I fell in love with Jazz and the saxophone through Dexter Gordon. My hero
@qlw15138
4 жыл бұрын
Great interview! I love hearing and learning about one of the all-time greatest saxophonists - the great Dexter Gordon. He was the best!
@qlw15138
3 жыл бұрын
@Layne Adriel Thank you for the info!
@rjagger1395
Жыл бұрын
Dexter Gordon, the definition of a jazz musician,,, a story teller
@PabloVestory
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing interview, thank you so much!
@timcharles5476
10 ай бұрын
Dexter, like so many before him, found acceptance in Europe for simply being himself, namely an outstanding creative musician; furthermore, he didn't experience racial discrimination as he had done in America, a country that provided a training ground for so many phenomenal musicians, but proved an anathema in terms of trying to live and make a living playing music.
@staceymichaels9530
6 ай бұрын
100%
@timcharles5476
10 ай бұрын
It wasn't mentioned here, but in 1955 Dexter acted while in prison in a movie called "Unchained", and after his release in in 1960 a play called "The Connection" on Broadway.
@staceymichaels9530
6 ай бұрын
Interesting information. Thank You
@andrewcharley1893
3 ай бұрын
Outstanding jazz musician outstanding performance in Round midnight.outstanding wife.
@raepaul8158
8 ай бұрын
One of the greats , his arraignment of tunes like body and soul round midnight or his compositions like cheese cake are second to none ! Great interview, thanks !
@rogerhigginbothamh2875
9 ай бұрын
Los Angeles own Dexter Gordon.
@UglyJazzMan
4 жыл бұрын
Such a great interview, what a nice guy dex! And this good lady! Such a modern thinking. Georgeus people
@andresking6220
3 жыл бұрын
i realize I'm kind of off topic but do anyone know of a good website to stream new series online?
@marcoalvaro627
3 жыл бұрын
@Andres King i would suggest Flixzone. You can find it on google =)
@huxleyaydin6562
3 жыл бұрын
@Marco Alvaro Yea, have been watching on Flixzone for since march myself :D
@andresking6220
3 жыл бұрын
@Marco Alvaro thank you, signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) Appreciate it !!
@marcoalvaro627
3 жыл бұрын
@Andres King Happy to help :)
@UglyJazzMan
4 жыл бұрын
I MUST HAVE THAT BOOK!!
@hectorsanchezz8696
6 ай бұрын
i discovered dexter gordon in a cuny school during covid.....
@shirley9529
4 жыл бұрын
All due respect to his wife, I think he was a gone man and I would have loved to have met him. And maybe gone out with him for dinners and shows. From what I have heard he might have been the type of man I like to have fun with! I think he was so sexy and handsome! Just my type as far as looks! I think he must have been quite intelligent and interesting to talk with! I would have loved listening to his story's of the places he had been and people he knew! I can only imagine that dates with him had to be quite fun and ultra romantic!
@EricWattree
4 жыл бұрын
DEXTER GORDON AND A SWINGIN' AFFAIR . I was told as a child Blacks had no worth, Not a nickel’s worth of dimes. I believed that myth ‘Til Dex rode in With his ax In double time. . His horn was soarin’, The changes flyin’, His rhythm right on time; My heart Beat with the pleasure Of new-found pride, Knowing, His blood Flowed through mine. . Dex Took the chords The keyboard played, And danced around each note; Then shuffled ’em Like a deck of cards, And didn’t miss a stroke. . B minor 7 with flatted 5th, a half diminished chord, He substituted a lick in D, Then really began to soar. . He tipped his hat To Charlie Parker, and quoted Trane with Miles, Then paid his homage to Thelonious Monk, In Charlie Rouse’s style. . He took a Scrapple From The Apple, Then went to Billie’s Bounce, The rhythm section, now on fire, But he didn’t budge an ounce. . He just dug right in to shuffle again, This time A Royal Flush, Then lingered a bit Behind the beat, Still smokin’ But in no rush. . Then he doubled the time just like this rhyme, in fluid 16th notes, tellin’ Charlie and Lester, “your baby boy, Dexter’s, on top of the bebop you wrote.” . Wailin’ like a banshee, this prince of saxophone, His ballads dripped of honey, His Arpeggios were strong. . Callin’ on his idles, Ghost of Pres’ within in the isles, smiling at his protege, At the peak of this new style. . His tenor Drenched of Blackness, And all the things we are- Of pain, and pleasure, And creative greatness Until his final bar. . Eric L. Wattree . DEXTER GORDON AND A SWINGIN’ AFFAIR wattree.blogspot.com/2019/08/beneath-spineric-l_16.html
@staceymichaels9530
6 ай бұрын
Bravo
@staceymichaels9530
Жыл бұрын
Woody Shaw?
@Jorvaskrr
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Maxine was married to Woody Shaw before Dexter.
@staceymichaels9530
Жыл бұрын
@@Jorvaskrr scheme....theme for maxine
@thomasarneson4511
6 ай бұрын
Yah Roseood Onaje Alan Gumbx.
@Zxx459
2 жыл бұрын
The swing era was mostly for reading charts..no much improvisation mostly white musicians getting the best gigs ( tv, recording industry).... And jazz mostly( improvised )music...focusing on ...a new style of music
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