Dean Masser Quartet: Dexter at 100 - A Salute to Dexter Gordon

The hard-swinging Dean Masser Quartet play the music of the sophisticated giant of jazz Dexter Gordon, in his centenary year. This jazz icon is credited with transferring Charlie Parker's bebop message to the tenor saxophone.

Based in the UK, Dean first rose to prominence with the Jack Parnell Quartet in the early 1990s, when the the band recorded a live album during a week long stint at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, a venue that Dean has returned to many times since.

Similar to his long-time hero, Dean is a player with a big sound and lyrical style, and he will be revisiting classic Gordon numbers like Cheese Cake and Fried Bananas, plus well-known jazz standards. Dean is well-known to Midland's audiences as a member of the hugely popular 'Jazz Worriers' which he co-leads with trumpeter Neil Yates, with whom he continues to collaborate on a number of projects including Hubbard's Covered, celebrating the music of trumpet legend, Freddie Hubbard.

Join us as Dean on tenor saxophone perform Dexter's original compositions in a reverential and humorous tribute to his musical hero, ably supported by Andrjez Barnes on keyboards, Ed Harrison on double bass and Gaz Hughes on drums.