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Title: Dexter Gordon - Dexter Gordon
Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1977, Jazz, Bebop, Los Angeles, California 6/26
Matrix #: UPF-188
Condition: Sealed (LM) | Members: Dexter G (23' - 90')
Cultural Facts:

1. Personal Struggle: Gordon’s heroin addiction and prison stretches interrupted his 50s career, leaving major gaps in the story of one of bebop’s first big tenor voices.
2. Scene Ecology: His long European period, especially Copenhagen, made him part of a jazz exile network where Black American players found steadier work and deeper respect.
3. Media Narrative: By the 70s, reissues and budget LPs helped rebuild Gordon’s name for listeners who missed the original bebop years.

6/20/26 LM