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When you know the lyrics to a tune, you have some kind of insight as to it's composition.

Dexter Gordon

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Dexter Gordon
Age: 67 †
Born: 1923
Born: February 27
Died: 1990
Died: April 26
Composer
Jazz Musician
Recording Artist
Saxophonist
Tenor Saxophonist
LA
California
Music
Kind
Depriving
Tune
Lyrics
Composition
Tunes
Insight
Jazz

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