Dexter Gordon

You feel like you know it the moment you hear it for the first time. Quite simply because he profoundly influenced stars like John Coltrane or Sonny Rollins . In fact, he had been, in the mid-forties, the first great bebop tenor, combining the legacies of Lester Young , Coleman Hawkins and Charlie Parker .

His powerful sound, his nonchalance and his elegance then made him the archetype of the great jazz saxophonist, recognized by a large audience thanks to the film “Autour de mInuit” , always respected by his colleagues and die-hard amateurs, both he knew how to say eloquently the four essential truths of great and good music.