Clifford JORDAN 1969
Joel's request...
CLIFFORD JORDAN - IN THE WORLD
CLIFFORD JORDAN - IN THE WORLDOne of the most ambitious albums ever recorded from Clifford Jordan -a totally righteous little effort that was the first installment in the legendary Dolphy Series on the Strata East label! The set has Jordan working with a larger group than usual -an all-star array of players that includes Kenny Dorham and Don Cherry on trumpets, Julian Priester on trombone, Wynton Kelly on piano, Wilbur Ware and Richard Davis on bass, and drums from Roy Haynes, Ed Blackwell, and Albert Heath. The titles are originals by Jordan -long numbers that flow out slowly as they build up new musical ideas- all in a style that's somewhat laidback and spacious, very organic, and a bit like some of the best early 70s Impulse material by Archie Shepp. Album features 4 long tracks "872" "Vienna" "Doug's Prelude" and "Ouagoudougou".
More Clifford Jordan bio. infos in previous posts. To be continued...
2 comments:
I used to buy LPs on the Muse, Inner City and Strata
East labels when I was in art school in the mid
1970s. Very inspirational for working in the studio
especially the more spiritually oriented music
on those labels. It was my introduction to Jazz.
From listening late nights to free-form college radio
I think...
This Clifford Jordan recording was a favorite
(though my copy bought used was a complete
mess.) Especially the minor blues.Its a pleasure
to hear it for the first time with good fidelity.This
seems to be Kenny Dorham's last studio session...
Like a lot of the Strata East records it has been
basically unavailable for about 30 years!
I also highly recommend the 'Glass Bead
Games' by Jordan. Its more conventional but
just as good.
(Funny, a lot of the 1950's music Daniel is
making available was rare even then and too
expensive to buy...Its amazing to find this
music here. Thanks Daniel--much appreciated.)
---Joel
I used to buy LPs on the Muse, Inner City and Strata
East labels when I was in art school in the mid
1970s. Very inspirational for working in the studio
especially the more spiritually oriented music
on those labels. It was my introduction to Jazz.
From listening late nights to free-form college radio
I think...
This Clifford Jordan recording was a favorite
(though my copy bought used was a complete
mess.) Especially the minor blues.Its a pleasure
to hear it for the first time with good fidelity.This
seems to be Kenny Dorham's last studio session...
Like a lot of the Strata East records it has been
basically unavailable for about 30 years!
I also highly recommend the 'Glass Bead
Games' by Jordan. Its more conventional but
just as good.
(Funny, a lot of the 1950's music Daniel is
making available was rare even then and too
expensive to buy...Its amazing to find this
music here. Thanks Daniel--much appreciated.)
---Joel
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