Dexter Gordon

Acting

Dexter Gordon

Born 1923-02-27 Los Angeles, California, USA 11 films

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dexter Gordon (February 27, 1923 – April 25, 1990) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and an Academy Award-nominated actor (Round Midnight, Warner Bros, 1986). He is regarded as one of the first and most important musicians to adapt the bebop musical language of people like Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Bud Powell to the tenor saxophone. His studio and live performance career were both extensive and multifa…

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Filmography

11 films
Cool Cats poster

Documentary on jazz giants Ben Webster and Dexter Gordon's 1962-76 European exile. Multiple film fe…

Cool Cats

★ 0.0 2015

Awakenings poster

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic vi…

Awakenings

★ 7.8 1990

Before Midnight poster

Filmmaker Jean Achache shot extensively on the set of ’Round Midnight. This documentary presents th…

Before Midnight

★ 4.0 1986

Stop for Bud poster

Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […]…

Stop for Bud

★ 6.9 1963

Unchained poster

This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-a…

Unchained

★ 7.0 1955