Jae Young Cosmos Lee’s iPod shuffle Oct 23, 2009
Fried Bananas, Dexter Gordon. This is one of those there was a time I wanted to go back and check out the standards and this was one of the albums I forced myself to listen to. (Boston Globe)
Bruce takes us all home safely, we hope Sep 26, 2009
John Coltrane, Billie Holiday, Chet Baker, Dexter Gordon the list goes on. Drugs have always seemed to be a staple of the creative musician, ever heard of Dion or Ray Charles both were drug addicts and way before your so-called drug culture. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
The First Black Prez Aug 27, 2009
Young introduced a dynamic new approach to the saxophone; his playing had a leaner tone and a cooler approach, and it influenced countless other greats who have played the instrument including Sonny Rollins, Dexter Gordon, Wardell Gray and Stan Getz. But his influence didnt stop with instrumentalists. (Slate)
Freddy Cole’s rep and repertoire keep expanding Aug 14, 2009
My relationship with Freddy is one of the most personally and artistically satisfying of my professional career, right alongside Roland Kirk, Grover Washington, and Dexter Gordon, says Barkan, programming director for Dizzy s Club Coca-Cola. I totally respect the fact that he needs to record material that he strongly relates to, personally and artistically. (Boston Globe)
Herman Leonard photographed the greats of 20th-century jazz Jul 17, 2009
An ailing Miles Davis at the Montreux festival in 1991, and Dexter Gordon wreathed in smoke at a New York club in 48. (Photos By Herman Leonard Photography, Llc. (Boston Globe)
Kenny G to smooth the way at Playboy Jazz Fest (1) Jun 17, 2009
"He also started listening to jazz artists like Dexter Gordon and Cannonball Adderley. He got a sideman gig with rhythm and blues guru Barry White and his Love Unlimited Orchestra and eventually was signed with Clive Davis' Arista Records, the label that represented him for 25 years. Between 1986 and 1996, four of his albums with Arista sold multi-platinum.So why, after selling more than 75 million albums with Arista, did he move to Concord Records?"Basically, I wanted to do something new,"... (Malibu Times, CA)
Flatlanders shed legend to become a band May 28, 2009
And while Eckstine's band featured Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon, Fats Navarro, Kenny Dorham and Art Blakey, he had the misfortune to lead this band during the musicians' recording strike against the record labels during World War II.. With the Flatlanders, the band's 1972 recording session was made on a fluke ---- and for 20 years, the only copies in existence were the original master tapes and some 8-tracks the small Plantation label had made. (North County Times)
Konotey Ahulu at the Caribbean Centre May 15, 2009
Ray Charles, Steve Wonder, James Brown, Louis Armstrong , Count Basie , George Benson , Brook Benton , Church Berry , Fats Domino, Billy Eckstine, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Roberta Flack, Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Dizzy Gillespie, Dexter Gordon, Al Green to mention a few and all the great American musicians. His answer is that they all have at least 3 things in common beginning with the letters A, G, and M which he interprets as AFRICA, GENIUS, and MUSIC. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
There's nothing simple about this year's big-name lineup (289) May 8, 2009
He was soon influenced by jazz greats like Dexter Gordon and Lester Young. He has been recording since 1975. (Fort Madison Daily Democrat, IO)
Simply the Blues Friday, Saturday in Fort Madison May 8, 2009
He was soon influenced by jazz greats like Dexter Gordon and Lester Young and has been recording since 1975. He received a Grammy in 1985 for his work on the Atlantic album, Blues Explosion. (Keokuk Daily Gate City, IO)
MI Honors Stanley Clarke! Hollywood Based Musicians Institute Awards Legendary Grammy Winning Bassist an Honorary Doctor of Music Degree Apr 1, 2009
After making an early name in jazz circles performing with such renowned artists asHorace Silver, Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Gil Evans and Stan Getz, he rose to international fame in the 1970s with jazz-fusion innovators Return to Forever. Clarkes wide-ranging career has included collaborations with diverse artists including George Duke (The Clarke/Duke Project), Stewart Copeland, Jeff Beck, Ron Wood, Larry Carlton, Billy Cobham and Bela Fleck. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
