Reese was a saxophonist and trumpetist, who had been playing with Les Hite's Band. He was considered the greatest all-around teaeher and a fine instrumentalist himself." 12 "Lloyd Reese and his wife, a classical pianist, had a conservatoty on McKinley Avenue in Los Angeles. The most prominent and influential teacher, who was to provide Dexter with the best possibIe all-round musical foundation, was no doubt Uoyd Reese, whose teaching would also have a lasting influence on musicians like Charles Mingus, Buddy Collette and Eric Dolphy. When shifting to alto sax at the age of 15, and tenor at 17, the young Dexter would probably already have overcome the most elementary technical obstacles, by the time he started imitating his main teenage idol, Lester Young. I remember asking him about that which knocked him out. and a vety nice cat who had that big fat clarinet sound like Bigard's. area at the time, John Sturdevant from New arleans, who gave the young boy a solid embouchure and tone control: "He was one of the local guys in L.A. The father, who was a doctor with dose connections to the jazz community, was undoubtly responsibIe for supplying Dexter with one of the best teachers in the L.A. The darinet, being a difficult instrument to master, was - and is - generally regarded as a good place to start for laying down a good technical foundation for saxophone players. He had started out at the age of 13 on darinet. For a young boy, only 17 years of age, to be joining the band of one of the most exposed and popular musicians of that time, Dexter certainly must have had solid instrumental skilIs and knowledge of elementary theory already at that time. When Dexter joined The Lionel Hampton Big Band in 1940 he was still attending )efferson High School in Los Angeles. I got a musical integrity from him that has been invaluable to me." l O A lot of people out mere studied with him. Dexter Gordon about Lloyd Reese: "He plays trumpet - all brasses - piano, sax. Dexter Gordon' s tenor sax: style The first musical foundation, learning theory.
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