Cliff Jordan (album)

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Cliff Jordan
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Studio album by
Released1957
RecordedJune 2, 1957
Studio Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre Jazz
Length40:33
Label Blue Note
BN 1565
Producer Alfred Lion
Clifford Jordan chronology
Blowing In from Chicago
(1957)
Cliff Jordan
(1957)
Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons
(1957)

Cliff Jordan is an album by American jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan recorded on June 2, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year. The septet features horn section Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller and John Jenkins, and rhythm section Ray Bryant, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor. [1]

Contents

Reception

The AllMusic review by awarded the album 3 stars. [2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

All compositions by Cliff Jordan, except as noted.

Side 1

  1. "Not Guilty" – 11:43
  2. "St. John" (John Jenkins) – 8:18

Side 2

  1. "Blue Shoes" (Curtis Fuller) – 9:38
  2. "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (W. Franke Harling, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) – 6:59
  3. "Ju-Ba" (Lee Morgan) – 3:55

Personnel

Musicians

Technical personnel

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References

  1. Blue Note discography accessed December 1, 2010
  2. 1 2 Allmusic Review accessed December 1, 2010
  3. Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide . USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp.  115. ISBN   0-394-72643-X.