Dexter Gordon is all those things, but more than a kaleidoscope of caricatures. His presence alone could hypnotize. "He says, 'Hello,' and the sparkles pour out of him like a tail, a comet, a fire, ...

Dexter Gordon is considered to be the first musician to translate the language of Bebop to the tenor saxophone. Dexter Keith Gordon was born on February 27, 1923 in Los Angeles, California. His father ...

An exhibition at New York’s Scandinavia House features art and music by black Americans who moved to northern Europe in search of a safe haven from segregation and discrimination.

The impressive display is now a tradition at the Dexter Area Historical Society and Museum’s Gordon Hall, at 411 Cedars Lane, off Island Lake Road. Gordon Hall is the historic mansion of Dexter ...