Like hes playing some mad solo and then theres just some random nursery rhyme planted in the middle of it. Prefazione fonti standards jazz books lps for sale. Dexter is a student at the main characters school, and roxxys boyfriend. This collection from belwin jazz includes 228 essential jazz tunes and standards. And this cd is one of the best, starting with classics like darn that dream and going all the way through to body and soul. One of the most important tenor saxophonists to emerge during the bebop era. The backbone until the real things comes along mcsplivens. After 1952, drug problems resulted in jail time and periods of inactivity during the rest of the 50s although gordon did record two albums in 1955.
Dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos by dexter gordon sheet. Your book on your late husband dexter gordon is important, and so much of the story is your love for him. Dexter gordon quartet the apartment 1976, vinyl discogs. His studio and live performance career spanned over 40 years. Skating in central park chord progression jazz backing track play along the real book duration. Apr 21, 2020 dexter gordon, in full dexter keith gordon, born feb.
Gordon was initially inspired by lester young, but his intense playing and rich sound reflect the influence of herschel evans and illinois jacquet, bigtoned tenor players of the 1930s and 1940s. In this edition, dexter gordon tells the story of joining louis armstrongs band in 1944, and how they enjoyed their intermission time. Legendary tenor saxophonist dexter gordon was a focal point of the bebop and hard bop revolutions. This page lists 1779 solo transcriptions that are available somewhere on the internet. Stable mable is an album led by saxophonist dexter gordon recorded in 1975 and released on the danish steeplechase label.
Dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos sheet music by dexter gordon for free with a 30 day free trial. Unless otherwise noted,all transcriptions are in the original key. Jazz standard realbook chart summer time saxophone sheet. Sep 05, 2009 summertime plays with the question, which coetzee seems to find genuinely baffling as well as wryly amusing, of why people should be at all interested in him as a human being.
May 19, 2016 this pin was discovered by my harps delight. With leadsheet notation chords and melody and introductory text. Dexter gordon sheet music and music books at sheet music plus. Later in his career, he achieved the status of an american icon with his lead role in bernard taverniers 1986 film, round midnight, which garnered him an academy award nomination. Ideal for gigs, jam sessions, club datescasuals, or study and analysis, this professionalquality legal resource features clear lead sheets with accurate chord symbols, as well as suggested substitute chord progressions. High resolution dexter gordon images printed on premium luster photo paper and encased in a semihardwood frame. Gordon, in turn, went on to be a major inspiration to the next generation.
Chords and lead sheets included bass flute, flute, guitar, harp, harpsichord, mandolin, oboe, organ, piano, piccolo, recorder, violin. Apple jump, 1976, dexter gordon, i got rhythm, 1930, george gershwin. Dexter gordon february 27, 1923 april 25, 1990 was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. Dexter is an intimidating muscular jock of tall stature with a blond military cut and blue eyes. Dexter gordon was on a roll in 1962 when he recorded a swingin affair. Read unlimited books and audiobooks, and sheet music. In the 60s, he left his vices behind and created some wonderful music. George gershwins life in music is a rich, detailed and. Dexter gordon dexter gordon is widely regarded as the first musician to translate the language of mid20th century modern jazz a. The new real book, egalement en trois volumes, publie chez sher music, et est plus lisible. Clubhouse is an album by american jazz saxophonist dexter gordon. Dexter gordon is one of those jazz players that moved to paris and for years lived as an expat, committing his life to his music. Her passion to share, explore and discuss the reality of the jazz world is a true inspiration.
By 1960, he had recovered sufficiently to cut a core series of dates for blue note including doin alright, dexter calling, swingin affair and go. It is the third in a series of fictionalized memoirs by coetzee the first two being boyhood and youth and details the life of one john coetzee from the perspective of five people who have known him. Summertime lead sheet in a minor alto sax sheet music, jazz sheet music. Apr 02, 2019 great encounters are book excerpts that chronicle famous encounters among twentiethcentury cultural icons. Mar 26, 2020 dexter gordon february 27, 1923 april 25, 1990 was an american jazz tenor saxophonist. This book is a jazz composition that gratefully gives the bandstand over to different. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon.
Harry edison tp dexter gordon st nat king cole p johnny miller. A contrafact is a musical composition built using the chord progression of a pre existing song. Interview with dexter gordon biographer maxine gordon jerry. Like the hurricane that is almost a character itself in this book, the story picks you up, holds you in its grip and spits you back out only after it has put you through one hell of a ride. Dexter rides again bass clef instruments digital download by dexter gordon.
Summertime plays with the question, which coetzee seems to find genuinely baffling as well as wryly amusing, of why people should be at all interested in him as a human being. Lenny niehaus dexter gordon jazz saxophone solos pdf4mb. Hot house and the revolutionary aspect charlie parker i. He was one of the first players of the instrument in the bebop idiom of musicians such as charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, and bud powell.
A new life of the bebop legend dexter gordon, written by. Page stardust jazz standard sheet music alto sax sheet. It formed the basis of the showtime television series dexter and won the 2005 dilys award and the 2007 book to tv award. May 16, 2016 by submitting this form, you are granting.
Dexter gordons elegant version of the jazz standard whats new, 1964. I legit find myself laughing sometimes when i listen to his music. Jan, 2015 summertime is the powerful, emotive, tension filled debut from vanessa lafaye. Coetzee summertime is a 2009 novel by south africanborn nobel laureate j. You hear that commitment in his playing, it is some of the best soulful blues. Two days earlier he and this same quartet recorded his classic album go the band included pianist sonny clark, bassist butch warren, and drummer billy higgins. Gordon wrote two of the sets six tunes, the first of which, the afrocubanflavored soy califa, is a burner. The list also includes solos for flute,clarinet and ewi. Darkly dreaming dexter is a 2004 novel by jeff lindsay, the first in his series about serial killer dexter morgan. He was among the earliest tenor players to adapt the bebop musical language of people such as charlie parker, dizzy gillespie, and bud powell to the instrument. Jazz fakebook pdf39mb jazz ltd over 500 tunes the real book missed pdf44mb.
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