GORDON, DEXTER KEITH. Jazz saxophonist ( in Los Angeles, California). He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Los Angeles, California. He began clarinet study at the age of thirteen, then changed to alto saxophone when he was fifteen. His early style development was influenced by his teachers John Sturdevant and Lloyd Reese, a member of the Les Hite orchestra. He switched to tenor saxophone when he was seventeen, inspired by the playing of Lester...