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  • Jazz Collection - Vol. 1
  • Jazz Collection - Vol. 1 review by Musicvidfan from Northolt, Middlesex
    Rated - 3.0 stars Jazz Veterans Play Live 27 March 2005
    ...ove Letters', 'Parker's Mood', 'Confirmation' and 'Round Midnight', saxophonist Dexter Gordon contributes 'Skylark', singer Willie Dixon offers up 'Wang Dang Doodle' and tru...   Read customer review
  • Round Midnight
  • Round Midnight review by ChetB from Woodstock
    Rated - 5.0 stars Jazz as it really is! 28 June 2008
    ...This is probably the best film ever made about 'The Jazz Life'. Dexter Gordon who plays US tenor player Dale Turner, a mix of Lester Young and Bud Powell, has a world weary...   Read customer review

Dexter Gordon - filmography


  • Cool Summer Jazz - Dexter Gordon And McC... on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Dexter Gordon,  McCoy Tyner
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Two jazz luminaries, tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon and Jazz pianist McCoy Tyner team up at the annual Harvest Jazz Festival in California's lush Masson Vineyards for some live music. Each musician performs an engaging set, and Bobby Hutcherson even shows up for a special performance of "The Seeker."
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 60 members
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  • Round Midnight (1986)
    Starring: Dexter Gordon,  Francois Cluzet,  Gabrielle Haker
    Director: Bertrand Tavernier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A moving story of an expatriate black jazz musician and his struggle to create the be-bop sound in 1959 Paris. First-time actor Dexter Gordon was nominated for an Academy Award as the aging sax player, and Herbie Hancock's score won an Oscar.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 36 members
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  • Jazz Icons - Dexter Gordon - Live In '63... on DVD
    Starring: Dexter Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Jazz legend Dexter Gordon performs live in Holland, Switzerland, and Belgium in 1963 and 1964. Includes the songs 'A Night In Tunisia', 'What's New', 'Blues Walk', 'Second Balcony Jump', 'You've Changed', 'Lady Bird', and 'Body And Soul.'
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 32 members
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  • Dexter Gordon - Live In San Francisco on DVD
    Starring: Dexter Gordon
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    For the first time ever on DVD, a precious Dexter Gordon concert recorded live at The Maintenance Shop, San Francisco in 1979 with George Cables, piano, Rufus Reid, bass & Eddie Gladen, drums. Considered one of the very first bebop tenor saxophonists, Dexter Gordon (1923-1990) was also a leading ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 7 members
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  • Jazz Legends - Live - Vol. 9 on DVD
    Starring: Richie Cole,  Carmen McRae,  Ahmad Jamal
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Contemporary Jazz performances. The tracklist includes: Gary Burton - 'African Flower', Billy Cobham - 'Red Baron', Dexter Gordon - 'Sky Lark', Amhad Jamal - 'My Funny Valentine', Carmen McCrae - 'What A Little Moonlight Can Do' and Richie Cole - 'Confirmation'.
    2 stars out of 5 41% from 18 members
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