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Maxine Gordon Arts Advocate, Jazz Historian, Archivist, Scholar, Manager & Producer
2. Special Book Talk Event: Maxine Gordon Discusses “Sophisticated ...
Eventbrite - Louis Armstrong House Museum presents Special Book Talk Event: Maxine Gordon Discusses “Sophisticated Giant" - Friday, June 7, 2024 at Louis ...
Join us and Maxine Gordon, author of the acclaimed book "Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon"
3. A Conversation with Maxine Gordon - Events@Vanderbilt
An evening with Maxine Gordon. The author, curator and independent scholar, who is also the widow of late jazz legend Dexter Gordon, has spent her ...
4. Special Book Talk Event: Maxine Gordon Discusses "Sophisticated ...
Jun 7, 2024 · During this special event, Maxine will share stories from the book and engage in insightful discussions about Dexter Gordon's influence on jazz ...
Join us for a captivating afternoon as Maxine Gordon, author of the acclaimed book “Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon,” takes us on a journey through the […]
5. Maxine Gordon on Sophisticated Giant: the Life and Legacy of Dexter ...
Maxine Gordon is an independent scholar with a lifetime career working with Jazz musicians. As an oral historian and archivist in the fields of Jazz and ...
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6. Lunch with Maxine - Madison - Arts + Literature Laboratory
The discussion will be followed by the Madison Jazz Society Student Led Jazz Jam, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm, which takes place the first Saturday of every month.
Arts + Literature Laboratory, Madison Jazz Society, and Cafe CODA's Cool School present "Lunch with Maxine," an afternoon with jazz historian Maxine Gordon, Saturday, February 3, 2024, 12:30pm to 4:00pm, at Cafe CODA, 1224 Williamson Street.From 12:30pm until 2:00pm, "Lunch with Maxine" will be an opportunity to speak with Maxine Gordon, who will tell stories about her husband, legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923-1991), and discuss her forthcoming book, Quartette: Stories from the lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians - Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton, Melba Liston and Shirley Scott.
7. Book Tour (Part 4 Finale) — MAXINEGORDON.COM
The Detroit Jazz Festival is free and outdoors and is one of the great jazz events in the world. I took a day to visit the crypt where Aretha Franklin is ...
This saga began in October 2018 in Austin, Texas and ends on November 14, 2019 back in Newark, NJ. I travelled a total of 62,389 miles. Yes, sixty-two thousand three hundred and eight nine miles. Was I exhausted after that year? I should have been, but I was invigorated and inspired to begin my next book. I received two writing fellowships, one in Provence at the Dora Maar House and one in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Women’s International Study Center. Then came the virus and plans have changed but I am grateful to be quarantined in a beautiful place on Long Island with time to write and read and reflect. Well, that’s the plan but the days are becoming weeks and months. I am thinking of all the people I met in that year and hoping they are all staying well and safe. What I did have to recover from after the book tour was eating fried chicken everywhere. I saw a video of Killer Mike with the title “Living Black.” I decided that I would only eat in Black owned restaurants on the book tour and give talks in Black owned bookstores when possible. There were some healthy Black owned places like Vegan Soul in Oakland (excellent), Fengfit Foods in Cleveland, Detroit Vegan Soul, but most of the time it was fried chicken, potato salad, greens, and cobbler for me. In Detroit, it is always the Clique for breakfast for grits and Gus’s World-Famous Fried Chicken in Los Angeles, Kansas City, Detroit, and St. Louis. I have my sister/friend Imani to thank or blame for introducing me to Gus’s....
8. Maxine Gordon | Wisconsin Book Festival
She is currently working on her next book, Quartette: Four Women in Jazz, Stories from the Lives of Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton, Melba Liston, and Shirley ...
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9. Maxine Gordon - Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin
Jan 31, 2024 · Maxine Gordon will discuss a forthcoming biography of four women in jazz, Quartette: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians.
Wisconsin Book Festival: Discussing "Quartette: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians - Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton, Melba Liston, and Shirley Scott," forthcoming book.
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10. Book Tour (Part 2) — MAXINEGORDON.COM
On February 2, 2019, Cam Scott and I went to Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, NJ for the Book Club meeting there. My friend and brother, Obery Hendricks met us ...
Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon
11. Maxine Gordon Book Reading and Tribute to Dexter ... - Earshot Jazz
Dexter Gordon photo courtesy of the Dutch National Archives. Maxine Gordon ... Events · Earshot Jazz Festival · Earshot Jazz Magazine · Community Engagement ...
Dexter Gordon photo courtesy of the Dutch National Archives. Maxine Gordon Book ReadingSunday, March 10, 3pmElliot Bay Book Company1521 10th AveSociety Red and Little Dex: Tributeto Dexter Gordon and HadleyCaliman w/ guest Maxine GordonSunday, March 10, 7pmRoyal Room5000 Rainier Ave SMaxine Gordon debuts her highly praised book
12. Maxine Gordon | Quartette: Four Women in Jazz
Arts and Literature Laboratory and Wisconsin Book Festival will present a discussion with Maxine Gordon about her forthcoming book, Quartette: Stories from ...
Arts and Literature Laboratory and Wisconsin Book Festival will present a discussion with Maxine Gordon about her forthcoming book, Quartette: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians, on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 10:30am, at the Sequoya Library, 4340 Tokay Boulevard. In addition to her research on jazz history, Gordon is also the widow and biographer of the legendary saxophonist Dexter Gordon (1923-1990), and her visit to Madison is in conjunciton with DEX100, a centennial celebration of his life and music.
13. Author Talk with Maxine Gordon: Quartet: Stories from the Lives of ...
Author Talk with Maxine Gordon: Quartet: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians · Related Events · Additional Info · Save and Share · Temple University.
azz historian, long time jazz advocate, executive, archivist, author of Sophisticated Giant: The Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, and Gordon’s widow and biographer — Maxine Gordon prepares for the publication of her next book, entitled "Quartette: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians - Maxine Sullivan, Velma Middleton, Melba Liston, and Shirley Scott" (Published jointly by Columbia University & Howard University Press).
14. 23rd Maxine N. Gordon, J70, Book Prize & Author Talk with Dr. Alice ...
Please register for this virtual event at the link below: 2024 Gordon Book Prize & Author Book Talk with Dr. Alice Sullivan April 25, 3:30 – 4:30 p.m., via ...
The Tisch Library is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the 2024 Maxine N. Gordon, J70, Book Prize. Each year, the Chair of the Math Department awards the prize to a major who has demonstrated a love of reading, literature, and poetry.
15. Quartette: Stories from the Lives of Four Women Jazz Musicians ...
Feb 1, 2023 · Visit Upcoming Events Past Events ... Maxine Gordon is an independent scholar with a lifetime career working with jazz musicians.
A presentation from 2022–2023 Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellow Maxine Gordon
16. Maxine Gordon | Women in Jazz Media | About | Team members
University of Utah, Dexter Gordon Tribute concert and lecture, 2018; New Mexico Jazz Festival, Dexter Gordon Tribute Project with Steve Feld, 2017; ...
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17. the Life and Legacy of Dexter Gordon, Durham, NC - InstantSeats.com
Maxine Gordon at The Durham Jazz Workshop / Sharp 9 Gallery. Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 7PM, Durham, NC | powered by InstantSeats.
Maxine Gordon at The Durham Jazz Workshop / Sharp 9 Gallery. Wednesday, October 23, 2024, 7PM, Durham, NC | powered by InstantSeats
18. Maxine Gordon | Wisconsin Book Festival
Book Festival Events ... Maxine Gordon is an independent scholar with a lifetime career working with jazz musicians. As an oral historian and archivist in the ...
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