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Jon Gordon
jazz saxophonist/composer
- From
- New York, United States
- Since
- 1966–present
- Releases
- 10
- jazz
About
Jon Gordon (born 1966 in New York City) is an American jazz saxophonist who leads the Jon Gordon Quartet. In 1996, he won first prize in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Saxophone Competition.
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He is currently a professor in the jazz program at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He received a Juno Award nomination for Jazz Album of the Year (Solo) at the Juno Awards of 2022 for his album Stranger Than Fiction. He and faculty colleague Will Bonness, who won the award, both played on each other's albums.
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