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.
Tenderly
Dexter Gordon Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Tenderly' by these artists:
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Anita O'Day Marty Paich & Quincy Jones and His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Anita O'Day; Oscar Peterson The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Anita O\'Day The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Armstrong Ella Fitzgerald Louis Armstrong The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Arne Domnérus and His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Artie Shaw and His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Austin Sherrié The air is cooling and the sun's going down The day's…
Barbara Dickson I never knew the things I know now I'm wondering how…
Ben Webster The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Ben Webster & Oscar Peterson The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Ben Webster All Stars The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Ben Webster and All Stars The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Ben Webster And His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Bert Kaempfert And His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Bette Midler The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly. The tremblin…
Bill Coleman & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Bill Evans The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Bill Evans feat. Miles Davis George Shearing Ahmad Jamal Cannonball Adderley The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Bill Evans; Tony Scott The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Billie Holiday & Oscar Peterson and His Orchestra The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Billie Holiday Oscar Peterson and His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Billy Eckstine The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Billy May & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Billy Vaughn The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Billy Vaughn His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Billy Vaughn & His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Bing Crosby & Rosemary Clooney The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Bobby Short The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
BriGT The evening breeze caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Buddy Cole The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Buddy Rich Ella Fitzgerald Herb Ellis Louis Armstrong Oscar Peterson & Ray Brown The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Buster Harding and his Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Carmen McRae The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The trembl…
Carmen McRae & Shirley Horn The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Carmen McRae and Shirley Horn The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The trembl…
Carol Sloane & Clark Terry The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Charley Spivak & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Chet Atkins Calling the angels Calling the wachmen angels on walls To co…
Chet Baker The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
David Cassidy I never knew the things I know now I'm wondering how,…
David Rose and His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Davis Jr. Sammy The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Disclosure Just thinking about you Just thinking about you, uh yeah J…
Doc Severinsen & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Don Cherry & Willie Nelson The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Don Philip No one before you Ever made me feel this way You taught…
Duke Ellington The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Duke Ellington & His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Edmundo Ros and His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Ella The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Emeli Sandé Hey, oh Oh when it rains it always pours But I have…
Erroll Garner The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
F.B. Alex Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling Calling for you and …
Frank Sinatra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly. The tremblin…
Freddy Martin & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Gene Krupa You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly The…
Georgie Auld And His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Gleason Jackie The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Harmful I'm not a morose type I'm not a depressed character Done w…
Harry James & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Hawkins Coleman The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Herbie Mann You came to me so tenderly And for a day…
Hill Bowen And His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Houses Well I want Somebody to hold me while I die. A prayer…
Hugo Perretti & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Hugo Perretti & His Orchestra/Sarah Vaughan The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Jack Lawrence The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Jackie Gleason The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Jackie Gleason & His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Jackie Gleason and His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Jackie Gleason Bobby Hackett The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Jackie Wilson The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
James Last Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Jane McNealy Tenderly Tenderly button my love in a rainbow c rainbow c r…
Jef Neve and José James The evening breeze Caressed the trees Tenderly The trembling…
Jim Tyler & his Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Joe Pass The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
John Gary The evening, breeze, caressed the, trees, tenderly The tremb…
John Pizzarelli The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
John T. Williams The evening breeze embraced the breeze tenderly The trembli…
Johnny Hartman You came to me so tenderly And for a day…
Johnny Hodges & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Johnny Mathis The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
José James The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
José James & Jef Neve The evening breeze Caressed the trees Tenderly The trembling…
Kate Smith The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Ken Turner & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Leon Russell The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Les Brown & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Lionel Hampton The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Lionel Hampton & Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Lionel Hampton & Oscar Peterson The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Lionel Hampton Coleman Hawkins JJ Johnson The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Lisa Stansfield Hmm hmm hmm Words have been spoken My heart has been broken…
Louis Armstrong The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Louis Armstrong with Ella Fitzgerald The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Louis Armstrong/Ella Fitzgerald The evening breeze Caressed the trees tenderly The trembli…
Lucky Thompson with Gérard Pochonet and his Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Mantovani (Nayan/christopher bednar) Across the room you gave a glance…
Mantovani & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Maranatha! Praise Band Tenderly, oh so tenderly Lord, You hold me in Your arms And…
Marty Paich & His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
McRae Carmen The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Mel Tormé The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Milt Jackson Quintet The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Móa You came to me so tenderly And for a day the…
Moa You came to me so tenderly And for a day the…
Mr. Easy The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Nat King Cole Nelson Riddle And His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Nat “King" Cole The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Natalie Cole I love you for sentimental reasons I hope you do believe…
O'Day Anita The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Oscar Peterson The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Oscar Peterson & Ray Brown The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Oscar Peterson Anita O'Day The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Oscar Peterson feat: Ben Webster The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
P.J. Perry The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Patti Page The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Paul Weston & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Pee Wee Erwin The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Percy Faith The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Peretti Hugo Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Prinze George You can leave if you want I don't need to tell…
Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Robert Bentley and His Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Roberta Flack The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Rosemary Clooney (1) The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Rosemary Clooney Percy Faith And His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Rosemary Clooney [feat. Percy Faith And His Orchestra] The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Sammy Davis Jr The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Sammy Davis Jr. The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
samurai.jackson Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling Calling for you and for…
Santo Softly and tenderly Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling C…
Sarah Vaughan The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Sarah Vaughan & Hugo Peretti Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Sherrié Austin The air is cooling and the sun's going down The day's…
Si Zentner & his Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Soulstice The evening breeze caress the trees Tenderly The trembling t…
Stacey Kent The evening breeze caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
Stan Getz DMX Miscellaneous Getting Down"(feat. Bazaar Royale, Big Sta…
Stan Getz & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Stan Kenton The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Stan Kenton Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Ted Heath and His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Teddy Wilson Trio You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly The…
Tex Beneke And His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
The Bill Evans The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
The Dominoes The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
The Features Is this the way? Where should I start To find what's hidin…
The Four Freshmen The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
The Hi-Lo's The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
The Muppets Dr. Teeth: (Spoken) Now, ladies and gentlemen, we'd…
The Oscar Peterson Trio The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
The Romantic Strings & Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
The Stan Kenton Orchestra The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
The Twin Souls TENDERLY, OH HONEY TALK TO ME CAUSE I WENT OUT OF LINE I…
Thomas Oliver Your love feels like water On the hottest day When the sun…
Threes and Nines The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Now we'd like to settle things down just a bit And…
Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Tony Bennett You took my lips, you took my love so tenderly The…
Tony Scott The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Walter Gross The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Wayne King & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Whigfield Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh... Ooh yeah I've got something to remember I …
Willie & Leon The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The trembling…
Willie Nelson & Leon Russell The evening breeze caressed the trees tenderly The tremblin…
Woody Herman & His Orchestra Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get…
Youngblood Something′s gone From your eyes I can feel it like Sand that…
エラ・フィッツジェラルド & Louis Armstrong The evening breeze Caressed the trees, tenderly The tremblin…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Dexter Gordon:
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'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 Don't Know What Love Is You don't know what love is 'Til you've learned the meaning…
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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Kenneth Furley
Don’t compare just feel blessed to have had the privilege to hear great music.
Helen Pajama
With so many versions, it remains a classic. But there is nothing like the orginal, thanks to Randy Brooks. RIP my friend.
Ian Pingault
My favourite sax player he makes a song hit you in the stomach
Thanks for posting this love it
Juan Carlos Saa Flores
Para mi, el mejor solo de saxo tenor de todos los tiempos.
CityLadyLA
My God this would be the best song for a love scene in a European movie!
Jazziz Café
El saxofonista Dexter Gordon es de los pocos músicos, no sé si el único, que podría presumir de haber sido nominado a un Oscar como 'Mejor Actor Principal' y al mismo tiempo conseguir un Grammy (@TheGRAMMYs) a 'Mejor Interpretación Instrumental de Jazz' por la música de esa misma película, pero así fue con 'Round Midnight' en 1986 cuando Gordon hizo el papel de Dale Turner y recibió el Grammy por 'The Other Side of Round Midnight'. Todo un grande en altura, casi dos metros, y en calidad como podemos disfrutar en "Tenderly". #ClassicMonday #Jazz
M
pure love
jm1ok3
A masjestic version
Lee Larson
Good tone and technique, but that piano in the background comes on a little too strong.
eoselan7
...lousy piano and it badly needs to be tuned.