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Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon

By Maxine Gordon, Farah Jasmine Griffin (Foreword by), Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III (Afterword)
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By Maxine Gordon, Farah Jasmine Griffin (Foreword by), Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III (Afterword)
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"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 the book that her late husband began, weaving his “solo” turns with her voice and a chorus of voi...

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