Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz ten… Read Full Bio ↴Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He was among the earliest tenor players to adapt the bebop musical language of people such as Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the instrument. His studio and live performance career spanned over 40 years.
Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant". He played a Conn 10M Lady Face until 1964. He lost the instrument in a Paris hotel and then switched over to a Selmer Mark VI. His saxophone, seen in various photos, was fitted with an Otto Link metal mouthpiece.
In 1986, Dexter Gordon was named a member and officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture in France. His performance in Round Midnight (Warner Bros, 1986) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Leading Role and he won a Grammy for Best Soundtrack. On April 25, 1990, Dexter Gordon died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gordon was born and grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a doctor who counted Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton among his patients. He played clarinet from the age of 13, before switching to saxophone (initially alto, then tenor) at 15. While still at school, he was playing in bands with such contemporaries as Chico Hamilton and Buddy Collette.
Between 1940 and 1943, Gordon was a member of Lionel Hampton's band, playing in a saxophone section alongside Illinois Jacquet and Marshall Royal. In 1943 he made his first recordings under his own name, alongside Nat Cole and Harry 'Sweets' Edison. During 1943-44 he featured in the Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson bands, before joining Billy Eckstine.
By 1945, Gordon had left the Eckstine band and was resident in New York, where he was performing and recording with Charlie Parker, as well as recording under his own name. Gordon was particularly known for his saxophone duels with fellow tenorman Wardell Gray that were a popular live attraction which were documented in recordings made between 1947 and 1952.
Gordon's sound was commonly characterized as being 'large' and spacious and he had a tendency to play behind the beat. One of his major influences was Lester Young. Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on John Coltrane during the 1940s and 1950s. Coltrane's playing, however, during his early period from the mid to late '50s or early '60s influenced Gordon's playing from then onward. Similarities in their styles include their clear, strong, metallic tones, their tendencies to bend up to high notes, and their abilities to single-tongue and still swing. One of Gordon's idiosyncrasies was to recite the lyrics of each ballad before playing it.
Gordon was performing Freddie Redd's music for the Los Angeles production of Jack Gelber's play The Connection in 1960, replacing Jackie McLean. Around this time, he signed to Blue Note Records, an association that was to produce a steady flow of albums for several years: Doin' Allright, Dexter Calling..., Go, and A Swingin' Affair. The first two, his Blue Note debuts, were recorded over three days in May 1961 with Freddie Hubbard, Horace Parlan and others. The last two were recorded in August 1962, just before Gordon left for his extended stay in Europe, with a rhythm section that featured Blue Note regulars Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins. During the next few years, Gordon would record again for Blue Note. During this time he would be a big advocate of Onzy Matthews and be one of the initial sax players to start Matthews' big band in 1959 along with Curtis Amy; Gordon would leave to Europe before getting a chance to record with that big band on Capitol Records.
Over the next 15 years in Europe, living mainly in Paris and Copenhagen, he played regularly with fellow expatriate, or visiting players, such as Bud Powell, Ben Webster, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Horace Parlan and Billy Higgins. Blue Note Records' German-born Francis Wolff supervised Gordon's later sessions for the label on his visits to Europe.
From this period come Our Man in Paris, One Flight Up, and Gettin' Around. Our Man in Paris was a Blue Note session recorded in Paris, France in 1963 with a quartet including pianist Bud Powell, drummer Kenny Clarke, and French bassist Pierre Michelot. One Flight Up, recorded in Paris in 1964 with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Kenny Drew, drummer Art Taylor, and Danish bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, features an extended solo by Gordon on the track "Tanya".
Gordon also visited the States occasionally for further recording dates with Blue Note: Gettin' Around was recorded during a visit back to the US in May 1965, as was the unreleased album Clubhouse.
Less well-known, but of similar quality, are the albums he recorded during the same period for the Danish label SteepleChase (Something Different, Bouncin' With Dex, Biting the Apple, and a few dozen others). They again feature American sidemen, but also such Europeans as Spanish pianist Tete Montoliu and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.
Gordon found Europe in the 1960s a much easier place to live, saying that he experienced less racism and greater respect for jazz musicians. Furthermore in America he had experienced drug addiction and imprisonment twice, and must have found the change of location helpful. While in Copenhagen, Dexter Gordon and Kenny Drew's trio appeared onscreen in Ole Ege's theatrically released hardcore pornographic film Pornografi (1971), for which they composed and performed the score.
He switched from Blue Note to Prestige Records (1965-1973) but stayed very much in the hard-bop idiom, making classic bop albums like 1972's Tangerine with Thad Jones, Freddie Hubbard, and Hank Jones.
Some of the Prestige albums were recorded during visits back to North America while he was still living in Europe; others were made in Europe, including live sets from the Montreux Jazz Festival. The American recordings included The Chase, a tenor battle with Gene Ammons cut in Chicago in 1970.
Dexter Gordon finally returned to the United States for good in 1976. He appeared at the Village Vanguard, NY, for a gig that was dubbed as his 'homecoming;' and was recorded and released under that title. He noted "There was so much love and elation; sometimes it was a little eerie at the Vanguard. After the last set they'd turn on the lights and nobody would move".
After this appearance, Gordon recorded several more albums that proved he was as good if not better than before his years in Europe, and he finally gained appreciation as one of the great jazz tenors. The increased attention that he received because of Columbia Records promotions has been seen as a turning point in jazz because they focused on acoustic jazz rather than the commercial cross-over styles which had been heavily promoted during the first part of the 1970s.
Gordon made several notable film appearances. The first occurred, oddly enough, while he was in prison for possession of heroin. He portrayed an inmate playing in the prison band in Unchained, though the soundtrack was later overdubbed. In 1986, Gordon starred in the movie Round Midnight as 'Dale Turner', an expatriate jazz musician much like himself; the role might even be a thinly veiled biography of him, though Lester Young and Bud Powell were its main inspirations. Gordon received a nomination for a Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal. In addition, he had a non-speaking role in the film Awakenings, which was released after his death. Between these two roles, Gordon made a guest appearance on the Michael Mann series Crime Story.
Gordon died of kidney failure in Philadelphia, PA, on April 25, 1990, at the age of 67. He was voted musician of the year by Down Beat magazine in 1978 and 1980, and in the latter year was inducted into Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame.
Gordon's maternal grandfather was Captain Edward L. Baker, one of the five Medal of Honor winners (9th Cav.) in the Spanish-American War who served in the 9th and 10th Cavalries in the group known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
Gordon's father, Dr. Frank Gordon, M.D., was one of the first prominent African-American physicians and a graduate of Howard University.
Dexter Gordon had a total of six children, from the oldest to the youngest: Robin Gordon (Los Angeles, CA), James Canales Gordon (Oakland, CA), Deidre (Dee Dee) Gordon (Los Angeles, CA), Mikael Gordon-Solfors (Stockholm, Sweden), Morten Gordon (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Benjamin Dexter Gordon (Copenhagen, Denmark), and five grandchildren, Raina Moore (Brooklyn, NY), Jared Johnson (Los Angeles, CA), and Matthew Johnson (Los Angeles, CA) Maya Canales (Oakland, CA), Jared Canales (Oakland, CA)
When he lived in Denmark, he became friends with the family of the future Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, and subsequently became Lars's godfather.
Gordon is also survived by his widow and former manager-producer Maxine Gordon.
Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), so he was also known as "Long Tall Dexter" and "Sophisticated Giant". He played a Conn 10M Lady Face until 1964. He lost the instrument in a Paris hotel and then switched over to a Selmer Mark VI. His saxophone, seen in various photos, was fitted with an Otto Link metal mouthpiece.
In 1986, Dexter Gordon was named a member and officer of the French Order of Arts and Letters by the Ministry of Culture in France. His performance in Round Midnight (Warner Bros, 1986) was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Leading Role and he won a Grammy for Best Soundtrack. On April 25, 1990, Dexter Gordon died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Gordon was born and grew up in Los Angeles, where his father was a doctor who counted Duke Ellington and Lionel Hampton among his patients. He played clarinet from the age of 13, before switching to saxophone (initially alto, then tenor) at 15. While still at school, he was playing in bands with such contemporaries as Chico Hamilton and Buddy Collette.
Between 1940 and 1943, Gordon was a member of Lionel Hampton's band, playing in a saxophone section alongside Illinois Jacquet and Marshall Royal. In 1943 he made his first recordings under his own name, alongside Nat Cole and Harry 'Sweets' Edison. During 1943-44 he featured in the Louis Armstrong and Fletcher Henderson bands, before joining Billy Eckstine.
By 1945, Gordon had left the Eckstine band and was resident in New York, where he was performing and recording with Charlie Parker, as well as recording under his own name. Gordon was particularly known for his saxophone duels with fellow tenorman Wardell Gray that were a popular live attraction which were documented in recordings made between 1947 and 1952.
Gordon's sound was commonly characterized as being 'large' and spacious and he had a tendency to play behind the beat. One of his major influences was Lester Young. Gordon, in turn, was an early influence on John Coltrane during the 1940s and 1950s. Coltrane's playing, however, during his early period from the mid to late '50s or early '60s influenced Gordon's playing from then onward. Similarities in their styles include their clear, strong, metallic tones, their tendencies to bend up to high notes, and their abilities to single-tongue and still swing. One of Gordon's idiosyncrasies was to recite the lyrics of each ballad before playing it.
Gordon was performing Freddie Redd's music for the Los Angeles production of Jack Gelber's play The Connection in 1960, replacing Jackie McLean. Around this time, he signed to Blue Note Records, an association that was to produce a steady flow of albums for several years: Doin' Allright, Dexter Calling..., Go, and A Swingin' Affair. The first two, his Blue Note debuts, were recorded over three days in May 1961 with Freddie Hubbard, Horace Parlan and others. The last two were recorded in August 1962, just before Gordon left for his extended stay in Europe, with a rhythm section that featured Blue Note regulars Sonny Clark, Butch Warren and Billy Higgins. During the next few years, Gordon would record again for Blue Note. During this time he would be a big advocate of Onzy Matthews and be one of the initial sax players to start Matthews' big band in 1959 along with Curtis Amy; Gordon would leave to Europe before getting a chance to record with that big band on Capitol Records.
Over the next 15 years in Europe, living mainly in Paris and Copenhagen, he played regularly with fellow expatriate, or visiting players, such as Bud Powell, Ben Webster, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Kenny Drew, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Horace Parlan and Billy Higgins. Blue Note Records' German-born Francis Wolff supervised Gordon's later sessions for the label on his visits to Europe.
From this period come Our Man in Paris, One Flight Up, and Gettin' Around. Our Man in Paris was a Blue Note session recorded in Paris, France in 1963 with a quartet including pianist Bud Powell, drummer Kenny Clarke, and French bassist Pierre Michelot. One Flight Up, recorded in Paris in 1964 with trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Kenny Drew, drummer Art Taylor, and Danish bassist Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, features an extended solo by Gordon on the track "Tanya".
Gordon also visited the States occasionally for further recording dates with Blue Note: Gettin' Around was recorded during a visit back to the US in May 1965, as was the unreleased album Clubhouse.
Less well-known, but of similar quality, are the albums he recorded during the same period for the Danish label SteepleChase (Something Different, Bouncin' With Dex, Biting the Apple, and a few dozen others). They again feature American sidemen, but also such Europeans as Spanish pianist Tete Montoliu and Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen.
Gordon found Europe in the 1960s a much easier place to live, saying that he experienced less racism and greater respect for jazz musicians. Furthermore in America he had experienced drug addiction and imprisonment twice, and must have found the change of location helpful. While in Copenhagen, Dexter Gordon and Kenny Drew's trio appeared onscreen in Ole Ege's theatrically released hardcore pornographic film Pornografi (1971), for which they composed and performed the score.
He switched from Blue Note to Prestige Records (1965-1973) but stayed very much in the hard-bop idiom, making classic bop albums like 1972's Tangerine with Thad Jones, Freddie Hubbard, and Hank Jones.
Some of the Prestige albums were recorded during visits back to North America while he was still living in Europe; others were made in Europe, including live sets from the Montreux Jazz Festival. The American recordings included The Chase, a tenor battle with Gene Ammons cut in Chicago in 1970.
Dexter Gordon finally returned to the United States for good in 1976. He appeared at the Village Vanguard, NY, for a gig that was dubbed as his 'homecoming;' and was recorded and released under that title. He noted "There was so much love and elation; sometimes it was a little eerie at the Vanguard. After the last set they'd turn on the lights and nobody would move".
After this appearance, Gordon recorded several more albums that proved he was as good if not better than before his years in Europe, and he finally gained appreciation as one of the great jazz tenors. The increased attention that he received because of Columbia Records promotions has been seen as a turning point in jazz because they focused on acoustic jazz rather than the commercial cross-over styles which had been heavily promoted during the first part of the 1970s.
Gordon made several notable film appearances. The first occurred, oddly enough, while he was in prison for possession of heroin. He portrayed an inmate playing in the prison band in Unchained, though the soundtrack was later overdubbed. In 1986, Gordon starred in the movie Round Midnight as 'Dale Turner', an expatriate jazz musician much like himself; the role might even be a thinly veiled biography of him, though Lester Young and Bud Powell were its main inspirations. Gordon received a nomination for a Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal. In addition, he had a non-speaking role in the film Awakenings, which was released after his death. Between these two roles, Gordon made a guest appearance on the Michael Mann series Crime Story.
Gordon died of kidney failure in Philadelphia, PA, on April 25, 1990, at the age of 67. He was voted musician of the year by Down Beat magazine in 1978 and 1980, and in the latter year was inducted into Down Beat's Jazz Hall of Fame.
Gordon's maternal grandfather was Captain Edward L. Baker, one of the five Medal of Honor winners (9th Cav.) in the Spanish-American War who served in the 9th and 10th Cavalries in the group known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
Gordon's father, Dr. Frank Gordon, M.D., was one of the first prominent African-American physicians and a graduate of Howard University.
Dexter Gordon had a total of six children, from the oldest to the youngest: Robin Gordon (Los Angeles, CA), James Canales Gordon (Oakland, CA), Deidre (Dee Dee) Gordon (Los Angeles, CA), Mikael Gordon-Solfors (Stockholm, Sweden), Morten Gordon (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Benjamin Dexter Gordon (Copenhagen, Denmark), and five grandchildren, Raina Moore (Brooklyn, NY), Jared Johnson (Los Angeles, CA), and Matthew Johnson (Los Angeles, CA) Maya Canales (Oakland, CA), Jared Canales (Oakland, CA)
When he lived in Denmark, he became friends with the family of the future Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, and subsequently became Lars's godfather.
Gordon is also survived by his widow and former manager-producer Maxine Gordon.
Georgia on My Mind
Dexter Gordon Lyrics
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Ace Cannon Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Alex de Grassi In my mind I'm gone to Carolina Can't you see the…
Alex de Grassi and Quique Cruz In my mind I'm gone to Carolina Can't you see the…
Anita O Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Anita O'Day Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through just an old sweet so…
Anita O'Day & Gene Krupa Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Anita O´ Day Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Annie Lennox Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throu…
Armstrong Luis Georgia... georgia... the whole day through just an old swee…
Arnold T Georgia Georgia the whole day through Just an old sweet song…
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Austin French Georgia, Oh Georgia Oh! The whole day through Just an old sw…
Ayron Jones & The Way I've been writing letters to God and I asked Him What…
Barbara Cook The sun comes up I think about you The coffee cup…
Beck Baby I got a problem, Don't know what to do. Baby I…
Bee Spears; Bobbie Nelson; Booker T. Jones; Chris Ethridge; Jody Payne; Mickey Raphael; Paul English I let my mind wander And what did it do I…
Beegie Adair Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Benny Carter and His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Bigband Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet…
Bill & Gloria Gaither Now come and listen to my story A story that I…
Billie Holiday Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Billie Holiday Eddie Heywood Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Billie Holiday & Billie Holiday Orchestra Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Billie Holiday & Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Billie Holiday & Lester Young Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Billie Holiday / Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Billie Holiday Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Billie Holiday Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Billie Holiday w Eddie Haywood & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Billie Holiday/Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Billie Jo Spears Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Bing Crosby Melodies bring memories That linger in my heart Make me thin…
Bob French's Original Tuxedo Jazz Band & Friends In my darkest days, eyes run dry You are here now,…
Bobby Bland Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Bobby Darin All right â?¦ Girl, we're makin' music Lyin' here tonight T…
Bobby Solo Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet…
Bolton Michael Georgia, Georgia, whole day through Just an old sweet song K…
Booker T. & the MG's You been running on my mind, it don't make sense But…
Brenda Lee Georgia Georgia the whole day through Just an old sweet song…
Bromberg David Carmichael-Gorrell Georgia, Georgia, the whole day throug…
Brown ray Back down memory lane, I began as my mother's bright…
BUBLE MICHAEL Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Buddy & Ella Johnson Oh, girl on my mind Please come back to me I love…
C. Vaughn Leslie & Boys' Night Out Oh no Oh no Mmmm hmmm mmm I just want to make my…
Carmichael Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Chris Barber's Jazz & Blues Band I think I got somethin' on my mind, girl Think I…
Chris Thompson Carmichael-Gorrell Georgia, Georgia, the whole day throug…
Clapton Eric & Winwood Steve Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find It's just an old…
Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra; Leon Russell Oh it happened slowly, happened to me slowly Yes the tears…
Cold Chisel Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
Coleman Hawkins And Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Count Basie Orchestra Ray Charles Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet …
Count Basie Sidemen Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Countdown Singers Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Crystal Gayle Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
D.E. Criss I want to tell you the truth I never cared my…
D.J. Chill Back down memory lane, I began as my mother's bright…
Dean Martin Georgia Georgia The whole world through Just an old sweet so…
Deep Purple Georgia, Georgia, just smile and ease my pain An old sweet…
Denise King Georgia Georgia The whole day through (The whole day through…
Django Reinhardt Georgia Georgia The whole day through babe Just an old sw…
Doug Stone Every time my eyes sing that song I sing for my Georgia,…
E Always on my mind 如果解得开这难题 我会更加感谢爱情 不只是让我可以遇见你 如果还能怎样努力 我们不会…
Earl Hines & Harry Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Eddie Calvert Back down memory lane, I began as my mother's bright…
Eddie Heywood & His Orchestra w/ Billie Holiday Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Eddie Heywood and His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Eddy Arnold Georgia Georgia the whole day through Just an old sweet song…
Egert Milder I close the door behind me Freaking scared I don't look…
Ella Fitzgerald Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Ella Fitzgerald and Nelson Riddle Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Ella Fitzgerald. Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Emmanuel Djob Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find It's just an old…
Eric Clapton / Steve Winwood Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find It's just an old…
Eric Clapton&Steve Winwood Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find It's just an old…
Eric Clapton; Steve Winwood Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find It's just an old…
Ernie K-Doe I hope you don't mind Being left behind It's time to walk…
Ethel Waters Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
Etta Jones Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Faron Young Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Fats Domino When I lost my baby I almost lost my mind Ooh I'm…
Fats Waller and His Rhythm Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet …
Felguk feat Sporty-O See I got Georgia on my mind and I hatred…
Finn. There are demons There are demons There are demons in my min…
Floyd Cramer Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Frankie Laine Georgia oh Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Frankie Trumbauer Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Freddy Randall And His Band I think I got somethin' on my mind, girl Think I…
Funk I got my mind made up Come on you can get…
Garcia & Saunders Yeah this trouble been creeping, creeping On my mind And I c…
Gene Krupa & Anita O'Day Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Gene Krupa & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Gene Krupa & His Orchestra & Anita O'Day Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Gene Krupa And His Orchestra with Anita O'Day Back down memory lane, I began as my mother's bright…
Gene Krupa v/Anita O'Day Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Gene Krupa/Anita O'day Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Gene Krupa/Anita Oday Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Gene Krupa;Anita O'Day Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Geoff & Maria Muldaur Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
George Melly Yeah Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old swee…
Gerald Albright Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Geraldo & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Glenn Miller Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Glenn Miller Orchestra Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet…
Glenn Miller with Tex Beneke & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Glenn Miller/Benny Goodman Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet…
Graham BLVD In my mind I'm gone to Carolina Can't you see the…
Hal Mooney I don't care if there's powder on my nose I don't…
Hal Mooney & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Hans Visser & Friends I can't get you off of my mind I can't get…
Harry James Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Helge Schneider Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet …
Hi-Los Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
Hit Co. Big Band Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through An' just an old swee…
Hoagy Carmichael Georgia Georgia The whole day trough Just an old sweet song …
Honi Deaton & Dream I've seen better days, refused to let it change my…
Hot S.A. Oh, yeah yeah Wow, wow, wow, wow, yeah Arthur J. did, indica…
Humphrey Lyttelton and His Band I think I got somethin' on my mind, girl Think I…
Hurk.Lee Georgia Georgia the whole day through Just an old sweet song…
I.T.S. Mmmm Sharks Gotta eat Kavo Ain't got time today Sometimes wa…
India.Arie Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Itzhak Perlman & Oscar Peterson Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
J.b. Band See I got Georgia on my mind and I hatred…
J.J. & Kai Uh oh You got me in my feelings I miss you Take me…
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding Quintet I lost my mind Sunday morning by 2: 30-3oclock Remember the …
J.J. Johnson / Kai Winding / Bill Evans / Paul Chambers Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
J.J. Johnson Kai Winding I lost my mind Sunday morning by 2: 30-3oclock Remember the …
J.P. Hartmann Yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah Yuh bubble…
J.Shin Georgia, oh Georgia No, no, no, no, no peace I find Just…
Jacintha Every time my eyes sing that song I sing for my Georgia,…
Jack Greene It's knowing that your door is always open And your path…
jack hylton & his orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Jack Lemmon Every time my eyes sing that song I sing for my Georgia,…
James Brown Georgia, oh Georgia No, no, no, no, no peace I find Just…
James Brown & The J.B.'s Georgia, oh Georgia No, no, no, no, no peace I find Just…
Jay B. Clay Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Jazz All-Stars 夜毎 彼女の telephone number 涙ながらに問いかける 飲み過ぎて君をからかいがちに いきなり抱きすくめた…
Jazz-Anita'Oday-Gene-Krupa Once I laughed when I heard you saying That I'd be…
Jean-Félix Lalanne My mind, all right, I'm fine, go! Mom, come, i do,…
Jerry Lee Lewis Georgia, hey Georgia No peace I find Just an old sweet son…
Jerry Reed Georgia, Georgia the whole night through Just an old sweet …
Jo Stafford [feat. Paul Weston & His Orchestra] Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Joe Pass Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Joe Venuti Lino Patruno and Friends Back down memory lane, I began as my mother's bright…
Joe Williams & Count Basie In my mind I'm gone to Carolina Can't you see the…
John C. Marshall I can't believe this time I'm leaving All along you'd though…
John Chilton's Feetwarmers Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
John Chilton's Feetwarmers & George Melly Yeah Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old swee…
Jools Holland Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Jools Holland & India Arie Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet …
Jools Holland Solomon Burke and Eric Clapton Georgia, oh Georgia, no peace I find It's just an old…
Julien-François Zbinden With your feet on the air and your head on…
Kai Winding & J. J. Johnson 내겐 작은 꿈이 있어 내가 그리고 니가 항상 원하던 대로 우리가 꿈꾼대로 우리가 꿈꿔왔던…
Kay Kyser & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Khalil Fong (方大同) Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Landa Georgia, georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Lenny Breau Ausverkaufte Tour, aber ich rapp erst seit Corona Ich bin üb…
Lester Young Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Linda Hopkins Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Lou Rawls Georgia, hey Georgia, The whole day through Just an old swe…
Louis Armstrong Georgia......Georgia..........the whole day through Just an …
Louis Armstrong & His All‐Stars Yeah Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old swee…
Louis Armstrong / Sy Oliver's Orchestra Georgia Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Maceo Parker Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Martin Taylor Made Up My Mind Written by Josh Martin It takes courage to…
Massimo Faraò Georgia Georgia The whole day through (The whole day through…
Matt Monro Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
Michael Bolton Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Michael Bolton & BBC Concert Orchestra Georgia, Georgia, whole day through Just an old sweet song K…
michael bublé Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Mildred Bailey Melodies bring memories That linger in my heart Make me th…
Milestone “Nwanem I just want dlink water and mind my business” “What’…
Mina Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Monro Matt Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
Mountain Men Free my mind Ease the pain Ahhhh Free my mind Ease the pain …
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Nat Gonella Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
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Newell Oler Maybe I didn't love you Quite as often as I could…
Nora & Will I don't like what's on my mind Yeah, I know this…
Offenbach Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through An' just an old swee…
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P.J. Perry Yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Yeah yeah yeah Yuh bubble…
Pat Boone When I lost my baby (baby) I almost lost my mind When…
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Paul Weston & His Orchestra Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Peggy Lee & The Four Of A Kind Georgia Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Peter & Will Anderson Where have I been all this time? Where you should stay? Plea…
Preservation Hall Jazz Band Georgia, hmm Georgia the whole day through There's that old…
Ralph and Buddy Bonds I put the record on tryna feel what I am thinking Play…
Ray Brown Back down memory lane, I began as my mother's bright…
Ray Charles Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
Ray Charles & Orchestra Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Ray Charles & The Count Basie Orchestra Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
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Ray Charles - The Rolling Stone Magazines 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time Georgia, Georgia The whole day through (the whole day throug…
Ray Charles / The Count Basie Orchestra Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet …
Rick Nelson Georgia, woh Georgia, the whole day through Just an old swe…
Rory Partin Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Roy Fox & His Band I think I got somethin' on my mind, girl Think I…
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Ruby Ruby Ruby Hate to admit it feels right But you know what's on…
Ryan Innes Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet so…
S. Gorrell / H. Carmichael Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
S.A.V.H.S. Jazz Band Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through An' just an old swee…
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Starlite Singers Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet son…
Stéphane Grappelli & Django Reinhardt Georgia, Georgia, the whole day through Just an old sweet so…
Steve Gadd and Friends In my darkest days, eyes run dry You are here now,…
Steve Tyrell Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Is just an old sweet …
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Sy Oliver's Orchestra Georgia Georgia The whole day through Just an old sweet s…
Sy Oliver's Orchestra & Louis Armstrong Yeah Georgia, Georgia The whole day through Just an old swee…
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We have lyrics for these tracks by Dexter Gordon:
'Round Midnight It begins to tell 'Round midnight, midnight I do pretty well…
'Round Midnight Live It begins to tell 'Round midnight, midnight I do pretty we…
A Ghost of a Chance I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
Blues In Teddy When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Body My heart is sad and lonely For you I sigh, for…
Bugle Blues You're bound to fall for the bugle call; You're gonna brag…
But Not for Me Old man sunshine listen you Never tell me dreams come true J…
Call Sheet Blues You're bound to fall for the bugle call; You're gonna brag…
Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
Darn That Dream [INSTRUMENTAL]…
Dinner For One Please Dinner for one please, James The Madame will not be…
Don't Worry 'Bout Me Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just be …
Don't Worry ‘Bout Me Don't worry 'bout me I'll get along Forget about me Just …
Ernie's Tune [INSTRUMENTAL]…
Everybody The tears I cried for you could fill an ocean, But…
For All We Know For all we know We may never meet again Before we go Make…
Ghost of a Chance I need your love so badly, I love you, oh,…
Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry The torch I carry is handsome It's worth its heartache in…
Heartaches Heartaches Heartaches My loving you meant only heartaches Yo…
Honeysuckle Rose Every honey bee fills with jealousy When they see you out…
How Long Has This Been Going On As a tot, when I trotted in little velvet panties, I…
How Long Has This Been Going On? As a tot, when I trotted in little velvet panties, I…
I How did I know that the warmth of the glow…
I Can't Believe Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry The torch I carry is handsome It's worth its heartache in…
I Hear Music You went away and left me long time ago And now…
I Was Doing All Right I was doing all right Nothing but rainbows in my sky I…
I'll Remember April This lovely day will lengthen into evening We'll sigh goodby…
I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want you I'm a fool to want…
If I Had You I could show the world how to smile I could be…
If You Could See Me Now If you could see me now, you'd know how blue…
In a Sentimental Mood In A Sentimental Mood I can see the stars come…
Isn Isn't she lovely Isn't she wonderful Isn't she precious L…
Isn't She Lovely Isn't she lovely Isn't she wonderful Isn't she precious …
It How did I know that the warmth of the glow…
It's Only a Paper Moon Say, it's only a paper moon Sailing over a cardboard sea But…
It's The Talk Of The Town We were more than lovers, We were more than sweethearts, It'…
It's You or No One How did I know that the warmth of the glow…
Just Friends Just friends, lovers no more Just friends, but not like befo…
Lady Be Good Listen to my tale of woe, It's terribly sad but…
Laura Laura is the face in the misty lights. Footsteps that you…
Like Someone in Love Lately, I find myself out gazing at stars, Hearing guitars…
Love Locked Out Love locked out in all the cold and rain, Love locked…
Lullaby Of Birdland Lullaby of Birdland, that's what I Always hear when you…
Misty Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten up a…
More Than You Know Whether you are here or yonder, Whether you are false…
On Green Dolphin Street It seems like a dream, yet I know it happened A…
Our Love Is Here to Stay It's very clear, our love is here to stay Not for…
Perdido Perdido, I look for my heart it's perdido I lost it…
Polka Dots And Moonbeams A country dance was being held in a garden I felt…
Round Midnight It begins to tell 'Round midnight, midnight I do pretty well…
Scared To Be Alone We never stop to wonder Till a person's gone We never year…
Secret Love Once I had a secret love, That lived within the heart…
Serenade In Blue When I hear that Serenade in blue I'm somewhere in another…
Skylark Skylark Have you anything to say to me? Won't you tell me…
Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Sophisticated Lady Sophisticated lady tryin' to change my ways Just because yo…
Stairway To The Stars Let's build a stairway to the stars And climb that stairway…
Star Eyes Star eyes, That to me is what your eyes are, Soft as…
Stompin' At the Savoy Savoy, the home of sweet romance, Savoy, it wins you with…
Sweet And Lovely Sweet and lovely Sweeter than the roses in May Sweet and lov…
Sweet Lorraine Everything is set, skies are blue, Can't believe it yet, but…
Talk Of The Town We were more than lovers, We were more than sweethearts, It'…
The Christmas Song Chestnuts roasting on an open fire Jack Frost nipping at you…
The Panther Temper is a package Pulling at its bow Darling disasters Hel…
The Shadow Of Your Smile The shadow of your smile When you have gone Will color all…
Three O It's three o'clock in the morning We've danced the whole ni…
Three O'Clock in the Morning It's three o'clock in the morning We've danced the whole nig…
Until the Real Thing Comes Along I'd wait for you I'd slave for you I'd be a beggar…
What is This Thing Called Love? I was a hum-drum person Leading a life apart When love fle…
You Can Depend on Me Yesterday you came my way, And when you smiled at me, In…
You Said It How did I know that the warmth of the glow…
You Stepped Me out of a Dream You stepped out of a dream You are too wonderful to…
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Louis V
Dexter Gordon, clearly, is a pantheon on the grand scale of jazz.
Please, though, let’s not look over Mr. Barry Harris.
Epic.
Example Man
The transition from melody to improvisation is so seamless with Dex. His concept of harmony is so very acute.
soerenguitarlessons
Love the way Dexter slowly and effortless moves from melody to improvisation The ending is mystical and beautiful.
Ethan Russell
I do wish I was apart of a band that played music such as this. The school jazz band just doesn't do any justice in replicating the extravagance of musical enjoyment professional jazz players propagate through beautiful music like this. Nothing quite makes me jealous just like imagining myself as an accomplished saxophonist. What lucky people get to invest their time in something so magical.
Skin EyemIn
Well, cats, especially those of Gordon's, Harris' and Jones' era, come from a time in America during which young highly creative and intelligent black men were navigating their individual ways through much murkier waters in order to survive. That's where they get most of their emotional ability to express so deeply from within.
gcrav
Be your own man. A school jazz program is only a starting point.
Jordan Hendrick
Go out to jazz clubs and do some jam sessions
dan fiore
Barry Harris is Dexter's match on the keyboard, he plays a hurting, soul-felt accompaniment to one of Dex's best ballads.
Jerônimo Nonato
Grande Dexter Gordon; muito bom nas passagens dos médios graves ,graves agudos uma exelente lição pros bons amantes da Boa musica ele toca como se pintasse um quadro dando sempre a textura certa da-lhe Dexter.
sandra ceren
A classic! Dexter Gordon's sax along with accompanists insure my pleasant, calm mood.!