Clifford Jordan

Clifford Laconia Jordan (September 2, 1931, Chicago – March 27, 1993, Manhattan) was a jazz saxophone player. While in Chicago, he performed with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some rhythm and blues groups.^[1] He moved to New York City in 1957, after which he recorded three albums for Blue Note.^[1] He also recorded with Horace Silver, J.J. Johnson, Kenny Dorham, and Max Roach.^[1] He was part of the Charles Mingus Sextet, with Eric Dolphy, during its 1964 European tour.^[1] Jordan toured Africa with Randy Weston, and performed in Paris while living in Belgium.^[2] In later years, he led his own groups, performed with Cedar Walton's quartet Eastern Rebellion,^[3] and led a big band.^[1]

Jordan was married to Shirley Jordan, a designer and former owner of Clothing Manufacturing Corporation in New York.^[2] He later married Sandy Jordan (née Williams), a graphic artist and Honorary Founding Board member of the Jazz Foundation of America.

Discography

As leader

• 1957: Blowing in from Chicago (with John Gilmore, Horace Silver, Curly Russell, Art Blakey) (Blue Note)
• 1957: Cliff Jordan (Blue Note)
• 1957: Cliff Craft (Blue Note)
• 1960: Spellbound Clifford Jordan (tenor saxophone), Cedar Walton (piano), Spanky DeBrest, Albert "Tootie" Heath
• 1961: Starting Time
• 1965: These Are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Led Belly
• 1972: In the World (with Wynton Kelly, Richard Davis, Wilbur Ware, Don Cherry, Kenny Dorham, Julian Priester, Ed Blackwell, Albert Heath, Roy Haynes) Strata-East
• 1973: Glass Bead Games (with Stanley Cowell, Bill Lee, Cedar Walton, Sam Jones) Strata-East Recorded at Minot Sound, White Plains, New York. Engineered by John Battiloro
• 1975: The Highest Mountain
• 1991: Down Through the Years: Live at Condon's New York - The Clifford Jordan Big Band^[1]

Bee Hive Records

• Dr. Chicago (with Jaki Byard, Red Rodney, Vernel Fournier)
• Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece with Roy Haynes, Art Davis, Charles Davis, Albert Dailey)
• Hyde Park After Dark (with Victor Sproles, Von Freeman, Cy Touff)

As sideman

With Paul Chambers

• Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)

With Eric Dolphy

• Iron Man
• Conversations
• Town Hall Concert

With Andrew Hill

• Shades (1986)

With J. J. Johnson

• J.J. Inc.

With Charles Mingus

• Astral Weeks
• Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (Fantasy, 1964)

With Lee Morgan

• Expoobident (1960)

With Max Roach

• It's Time (1962)

With Mal Waldron

• What It Is (Enja, 1981)

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Biography at Allmusic by Scott Yanow
2. ^ ^{a b} Simmons, Art (April 16, 1970). Johnson, John H.. ed. "Paris Scratchpad". JET (Chicago: Johnson) XXXVIII (3): 33. ISSN 0021-5996. http://books.google.com/books?id=_zcDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA33&ots=0dicDLpm5a&pg=PA33#v=onepage&f=false. Retrieved August 3, 2010. "Arranger, composer, saxophonist Clifford Jordan, a Chicagoan who now lives in Belgium with his wife, designer Shirley Jordan (a former owner of Clothing Manufacturing Corp., New York City), closed at the Chat Qui Peche here. He is a partner in a new record firm, Frontier Records, which records legendary musicians who have not had the proper exposure. Jordan toured Africa with Randy Weston recently..." 
3. ^ Yanow, Scott (2010). "AllMusic". Eastern Rebellion. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/p10482. 

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Name	Jordan, Clifford
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Date of birth	September 2, 1931
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Date of death	March 27, 1993
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