Editing Dexter Gordon (section)

===Bebop era recordings===
By late 1944, Gordon was resident in New York, a regular at bebop jam sessions, and a featured soloist in the Billy Eckstine big band ("If That's The Way You Feel", "I Want To Talk About You", "Blowin' the Blues Away", "Opus X", "I'll Wait and Pray", "The Real Thing Happened To Me", "Lonesome Lover Blues", "I Love the Rhythm in a Riff"). During early 1945, he was featured on recordings by [[Dizzy Gillespie]] ("[[Blue 'n' Boogie]]", "[[Groovin' High]]") and [[Charles Thompson (jazz)|Charles Thompson]] ("Takin' Off", "If I Had You", "20th Century Blues", "The Street Beat"). In late 1945, Gordon was recording under his own name for the [[Savoy Records|Savoy]] label. His Savoy recordings during 1945–46 included ''Blow Mr. Dexter'', ''Dexter's Deck'', ''Dexter's Minor Mad'', ''Long Tall Dexter'', ''Dexter Rides Again'', ''I Can't Escape From You,''and ''Dexter Digs In''.

He returned to Los Angeles in late 1946 and in 1947 was leading sessions for [[Ross Russell (jazz)|Ross Russell]]'s [[Dial Records (1946)|Dial]] label (''Mischievous Lady, Lullaby in Rhythm, The Chase, Iridescence, It's the Talk of the Town, Bikini, A Ghost of a Chance, Sweet and Lovely''). After his return to Los Angeles, he became known for his saxophone duels with fellow tenorman [[Wardell Gray]], which were a popular concert attraction documented in recordings made between 1947 and 1952 (''The Hunt, Move, The Chase, The Steeplechase'').<ref name="LarkinGE"/> ''The Hunt'' gained literary fame from its mention in [[Jack Kerouac]]'s ''[[On The Road]]'', which also contains descriptions of wild tenormen jamming in Los Angeles. ''Cherokee, Byas a Drink, ''and'' Disorder at the Border'' are other live recordings of the Gray/Gordon duo from the same concert (all issued on the album ''[[The Hunt (Dexter Gordon album)|The Hunt]]'' in 1977). In December 1947, Gordon recorded again with the Savoy label (''Settin' the Pace, So Easy, Dexter's Riff, Dextrose, Dexter's Mood, Index, Dextivity, Wee Dot, Lion Roars''). Through the mid-to-late 1940s, he continued to work as a sideman on sessions led by [[Russell Jacquet]], [[Benny Carter]], [[Ben Webster]], [[Ralph Burns]], [[Jimmy Rushing]], [[Helen Humes]], [[Gerry Mulligan]], [[Wynonie Harris]], [[Leo Parker]], and [[Tadd Dameron]].