title: Bob Gordon (saxophonist)
text: # Bob Gordon (saxophonist)
  
  Bob Gordon (June 11, 1928 – August 28, 1955) was an American cool jazz baritone saxophonist born in St. Louis, Missouri, best known as a sideman for musicians like Stan Kenton, Shelly Manne, Chet Baker, Maynard Ferguson, Herbie Harper and Jack Montrose. He released one album as a bandleader. Gordon died in a car accident on his way to playing at a Pete Rugolo concert in San Diego.
  
  ## Career
  
  His friend saxophonist Jack Montrose wrote, "The union of Bob Gordon and the baritone saxophone must have been decreed in Heaven, for never have I viewed such rapport between the natural tendencies of a musical instrument and the mind of the man using it. I cannot imagine Bob Gordon using any other instrument".
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### As leader/co-leader
  
  * 1953: Moods in Jazz, with Herbie Harper (Tampa)
  * 1954: Herbie Harper featuring Bud Shank and Bob Gordon (Liberty)
  * 1954: Meet Mr. Gordon (Pacific Jazz)
  * 1955: Jack Montrose with Bob Gordon (Atlantic)
  * 1955: Introducing Bob Gordon (EmArcy)
  * 2004: Bob Gordon Memorial (Fresh Sound)
  
  ### As sideman
  
  With Chet Baker
  
  * Grey December (Pacific Jazz, 1953)
  * The Trumpet Artistry of Chet Baker (Pacific Jazz, 1953)
  
  With Pete Rugolo
  
  * Introducing Pete Rugolo (Columbia, 1954)
  * Adventures in Rhythm (Columbia, 1954)
  * Rugolomania (Columbia, 1955)
  * New Sounds by Pete Rugolo (Harmony, 1954–55, [1957])
  
  With Jack Montrose
  
  * Arranged by Montrose (Pacific Jazz, 1954)
  * Arranged/Played/Composed by Jack Montrose (Atlantic, 1955)
  * Jack Montrose Sextet (Pacific Jazz, 1955)
  
  With Maynard Ferguson
  
  * Dimensions (EmArcy, 1955)
  * Maynard Ferguson Octet (EmArcy, 1955)
  
  With Spud Murphy
  
  * Four Saxophones in Twelve Tones (GNP Crescendo, 1955)
  
  With Dave Pell
  
  * Jazz & Romantic Places (Atlantic, 1955)
  
  With Shorty Rogers
  
  * Shorty Rogers Courts the Count (RCA Victor, 1954)
  