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- DIED. Dexter Gordon, 67, legendary jazz tenor saxophonist
- and bebop innovator whose polished interpretations influenced
- generations of musicians; of kidney failure; in Philadelphia.
- Born in Los Angeles, Gordon learned the classical disciplines
- of music theory and harmony as a teenager. His public career
- began in 1940, when he played with Lionel Hampton and later with
- Fletcher Henderson, Louis Armstrong, Billy Eckstine, Fats
- Navarro and Dizzy Gillespie. Convinced that jazz was undervalued
- in his own country, Gordon toured Europe in 1962 and stayed on
- for 15 years. His performance in the 1986 film 'Round Midnight
- won him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor.
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