b. February 27, 1923 - Los Angeles, California, USA / d. April 25, 1990 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
American jazz tenor saxophonist and actor.
Instruments: tenor sax, soprano sax
Links:
Dexter Gordon Official site (recordings, transciptions and other items can be purchased on this site)
An artist biography by Richard V. Duffy on Jazz Review
PBS biography from Ken Burn's series Jazz