{"product_id":"sophisticated-giant-the-life-and-legacy-of-dexter-gordon","title":"Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"An occasion to appreciate Dexter’s resounding musical genius as well as his wish for major social transformation.”—Angela Y. Davis, political activist, scholar, author, and speaker\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSophisticated 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.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDexter 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 multidimensional 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 created by our misperceptions as well as the gaps left by Dexter himself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT-BOOK","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":53956745625968,"sku":"978-0520350793","price":7.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/8543\/8576\/files\/81-LyCdNANL._SY522.jpg?v=1782743224","url":"https:\/\/antbook.store\/products\/sophisticated-giant-the-life-and-legacy-of-dexter-gordon","provider":"ANTBOOK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}