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Dexter Gordon
Acting
Biography
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Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor (Round Midnight, Warner Bros, 1986). He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone. His studio and live performance career were both extensive and multifaceted, spanning over 50 years in recorded jazz history.
Gordon's height was 6 feet 6 inches (198 cm), and so consequently he was also known…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Cool Cats
as Self (archive footage)
Jazz Icons: Dexter Gordon Live in '63 and '64
Dexter Gordon: More Than You Know
as Himself
Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong
as Self
Awakenings
as Rolando
'Round Midnight
as Dale Turner
Before Midnight
as Self (archive footage)
Stop for Bud
as Narrator (voice)
Unchained
as Saxophone Player (uncredited)
Dexter Gordon at Jazzhus Montmartre in '69
as Tenor Saxophone