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What I'm doing, I prefer to call that jazz, because it is a beautiful word - I love it.

~Dexter Gordon

Topics: Beautiful Beautiful Word Because Call Doing Jazz Love Prefer Word I Love

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If I were to call it black music, that would be untrue. I don't know what that is, unless it would be some African drums or something.

~Dexter Gordon

Topics: African Black Black Music Call Drums Know Music Some Something Unless Untrue Were Would

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In jazz, there is a lot of European influence harmonically.

~Dexter Gordon

Topics: European Influence Jazz Lot

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Musician

Born: February 27th, 1923

Died: April 25th, 1990

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