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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZJORDAN, Clifford(b 2 Sep. '31, Chicago; d 27 March '93, NY) Tenor sax. Began on piano, switched to tenor at 14. Played R&B and with visiting jazzmen in Chicago; went on the road with Max Roach, then Horace Silver. Led quartet with Chicagoan Andrew Hill '62, toured with Roach '63, Charles Mingus '64 (passionate playing on Mingus LP Live At The Jazz Workshop '64), Roach again '65. Spent much time in Europe from '69; has done lecture concerts etc; designed record sleeves; did portrait photographs of musicians. Own albums began with Blowing In From Chicago with John Gilmore (see Sun Ra), reissued in Blowin' Sessions with a Johnny Griffin LP: all three tenorists were classmates at Du Sable High School; septet Clifford Jordan All Stars, quartet Cliff Craft, all on Blue Note '57. Other LPs: Spellbound '60 on Riverside; A Story Tale, Starting Time, Bearcat '61--2 on Jazzland; These Are My Roots '65 on Atlantic (Leadbelly songs arranged by Jordan); a Vortex LP '66; In The World '69 and Glass Bead Game '73 on Strata- East; Night Of The Mark VII '75 on Muse. Quartet the Magic Triangle with Cedar Walton, Billy Higgins, Sam Jones recorded three vols of On Stage plus Firm Roots and The Highest Mountain, all '75 on Steeplechase (two-CD Magic In Munich on Steeplechase); also Half Note with Albert Heath replacing Higgins. With various lineups: Remembering Me '76, Inward Fire '77, The Adventurer '78 on Muse; Hello Hank Jones '78 on Eastworld; Repetition '84 on Soul Note; quartet Royal Ballads '86 on Criss Cross, Dr Chicago '87 on Beehive with Jaki Byard, Live At Ethel's '87 on Mapleshade, Live At Condon's New York/Down Through The Years '91 on Milestone, also Four Play on DIW and with the Klaus Weiss Quintet on Jazzline. |