Editing Dexter Gordon (section)

===Years in Europe===
Over the next 14 years in Europe, living mainly in [[Paris]] and [[Copenhagen]], Gordon played regularly with fellow expatriates or visiting players, such as [[Bud Powell]], [[Ben Webster]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], [[Bobby Hutcherson]], [[Kenny Drew]], [[Horace Parlan]] and [[Billy Higgins]]. Blue Note's [[Francis Wolff]] supervised Gordon's later sessions for the label on his visits to Europe. The pairing of Gordon with Drew turned out to be one of the classic matchups between a horn player and a pianist, much like [[Miles Davis]] with [[Red Garland]] or [[John Coltrane]] with [[McCoy Tyner]].

From this period came ''[[Our Man in Paris]]'', ''[[One Flight Up]]'', ''[[Gettin' Around]]'', and ''[[Clubhouse (album)|Clubhouse]]''. ''Our Man in Paris'' was a Blue Note session recorded in Paris in 1963 with backup consisting of pianist Powell, drummer [[Kenny Clarke]], and French bassist [[Pierre Michelot]]. ''One Flight Up'', recorded in Paris in 1964 with trumpeter [[Donald Byrd]], pianist Kenny Drew, drummer [[Art Taylor]], and Danish bassist [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]], features an extended solo by Gordon on the track "Tanya".

Gordon also visited the US occasionally for further recording dates. ''Gettin' Around'' was recorded for Blue Note during a visit in May 1965, as was the album ''Clubhouse'' which remained unreleased until 1979.

Gordon found Europe in the 1960s a much easier place to live, saying that he experienced less racism and greater respect for jazz musicians. He also stated that on his visits to the US in the late 1960s and early 1970s, he found the political and social strife disturbing.<ref name=Berginterview>{{Cite web|url=http://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2013/01/dexter-gordon-chuck-berg-interview.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150528032742/https://jazzprofiles.blogspot.com/2013/01/dexter-gordon-chuck-berg-interview.html|archivedate=May 28, 2015|title=Dexter Gordon interview with Chuck Berg, Downbeat Magazine, 1977|website=Jazzprofiles.blogspot.com|access-date=October 11, 2019}}</ref> While in Copenhagen, Gordon and Drew's trio appeared onscreen<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLoU9SSYMWs "Dexter Gordon & Kenny Drew – Pornography A Musical (1971) OST"], YouTube video.</ref> in Ole Ege's theatrically released hardcore pornographic film ''Pornografi – en musical'' (1971), for which they composed and performed the score.<ref>David Meeker,[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.jots.200021706/default.html "Jazz on the Screen – A jazz and blues filmography"], Library of Congress, Performing Arts Encyclopedia.</ref>

He switched from Blue Note to [[Prestige Records]] (1965–73). For the label, he recorded bop albums like ''[[The Tower of Power!]]'' and ''[[More Power!]]'' (1969) with [[James Moody (saxophonist)|James Moody]], [[Barry Harris]], [[Buster Williams]], and [[Albert "Tootie" Heath]]; ''[[The Panther!]]'' (1970) with [[Tommy Flanagan (musician)|Tommy Flanagan]], [[Larry Ridley]], and [[Alan Dawson]]; ''[[The Jumpin' Blues]]'' (1970) with [[Wynton Kelly]], [[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]], and [[Roy Brooks]]; ''[[The Chase!]]'' (1970) with [[Gene Ammons]], [[Jodie Christian]], [[John Young (jazz pianist)|John Young]], [[Cleveland Eaton]], [[Rufus Reid]], Wilbur Campbell, [[Steve McCall]], and [[Vi Redd]]; and ''[[Tangerine (Dexter Gordon album)|Tangerine]]'' (1972) with [[Thad Jones]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], and [[Hank Jones]]. Some of the Prestige albums were recorded during visits back to North America while he was still living in Europe; others were made in Europe, including live sets from the [[Montreux Jazz Festival]].

In addition to the recordings Gordon did under his American label contracts, live recordings by European labels and live video from his European period have been released. In 1975, Dexter Gordon signed an exclusive recording contract with Danish label SteepleChase, for which he recorded some of his most inspired sessions including ''[[The Apartment (album)|The Apartment]]'' (1974), ''[[More Than You Know (Dexter Gordon album)|More Than You Know]]'' (1975), ''[[Stable Mable]]'', ''[[Swiss Nights Vol. 1]], [[Swiss Nights Vol. 2|2]] and [[Swiss Nights Vol. 3|3]]'', ''[[Something Different (Dexter Gordon album)|Something Different]]'', ''[[Lullaby for a Monster]]'', and not least ''[[Biting the Apple]]'' (1976), recorded during his homecoming trip to New York, featuring Barry Harris, Sam Jones and [[Al Foster]]. The album received the Grand Prix De Jazz in Montreux, Switzerland, in 1977. [[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]] released live dates from his mid-1960s tenure at the [[Jazzhus Montmartre]] in Copenhagen. The video was released in the ''Jazz Icons'' series.