Friday, February 27, 2015

Dexter Gordon "Body And Soul"


Happy Birthday to the late, great, jazz tenor saxophonist, Dexter Gordon.  This is his performance of the jazz standard, "Body And Soul", written in 1930, originally written for British actress Gertrude Lawrence, by songwriters Edward Heyman, Robert Sour, (President of Broadcast Music International, or BMI), Frank Eyton, and, Johnny Green.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Heyman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Sour
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Eyton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Green

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