Clifford Jordan
Clifford Jordan never attained the widespread exposure he deserved, though he was well known and highly respected by knowledgeable jazz fans and musicians. He had a warm, exuberant sound and round, big tone. Jordan was a wonderful blues and ballad player, able to stretch out and swing, then go inside and play with conviction and energy. Jordan started on piano, then switched to tenor sax at 14. He attended Du Sable High in Chicago, where his classmates included Johnny Griffin, John Gilmore and Richard Davis. He played in Chicago with both R&B bands and Max Roach and Sonny Stitt before moving to New York in 1957. He worked again with Roach, then Horace Silver. Jordan went to the West Coast for a year, then came back to New York and worked with J.J. Johnson. He played in the early '60s with Kenny Dorham and Andrew Hill. He also worked with Charles Mingus, once more with Roach and toured Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Jordan's earliest album was done for Blue Note, working with his old classmate John Gilmore. He did septet and quartet dates for Blue Note in the late '50s. Cannonball Adderley helped him land on Riverside in the '60s, producing his debut for the label in 1960. Jordan later recorded for Jazzland, Atlantic, Vortex and then the black-owned label Strata-East in 1969. He continued in the early and mid-'70s on Strata East, leading his Magic Triangle group. Jordan recorded for Steeplechase, Muse and East World. Jordan played Lester Young in a 1972 theatrical production "Lady Day: A Musical Tragedy" that was performed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. He also visited Europe often in the '60s and '70s. During the '80s there were sessions for Soul Note, Criss Cross, Bee Hive, Mapleshade, Jazzline and others. Jordan recorded for DIW in the '90s and led a big band before finally succumbing to cancer in 1992. A fair number of his sessions are available on CD.
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Blowing In From Chicago (Rudy Van Gelder 24Bit Mastering)
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1957
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Blowing In From Chicago
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1957
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Cliff Craft (Remastered 1997)
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 16 Sep 2019
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Night Of The Mark VII (Live)
Jazz - Released by Savoy on 1 Jan 1975
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Drink Plenty Water
Vocal Jazz - Released by Harvest Song Records Clifford Jordan on 20 Jan 2023
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The Highest Mountain
Jazz - Released by SteepleChase on 18 Mar 1975
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These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly
Pop - Released by Rhino Atlantic on 1 Jan 1965
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Blue Notes, Vol. 4
Paul Chambers Quintet, Clifford Jordan
Blues - Released by Documents 2 on 14 Oct 2016
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On Stage, Vol. 3 (Live)
Jazz - Released by SteepleChase on 1 Jan 1994
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On Stage, Vol. 2 (Live)
Jazz - Released by SteepleChase on 1 Jan 1992
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Quittin' Time - Clifford Jordan
Jazz - Released by ISIS on 28 Apr 2022
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