e-branch	Login My List - 0 Help
	Home   My Account/Renew Loans   Community Info   KidSearch   New Catalogue!

Search Advanced By Format By Number My Searches Can't Find it? Find Magazine Articles & more Problems?

Search:  Title Starts with...Title Keyword(s)Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)Subject Starts with...Subject Keyword(s)Series Starts with...Series Keyword(s)Anyword/AnywhereList Name Keyword(s)       Refine Search     > You're searching: Halifax Public Libraries

Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Library Journal Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Gordon, Maxine.     Subjects     Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990.     Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography.     Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.     Jazz musicians, Black -- Biography.     Saxophonists, Black -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gordon, Maxine.       by title:      Sophisticated giant ...       by call number:      788.7165092 G662g     Search the Web     Gordon, Maxine.     Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990.     Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography.     Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.     Jazz musicians, Black -- Biography.     Saxophonists, Black -- Biography.       MARC Display

Sophisticated giant : the life and legacy of Dexter Gordon / Maxine Gordon ; foreword by Farah Jasmine Griffin ; afterword by Woody Louis Armstrong Shaw III. by Gordon, Maxine. University of California Press, 2018. Call #: 788.7165092 G662g Subjects Gordon, Dexter, 1923-1990.   Saxophonists -- United States -- Biography.   Jazz musicians -- United States -- Biography.   Jazz musicians, Black -- Biography.   Saxophonists, Black -- Biography. ISBN:  9780520280649 (hc.) Alternate title:  Dexter Gordon Life and legacy of Dexter Gordon Description:  xi, 279 p. : ill., portraits, facsimiles ; 24 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-261) and index. Summary:  "Sophisticated Giant presents the life and legacy of tenor saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923-1990), one of the major innovators of modern jazz. Maxine Gordon has completed the book that her late husband began, weaving his voice with her's and a chorus of others, past and present. The blend of biography, history, memoir, and a selection of Dexter's personal letters reads like a jazz composition and reflects his colorful life and legendary times."--From publisher. Other authors:  Griffin, Farah Jasmine. Shaw, Woody Louis Armstrong, III, writer of afterword. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Black Nonfiction 788.7165092 G662g Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.