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Dexter Gordon

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Aliases
Dexter Gordon & Orchestra
The Dexter Gordon Quartet
Dexter Gordon Quartet
Dexter Gordon Quintet
Dexter Gordon's All Stars
Dexter Gordon Trio
Real name
Dexter Keith Gordon
Born
February 27, 1923
Died
April 25, 1990
Country
United States
IPI
00012357908 12 works
00012358023 15 works
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Jazz tenor saxophonist who primarily played bop and hard bop. He also starred in the 1986 film "Round Midnight" for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
i 1977 Janusz Muniak
i Benji's Bounce Dexter Gordon Quartet 1976 Unverified
i 1969 (2 artists)
i 1976 (4 artists)
i 1962 (29 artists)
i January 1962 Martin Sasse Trio
i  REC 1979 (2 artists)
Originally by Dave Pike REL
i Dexter Digs In Dexter Gordon 1958 Unverified
i January 1946 (6 artists)
i January 1962 (3 artists)
i 1971 (2 artists)
i 1961 (2 artists)
i 1969 (27 artists)
i 1978 (8 artists)
i January 1962 (2 artists)
i August 1966 (3 artists)
i 1977 Woody Shaw
i Montmartre Dexter Gordon August 1969 Unverified
i 1948 (3 artists)
i 1961 (5 artists)
i January 1962 Torolf Mølgård
i August 1964 (11 artists)
i August 1965 (6 artists)
i 1974 Tomas Franck with Niels Lan Doky, Mads Vinding & Albert 'Tootie' Heath
i 1975 (2 artists)
i 1970 (3 artists)
i August 1969 (4 artists)
i 1975 (6 artists)
i 1970 Dale Fielder Quartet

Covers by Dexter Gordon

Title Performer Release date Originally by
i 1973 Miles Davis with Sonny Rollins and Horace Silver, Percy Heath, Kenny Clarke
i 1977 Coleman Hawkins' 52nd Street All Stars
i All the Things You Are Johnny Griffith meets Dexter Gordon (Johnny Griffith, Dexter Gordon) June 25, 1977 Unverified
i   1981 Judy Campbell PRF, Vera Lynn REC
i December 1963 Dizzy Gillespie
i 1974 Charlie Parker Quintette
i   1978 Frances Williams PRF, Rudy Vallée and His Connecticut Yankees REC
i   1956 J. Harold Murray PRF, Richard Himber and His Ritz-Carlton Orch. - Vocal Refrain by Joey Nash REC,REL
Big Stuff Miriam Klein, Roy Eldridge, Dexter Gordon, Slide Hampton 1973 Unverified
i   1980 Nat "King" Cole with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle REC,REL, Nat "King" Cole BRD
1970 Thelonious Monk Trio, Abbey Lincoln
i 1970 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
1973 Jack Hylton and His Orchestra
i Body and Soul Dexter Gordon Quintet 1977 Unverified
i 1981 Mel Tormé with Sonny Burke and His Orchestra
i December 1963 Count Basie and His Orchestra
i   1980 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Sy Oliver REC, Ruby Hill, Harold Nicholas PRF
1973 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Connie Haines
i 1956 Dizzy Gillespie Jazzmen
i 1955 Julie London
i December 1977 Count Basie & His Orchestra
i Cute Dexter Gordon 1977 Unverified
i   1956 Benny Goodman and His Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Mildred Bailey REC, Maxine Sullivan, Louis Armstrong, Bill Bailey, The Dandridge Sisters, The Rhythmettes and The Deep River Boys PRF, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Anita Boyer REL
i   1975 Henry Mancini, His Orchestra and Chorus REL, [Unknown Studio Artists] BRD
i 1967 Dexter Gordon
i 1979 James Darren
i October 12, 2004 Jay Wilbur and His Band
i August 1964 Billie Holiday
i   1955 Katherine Perry PRF, Les Brown and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Miriam Shaw REC,REL
i January 1962 Margaret Whiting
i August 1966 Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
1973 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
i 1971 Deek Watson and His Brown Dots
i Freddie Freeloader Dexter Gordon Quartet 1980 Unverified
i Fried Bananas - Live Dexter Gordon Quintet 1977 Unverified
i 1950 Bing Crosby
i 1974 Milt Jackson
i Gingerbread Boy Dexter Gordon Quintet 1996 Unverified
i Gingerbread Boy - Live The Dexter Gordon Quartet 1977 Unverified
i Ginger Bread Boy (Live At The Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA / September 17, 1978) Dexter Gordon Quartet 1978 Unverified
i 1991 Dizzy Gillespie and His All Stars
i 1981 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra
i 1974 Miles Davis-Charlie Parker
i 1981 Judy Garland with Georgie Stoll and His Orchestra
i August 1966 Jacques Renard & His Orchestra
i 1981 Randy Weston
i 1977 João Gilberto
1970 João Gilberto, Peggy Lee - Orchestra conducted by Max Bennett
i 1958 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra featuring Jerry Cooper
i   1974 Bob Hope PRF, Hal Kemp and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus Skinny Ennis REC
1973 The Boardwalk Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i 1971 Sarah Vaughan - Orchestra under the direction of Tad Dameron
i 1962 Jane Withers
i   1955 Peter Lind Hayes, Eddie Quillan, Frank Jenks & Robert Paige BRD, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus by Jimmy Lewis REC
i   1977 Woody Herman and His Orchestra REC, Dick Foran BRD
i 1979 Billy Eckstine - Orchestra conducted by Russ Case
i 1975 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i In Case You Haven't Heard - Live Dexter Gordon 1977 Unverified
i Invitation Dexter Gordon Quartet 1980 Unverified
i   1955 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i   December 1977 Bob Allen and The Tommy Dorsey Orchestra BRD, Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bonnie Lou Williams and The Sentimentalists REC
i 1986 Claire Carleton
i 1961 Doris Day
i 1983 Doris Day
i It's You or No One - Live Dexter Gordon Quintet 1977 Unverified
i It's You Or No One (Live At The Keystone Korner, San Francisco, CA / May 16, 1978) Dexter Gordon's All Stars May 16, 1978 Unverified
i   1961 Ella Logan - Orchestra under direction of Bill Harty REC, Ella Logan - Orchestra under Direction of Alfred Newman BRD
i 1973 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Eckstein
1970 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Eckstein
i 1979 Earl Hines and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Billy Eckstein
i 1975 Red McKenzie & His Orchestra
1976 Lil Green
i 1969 The Tadd Dameron Sextet, Miles Davis-Charlie Parker
i 1977 Alfred Newman
i 1977 Ronnie Mathews
i   1962 Kathryn Crawford, June Shafer, Ida Pearson and Stella Friend PRF, Waring's Pennsylvanians - Vocal Refrain by The Three Waring Girls REC
i 1980 Ray Noble and His Orchestra
i December 1977 George Shearing Quintet
listen on Internet Archive i   1947 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra REL, Benny Goodman REC
i 1983 Adrian Schubert & His Orch. ‑ Vocal Chorus Harold Van Emburgh
i August 1966 Agostinho dos Santos
i 1966 Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra
i 1969 Isaura Garcia
i 1973 Miles Davis All Stars
i 1975 Erroll Garner Trio
i 1978 John Coltrane
i   1975 Helen Morgan REC,REL, Mayo Methot PRF
i 1952 Walter Barnes and His Royal Creolians
i 1975 John Coltrane
i Now's the Time Dexter Gordon 1998 Unverified
i 1974 Larry Clinton & His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Bea Wain
i Our Love Is Here to Stay Dexter Gordon 1999 Unverified
i 1971 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Frank Sinatra
i Polka Dots and Moonbeams Dexter Gordon Quartet 1980 Unverified
i 1975 Tiny Grimes Quintette
i 1977 Gene Ammons and His Sextet
i 1971 Thelonious Monk and Gerry Mulligan
i 1977 Cootie Williams and His Orchestra
i Satin Doll Dexter Gordon 1998 Unverified
i December 1963 Charlie Parker Quintet
i   1974 Doris Day REC,REL,BRD
i 1980 Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires
i 1967 Dexter Gordon's All Stars
i December 1977 Benny Goodman Sextet
i August 1966 Count Basie and His Orchestra
1970 Count Basie and His Orchestra, Ella Fitzgerald & Count Basie
i 1977 Gene Krupa and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Anita O'Day
i January 1962 Orchestra conducted by Alfred Newman
i 1973 John Coltrane
i 1974 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
1970 Billie Holiday and Her Orchestra
i 1979 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1985 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra
i 1974 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i 1973 The New Miles Davis Quintet
i   1971 Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Vocal Choruses by Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen REL, Stephane Grappelly and His Quartet - With George Shearing at the Piano (Vocalist : Beryl Davis) REC, Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra BRD
i 1974 The Horace Silver Quintet
i   1985 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
listen on Internet Archive i 1948 Gus Arnheim and His Cocoanut Grove Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Donald Novis
listen on Internet Archive i 1947 Glen Gray and His Casa Loma Orchestra
i 1955 Dick Farney - Orchestrated and conducted by Paul Baron
i 1970 Clifford Brown & Max Roach
i   1970 Nat "King" Cole [Trio] REC, The King Cole Trio with String Choir REL
i 1973 Bonnie Dobson
  1973 Marion Harris REC, Adele Astaire PRF
i 1977 Larry Young
i 1969 Johnny Mandel
i 1973 Johnny Mandel
i   December 1977 Bing Crosby with Orchestra directed by Jay Blackton REC,REL, Ethel Merman & Ray Middleton PRF
1989 Elizete Cardoso, Frank Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim
i August 1969 Alexander Vertinsky
i 1962 Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller
1970 Dick Haymes with Orchestra under direction of Victor Young, Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra
i 1992 John Kirby and His Onyx Club Boys
i August 1964 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
i 1973 Thelonious Monk Quintet
  1973 Violet Loraine REL,BRD, Harry Roy & His Orchestra from The May Fair Hotel REC
1986 Elsie Carlisle
i 1969 Bob Crosby and His Orchestra featuring Trumpet by Billy Butterfield
i When Sunny Gets Blue Dexter Gordon Quartet 1980 Unverified
i   1962 Bunny Berigan and His Orchestra REL, Sterling Young and His Orchestra – Vocal Chorus Donna Lee REC
i   August 1966 Norman Wisdom PRF, Shirley Bassey with Accompaniment directed by Johnnie Spence REL
i December 1963 Ted Fiorito & His Orchestra
  1973 Fay Templeton PRF, Leo Reisman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i 1956 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
i   1969 Carol Bruce REC, Ella Fitzgerald REL
i 1977 Savoy Hotel Orpheans (Carroll Gibbons)
i   1980 Mary Lawlor and Stanley Smith PRF, Loring "Red" Nichols and His Orchestra REC
i   August 1964 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
i   1973 Tony Martin [US1] BRD, Glenn Miller and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Ray Eberle and The Modernaires REC,REL
i 1961 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes
1973 Harry James and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Dick Haymes

Songs written by Dexter Gordon

Original songs

Title Written by Originally by Original date Covered by
Apple Jump Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon Quartet 1977 Covered by Janusz Muniak
Benji's Bounce Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon Quartet 1976 Unverified
Boston Bernie Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon 1969 Covered by (2 artists)
Catalonian Nights Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon Quartet 1976 Covered by (4 artists)
Cheese Cake Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon 1962 Covered by (29 artists)
Dexter Digs In Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon 1958 Unverified
Dexter's Deck Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon October 30, 1945 Covered by (6 artists)
Ernie's Tune Dexter Gordon, Morgan Ames Dexter Gordon May 9, 1961 Covered by (3 artists)
Evergreenish Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon 1971 Covered by (2 artists)
For Regulars Only Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon May 6, 1961 Covered by (2 artists)
Fried Bananas Dexter Gordon, Anne Phillips Dexter Gordon 1969 Covered by (27 artists)
I Want More Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon May 9, 1961 Covered by (2 artists)
Le coiffeur Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon May 28, 1965 Covered by (3 artists)
Montmartre Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon August 1969 Unverified
Rainbow People Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon April 4, 1969 Covered by (4 artists)
Setting the Pace Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon's All Stars December 11, 1947 Covered by (3 artists)
Society Red Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon May 6, 1961 Covered by (5 artists)
Soul Sister Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon May 9, 1961 Covered by Torolf Mølgård
Soy Califa Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon August 29, 1962 Covered by (11 artists)
The Apartment Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon Quartet 1974 Covered by Tomas Franck with Niels Lan Doky, Mads Vinding & Albert 'Tootie' Heath
The Girl with the Purple Eyes Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon with Orchestra March 27, 1975 Covered by (2 artists)
The Panther Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon 1970 Covered by (3 artists)
Tivoli Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon with Orchestra February 1975 Covered by (6 artists)
Valse Robin Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon 1970 Covered by Dale Fielder Quartet

Releases

Albums

Title Performer Release date Label
A Day in Copenhagen Dexter Gordon & Slide Hampton 1969 MPS
All Souls' The Rob Agerbeek Trio featuring Dexter Gordon 1973 Dexterity Records
A Swingin' Affair Dexter Gordon August 1964 Blue Note
At Montreux Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance 1985 Prestige [US]
Biting the Apple Dexter Gordon Quartet 1977 SteepleChase
Blues a la Suisse Dexter Gordon 1974 Prestige [US]
Bouncin' with Dex Dexter Gordon Quartet 1976 SteepleChase
Ca' Purange Dexter Gordon 1973 Prestige [US]
Clubhouse Dexter Gordon 1979 Blue Note
Daddy Plays the Horn Dexter Gordon Quartet 1956 Bethlehem Records
Dexter Blows Hot and Cool Dexter Gordon 1955 Dootone
Dexter Calling... Dexter Gordon January 1962 Blue Note
Dexter Gordon Dexter Gordon 1950 Dial Records
Dexter Rides Again Dexter Gordon 1958 Savoy Records
Doin' Allright Dexter Gordon 1961 Blue Note
Generation Dexter Gordon 1973 Prestige [US]
Gettin' Around Dexter Gordon August 1966 Blue Note
Go Dexter Gordon 1962 Blue Note
Gotham City Dexter Gordon 1981 Columbia [US]
Homecoming Dexter Gordon 1977 Columbia [US]
It's You or No One Dexter Gordon Quartet 1983 SteepleChase
I Want More Dexter Gordon Quartet 1980 SteepleChase
Lady Like - Miriam Klein Sings Billie Holiday Miriam Klein, Roy Eldridge, Dexter Gordon, Slide Hampton 1973 MPS
Landslide Dexter Gordon 1980 Blue Note
Lionel Hampton Presents Dexter Gordon Lionel Hampton with Dexter Gordon December 1977 Who's Who in Jazz
Lionel Hampton Presents Dexter Gordon [JP] Lionel Hampton with Dexter Gordon 1983 Legends of Music
Lullaby for a Monster Dexter Gordon Trio 1981 SteepleChase
Lullaby for a Monster [CD] Dexter Gordon Trio 1991 SteepleChase
Manhattan Symphonie Dexter Gordon Quartet 1978 Columbia [US]
Midnight Dream Dexter Gordon 1992 WestWind
More Power Dexter Gordon 1969 Prestige [US]
More Than You Know Dexter Gordon with Orchestra 1975 SteepleChase
More Than You Know [CD] Dexter Gordon & Orchestra 1989 SteepleChase
One Flight Up Dexter Gordon August 1965 Blue Note
Our Man in Paris Dexter Gordon December 1963 Blue Note
Setting the Pace Booker Ervin with Dexter Gordon, Reggie Workman, Alan Dawson and Jaki Byard 1967 Prestige [US]
Silver Blue Cohn, Gordon, Harris, Hayes, Jones, Mitchell, Noto 1977 Xanadu Records
Some Other Spring - Blues and Ballads Karin Krog & Dexter Gordon 1970 Sonet
Sophisticated Giant Dexter Gordon 1977 Columbia [US]
Stable Mable Dexter Gordon Quartet 1975 SteepleChase
Swiss Nights Vol. 3 Dexter Gordon Quartet 1979 SteepleChase
The Apartment Dexter Gordon Quartet 1974 SteepleChase
The Chase! Gene Ammons & Dexter Gordon 1971 Prestige [US]
The Complete Prestige Recordings Dexter Gordon October 12, 2004 Prestige [US]
The Jumpin' Blues Dexter Gordon 1971 Prestige [US]
The Master Swingers! Dexter Gordon - Wardell Gray 1966 Fontana
The Other Side of Round Midnight Dexter Gordon 1986 Blue Note
The Panther! Dexter Gordon 1970 Prestige [US]
The Shadow of Your Smile Dexter Gordon Quartet 1985 SteepleChase
The Source Jackie McLean featuring Dexter Gordon 1974 SteepleChase
The Tower of Power Dexter Gordon August 1969 Prestige [US]

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