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20
Jun

Summer Tour Dates with Maxine Gordon

Author Maxine Gordon continues her extensive tour of speaking engagements and presentations around the release of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, the highly-praised official biography of her late …

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08
Apr

Essential Reading for Jazz Appreciation Month

April is Jazz Appreciation Month (JAM), and UC Press is jazzed to celebrate! Founded in 2001 by the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, JAM serves to recognize the collective influence jazz musicians, …

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10
Jan

Spring Book Tour with Maxine Gordon

This Spring author Maxine Gordon continues her extensive tour of speaking engagements and presentations around the release of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, the highly-acclaimed official biography of her late …

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27
Nov

NPR’s Fresh Air Reviews Dexter Gordon

“Dexter Gordon’s deep tone, relaxed delivery—even the frequent witty musical quotations—seemed like extensions of his gravely playful speaking voice. That voice carries over on the page too. You can hear it when …

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02
Aug

Dexter Gordon: Sophisticated Giant

  “Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon is a creative telling of the life of Dexter Gordon, best known as one of the world’s greatest jazz musicians, but also …

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