant of the tenor and One of the True Legends of jazz.
@sherriekoberevans3935
8 жыл бұрын
what a great gift why did our own have to go to Europe to do what they loved?
@fullmoon7192
8 жыл бұрын
Ask your fellow Americans... Perhaps, to avoid dying in poverty (?)
@lonhillyer
8 жыл бұрын
Because, United States minimizes everything black folks have accomplished or created in our/their country.
@IsaacCosse-c4j
4 ай бұрын
Lord, I thank you for this documentary and thank you u tube….
@maryorji5380
6 жыл бұрын
Merci beacoup harrison pour le partager
@anthonydemar5004
5 ай бұрын
Master musician... Legend best of the best
@davidstalker8419
9 ай бұрын
godfather of one of the musicians in Metallica
@jeffreyalexander7504
9 жыл бұрын
Dudes been hittin' the bottle/ludes/heroine or something...
@maggielandro7919
9 жыл бұрын
Age and cancer of the Larynx,,mind very much there. You dont hv grandpa or old uncles. Age gets all..however improbable you see it now. Lots of luck.
@SunshineInWoods
9 жыл бұрын
maggie landro Cancer of the larynx usually doesn't get you by eating candies though. :)
@taildragger53
9 жыл бұрын
maggie landro Well said ....the narcotics thing followed many artists around but it's the person behind the addiction who is still a diamond ..and Dexter shone brightly. any creative ones,painting artists, poets, authors, musicians in rock or jazz and even many Classical musicians were addicts to opiates but this was their way to handle pressure. It wasn't right but we are all human and prone. I saw Dexter 3 times and was SO knocked out...his presence and sound was IMMENSE Peace & love to you Maggie.
@TonyRosenberg
7 жыл бұрын
does anyone know where I can find this performance of Loose Walk?
@dickirish1
7 жыл бұрын
Dexter Gordon Live in '63 & '64 Jazz Icons DVD - try Amazon or Ebay. On the cover it's listed as Blues Walk (which it is, they're the same tune.)
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