Sophisticated Giant
The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
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2018
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-28064-9 (ISBN)
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-28064-9 (ISBN)
Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923–1990), 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.
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.
Maxine Gordon is an independent scholar with a lifetime career working with jazz musicians. As an oral historian and archivist in the fields of jazz and African American cultural history, Sophisticated Giant fulfills the promise she made to her late husband, jazz saxophonist and Academy Award-nominated actor Dexter Gordon, to complete his biography.
1. The Saga of Society Red
2. An Uncommon Family
3. Education of an Eastside Altar Boy
4. Leaving Home
5. Pops
6. Blowin’ the Blues Away
7. Business Lessons
8. Mischievous Lady
9. Central Avenue Bop
10. Trapped
11. Resurgence
12. New Life
13. Very Saxily Yours
14. Trouble in Paris
15. The Khalif of Valby
16. Homecoming
17. Bebop at Work
18. Round Midnight
| Erscheinungsdatum | 18.10.2018 |
|---|---|
| Nachwort | Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III |
| Vorwort | Farah Jasmine Griffin |
| Zusatzinfo | 23 b-w illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Berkerley |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 544 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Jazz / Blues | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-520-28064-4 / 0520280644 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-520-28064-9 / 9780520280649 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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