Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
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Availability:In StockContributor:Maxine Gordon, Farah Jasmine Griffin (Foreword by), Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III (Afterword by)Publish date:2020-09-15Pages:296
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520350793ISBN-10:520350790UPC:9780520350793Book Category:Music, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Music, Individual Composer & MusicianBook Topic:JazzSize:8.60 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC1X9X0WEN
Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
"An occasion to appreciate Dexter's resounding musical genius as well as his wish for major social transformation."--Angela Y. Davis, political activist, scholar, author, and speaker 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...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520350793ISBN-10:520350790UPC:9780520350793Book Category:Music, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Genres & Styles, Music, Individual Composer & MusicianBook Topic:JazzSize:8.60 x 5.50 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.851Product ID:SC1X9X0WEN
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.
Publisher: University of California Press
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