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Dexter Gordon

real name Dexter Keith Gordon

Los Angeles, United States · 1923-02-27 – 1990-04-25

Dexter Gordon is credited on 1,780 releases across 372 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1950–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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1,780

Credits

372

Albums

8

Decades active

271

In collections

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Born: February 27, 1923 // Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: April 26, 1990 // Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Tenor saxophonist during the bebop era. Gordon was inspired by Lester Young, as well as Herschel Evans and Illinois Jacquet, tenor players of the 1930s and 1940s.

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1,780 releases · 372 albums · active 1950–2025

  • Performance · 3,095
  • Other credits · 72
  • Production · 2

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Jazzhus Montmartre · CBS Studios, Paris · Studios Barclay

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