Dexter Gordon

Born: February 27, 1923 // Los Angeles, California, United States

Died: April 26, 1990 // Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Tenor saxophonist during the bebop era. Gordon was inspired by [a=Lester Young], as well as [a=Herschel Evans] and [a=Illinois Jacquet], tenor players of the 1930s and 1940s.