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03297aam a2200481 i 4500 001 92DA026C0F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 003 SILO 005 20190103010119 008 180309t20182018caua b 001 0beng c 010 $a 2018012012 020 $a 0520280644 020 $a 9780520280649 035 $a (OCoLC)1029770042 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d YDX $d OCLCQ $d OCLCO $d BDX $d OCLCF $d TDF $d ERASA $d TOH $d CLE $d NYP $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a ML419.G665 $b G67 2018 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Gordon, Maxine, $e author. 245 10 $a Sophisticated giant : $b the life and legacy of Dexter Gordon / $c Maxine Gordon ; foreword by Farah Jasmine Griffin ; afterword by Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2018] 300 $a xi, 279 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index. 520 $a "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 voices from past and present. Reading like a jazz composition, the blend of research, anecdote, and a selection of Dexter's personal letters reflects his colorful life and legendary times. It is clear why the celebrated trumpet genius Dizzy Gillespie said to Dexter, "Man, you ought to leave your karma to science." Dexter Gordon--the icon--is the Dexter beloved and celebrated on albums, on film, and in jazz lore--even in a street named for him in Copenhagen. But this image of the cool jazzman fails to come to terms with the three-dimensional man full of humor and wisdom, a figure who struggled to reconcile being both a creative outsider who broke the rules and a comforting insider who was a son, father, husband, and world citizen. This essential book is an attempt to fill in the gaps, the gaps created by our misperceptions, but also the gaps left by Dexter himself"--Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Gordon, Dexter, $d 1923-1990. 600 17 $a Gordon, Dexter, $d 1923-1990. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00096147 650 0 $a Saxophonists $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Jazz musicians $z United States $v Biography. 650 7 $a Jazz musicians. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00982205 650 7 $a Saxophonists. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01106255 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 650 7 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Composers & Musicians. $2 bisacsh 655 7 $a Biography. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423686 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Griffin, Farah Jasmine, $e writer of foreword. 700 1 $a Shaw, Woody Louis Armstrong, $c III, $e writer of afterword. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Gordon, Maxine. $t Sophisticated giant. $d Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] $z 9780520971622 $w (DLC) 2018014103 941 $a 3 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231019012949.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20190115010628.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190103020218.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=92DA026C0F2511E9BB56EF4997128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search