Dexter Gordon - More than you know - ZYX Music

Dexter Gordon: More than you know - with Ben Webster, Bud Powell, Woody Shaw, Bertrand Tavenier, Niels Henning, Orsted Pedersen and many others.
More Than You Know is the first biographical documentary of this widely loved and respected jazz artist.

Perhaps best known for his Oscar Nomination as Best Actor for 'Round Midnight', Gordon was a charismatic and innovative tenor saxophonist. Using a wide variety of revealing footage - including virtually unseen material of this great artist in privat, in performance and in various interview settings - this documentary is very nearly a musica autobiography. With profound comments voming from Gordon about his career, his associates and formative influences. Gordon is essentially the narrator of his own life and the romantic jjazz world he inhabited.

But the musical heart and soul of this program comes from Dexter Gordon, heard in a wide variety of musical settings - from acappella, to quartet setting, to full orchestra.
Considerable time is spent on his 14-year residence in Copenhagen, his extraordinarily successful homecoming to the US in 1976, and the making of Round Midnight.
His return trip to America in 1976 lead to a thunderous critical and commercial success, which he richly deserved.
The film concludes with a revealing section about the excellent motion picture 'Round Midnight', the film for which Gordon was nominated for an Academy Award.
Gordon's remarkable screen test, behind the scenes glimpses of the film's shooting, interviews with Director Bertrand Tvernier and Francis Paudras (whose real life experiences with Bud Powell inspired the story), give us a fascinating look into the other side of 'Round Midnight'.