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)