Important Albums:
Dexter Rides Again (1947)
The Hunt w Wardell Gray (1947)
The Chase w Wardell Gray (1947)
The Duel w Teddy Edwards (1947)
Daddy Plays the Horn (1955)
Dexter Blows Hot and Cool (1955)
The Resurgence of Dexter Gordon (Riverside, 1960)
Doin' Allright (1961), Blue Note
Dexter Calling... (1961), Blue Note
Go! (1962), Blue Note
A Swingin' Affair (1962), Blue Note
Our Man in Paris (Paris 1963), Blue Note – w Bud Powell
One Flight Up (Paris, 1964) – Blue Note
King Neptune (1964)
Clubhouse (Blue Note, 1965)
Gettin' Around (New York, 1965)
Take The "A" Train (1967)
A Day in Copenhagen (MPS, 1969) – with Slide Hampton
The Tower of Power! (Prestige, 1969) – with James Moody
More Power! (Prestige, 1969)
Some Other Spring (Sonet, 1970) – with Karin Krog
Dexter Gordon with Junior Mance at Montreux (Prestige, 1970) – with Junior Mance
The Panther! (Prestige, 1970) – with Tommy Flanagan and Alan Dawson. Prestige Records
The Chase! (Prestige, 1970) – with Gene Ammons
The Jumpin' Blues (Prestige, 1970) – with Wynton Kelly
Tangerine (1972) hard bop with Freddie Hubbard and others – Prestige
Sophisticated Giant (1977) with 11-piece big-band including Woody Shaw, Slide Hampton, Bobby Hutcherson – Columbia Records
Manhattan Symphonie (1978), Columbia Records—with Rufus Reid – bass, Eddie Gladden – percussion, and George Cables – keyboard
Round Midnight (1986), Columbia Records
As sideman -With Herbie Hancock
Takin' Off (Blue Note, 1962)