Dexter Gordon
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Also Known As
Dexter K Gordon
Birth Place
Los Angeles, California, USA
Born
February 23, 1923
Died
April 25, 1990
Cause of Death
Kidney Failure
Biography
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Played saxaphone with Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker and many other jazz greats. Gordon was also a bandleader, whose forays into film ranged from scoring "Pornography-A Musical" (1971) to starring in Bertrand Tavernier's "Round Midnight" (1986), a semi-biographical film. The latter helped to mythologize Gordon, making him or the character he played, into the epitome of t...
Biography
Played saxaphone with Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker and many other jazz greats. Gordon was also a bandleader, whose forays into film ranged from scoring "Pornography-A Musical" (1971) to starring in Bertrand Tavernier's "Round Midnight" (1986), a semi-biographical film. The latter helped to mythologize Gordon, making him or the character he played, into the epitome of the Jazzman and earned him an Oscar nomination as Best Actor.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
The Legend of Teddy Edwards
(2001)
Awakenings
(1990)
Machito: A Latin Jazz Legacy
(1987)
Round Midnight
(1986)
Jazz in Exile
(1982)
Music (Feature Film)
Black Mass
(2015)
Song Performer
Diana
(2013)
Song Performer
Round Midnight
(1986)
Song
Jazz in Exile
(1982)
Song Performer
Pornografi-en musical
(1971)
Music
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Round Midnight
(1986)
Consultant
Cast (Special)
Dexter Gordon: More Than You Know
(1998)
Narration
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
(1989)
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
(1989)
Performer
Music (Special)
James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
(1989)
Music
Life Events
1971
Scored "Pornografi-en musical"
1982
Among first film appearances "Jazz in Exile"
1986
Feature film debut "'Round Midnight"
1990
Last film performance, "Awakenings"
