Sophisticated Giant : The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon EPUB
by Maxine Gordon
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Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (19231990), one of the major innovators of modern jazz. In a context of biography, history, and memoir, Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his ';solo' turns with her voice and a chorus of voices from past and present. Reading like a jazz composition, the blend of research, anecdote, and a selection of Dexter's personal letters reflects his colorful life and legendary times. It is clear why the celebrated trumpet genius Dizzy Gillespie said to Dexter, ';Man, you ought to leave your karma to science.'
Dexter Gordon the icon is the Dexter beloved and celebrated on albums, on film, and in jazz lore--even in a street named for him in Copenhagen. But this image of the cool jazzman fails to come to terms with the multidimensional man full of humor and wisdom, a figure who struggled to reconcile being both a creative outsider who broke the rules and a comforting insider who was a son, father, husband, and world citizen. This essential book is an attempt to fill in the gaps created by our misperceptions as well as the gaps left by Dexter himself.
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- Pages:284 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:06/11/2018
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- ISBN:9780520971622
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:284 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:06/11/2018
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- ISBN:9780520971622