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Also known as Joseph Lowell Gordon

American baseball player and coach (1915–1978)

Person · Open Library

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Type
Person
Active from
1951-10-02

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Listeners
1,963
Total plays
11,109

Tags

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Joseph Henry "Joe" Gordon (May 15, 1928, Boston, Massachusetts - November 4, 1963, Santa Monica, California) was an American jazz trumpeter. His first professional gigs were in Boston in 1947; he played with Georgie Auld, Charlie Mariano, Lionel Hampton, Charlie Parker (1953-55 intermittently), Art Blakey (1954), and Don Redman. In 1956 he toured the Middle East with Dizzy Gillespie's big band; he was a soloist on "A Night in Tunisia". Following this he played with Horace Silver. <a href="https

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Sports profile

Sport
Baseball
Team
_Retired Baseball
Nationality
United States

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Gordon
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Los Angeles
Place of death
Sacramento
Occupation
baseball player
Member of team
New York Yankees
Position played
second baseman
Country for sport
United States
Image
Joe Gordon bowman.jpg
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date of birth
1915-02-18
date of death
1978-04-14
Commons category
Joe Gordon
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