Artist's albums
Mosaic
2001 · album
Half Note
1995 · album
On Stage, Vol. 3
1994 · single
On Stage, Vol. 3 (Live)
1994 · album
On Stage, Vol. 2
1992 · single
On Stage, Vol. 2 (Live)
1992 · album
On Stage, Vol. 1
1989 · album
The Highest Mountain
1989 · album
Firm Roots
1987 · album
The Adventurer
1978 · album
Drink Plenty Water
2023 · album
Bearcat
2021 · album
Night Of The Mark VII (Live)
1975 · album
Soul Fountain
2005 · album
Blowing In From Chicago
2003 · album
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Biography
Clifford Jordan was a fine inside/outside player who somehow held his own with Eric Dolphy in the 1964 Charles Mingus Sextet. Jordan had his own sound on tenor almost from the start. He gigged around Chicago with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some R&B groups before moving to New York in 1957. Jordan immediately made a strong impression, leading three albums for Blue Note (including a meeting with fellow tenor John Gilmore) and touring with Horace Silver (1957-1958), J.J. Johnson (1959-1960), Kenny Dorham (1961-1962), and Max Roach (1962-1964). After performing in Europe with Mingus and Dolphy, Jordan worked mostly as a leader but tended to be overlooked since he was not overly influential or a pacesetter in the avant-garde. A reliable player, Clifford Jordan toured Europe several times, was in a quartet headed by Cedar Walton in 1974-1975, and during his last years, led a big band. He recorded as a leader for Blue Note, Riverside, Jazzland, Atlantic (a little-known album of Leadbelly tunes), Vortex, Strata-East, Muse, SteepleChase, Criss Cross, Bee Hive, DIW, Milestone, and Mapleshade. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi