Joe Gordon
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1951-10-02
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Joseph Henry "Joe" Gordon (May 15, 1928, Boston, Massachusetts - November 4, 1963, Santa Monica, California) was an American jazz trumpeter. His first professional gigs were in Boston in 1947; he played with Georgie Auld, Charlie Mariano, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker (1953-55 intermittently), Art Blakey (1954), and Don Redman. In 1956 he toured the Middle East with Dizzy Gillespie's big band; he was a soloist on "A Night in Tunisia". Following this he played with Horace Silver. <a href="https
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- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Gordon
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Boston
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- jazz musician
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- trumpet
- Record label
- Contemporary Records
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- date of birth
- 1928-05-15
- date of death
- 1963-11-04
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
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