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1 online resource |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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 three-dimensional 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, the gaps created by our misperceptions, but also the gaps left by Dexter himself"--Provided by publisher. |
| Contents |
Intro; Subvention; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Foreword; 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; 19. A Night at the Oscars; 20. Cadenza; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990.
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Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990. |
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Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography.
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Saxophonists. |
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United States. |
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Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Jazz musicians. |
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Griffin, Farah Jasmine, writer of foreword.
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Shaw, Woody Louis Armstrong, III, writer of afterword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gordon, Maxine. Sophisticated giant. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520280649 (DLC) 2018012012 |
| ISBN |
9780520971622 (electronic book) |
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0520971620 (electronic book) |
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9780520280649 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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