Clifford Jordan

Clifford Irving Stanley Jordan ( born September 2, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, † March 27, 1993 in Manhattan, New York) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist.

Life and work

Jordan played piano as a child before switching to tenor saxophone. He began with classmates of DuSable High School, Johnny Griffin, John Gilmore and John Jenkins occur. He had his first professional gigs with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt and various rhythm-and - blues bands.

In 1957 he went with Roach to New York City, where he succeeded Max Roach Quintet Sonny Rollins in three albums and grossed at the Blue Note, the first Blowing In from Chicago in 1957 with John Gilmore, Horace Silver, Curly Russell and Art Blakey. After that, he worked with Horace Silver, JJ Johnson, Kenny Dorham and 1962-1964 again with Max Roach, as with its Impulse! Album It's Time 1962. 1964 he took part in Charles Mingus ' legendary European tour. In the following years he worked mainly as a leader and made ​​several European tours. Created in 1965 with Julian Priester an album that was dedicated to the blues singer Leadbelly. From 1974 to 1975 he was a member of the Quartet of Cedar Walton. He also worked with the Mingus Dynasty.

In his last years Jordan led his own big band; with almost -forgotten musicians like Dizzy Reece, Kiane Zawadi, Jerome Richardson, Charles Davis and Vernel Fournier emerged in the early 1990s, his album Down Through the Years. As his last work applies the album posthumously published in 1997 " The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan" with jazz standards like " Soul Eyes " and Ellington / Strayhorn program that involved long -time companions as Julian Priester, Larry Willis and Mike LeDonne.

Disco Graphical Notes

  • Blowing In From Chicago, 1957, Blue Note
  • Cliff Craft, 1957, Blue Note
  • Cliff Jordan, 1957, Blue Note
  • Spellbound, 1960, Riverside
  • Bearcat, 1961, Jazzland
  • Charles Mingus, Cornell 1964 ( Blue Note); The Great Concert, Paris 1964, 1964 America / MUSIDISC
  • These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly, 1965, Atlantic
  • Glass Bead Games, 1974, Strata - East
  • The Highest Mountain in 1975, Muse
  • Two Tenor Winner!, 1984, Criss Cross
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