Clifford Jordan

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

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• As leader
• As sideman
• References

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

Jordan died of lung cancer at the age of 61.

As leader

1957: Blowing in from Chicago (Blue Note) with John Gilmore

1957: Cliff Jordan (Blue Note)

1957: Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (New Jazz) with John Jenkins and Bobby Timmons

1957: Cliff Craft (Blue Note)

1960: Spellbound (Riverside)

1961: A Story Tale (Jazzland) with Sonny Red

1961: Starting Time (Jazzland)

1962: Bearcat (Jazzland)

1965: These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (Atlantic)

1968: Soul Fountain (Vortex)

1972: In the World (Strata-East)

1973: Glass Bead Games (Strata-East)

1974: Half Note (SteepleChase)

1975: Night of the Mark VII (Muse)

1975: On Stage Vol. 1 (SteepleChase)

1975: On Stage Vol. 2 (SteepleChase)

1975: On Stage Vol. 3 (SteepleChase)

1975: Firm Roots (SteepleChase)

1975: The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase)

1976: Remembering Me-Me (Muse)

1977: Inward Fire (Muse)

1978: The Adventurer (Muse)

1978: Hello, Hank Jones (Eastworld)

1981: Hyde Park After Dark (Bee Hive) with Victor Sproles, Von Freeman, Cy Touff

1984: Repetition (Soul Note)

1984: Dr. Chicago (Bee Hive)

1984: Two Tenor Winner (Criss Cross) with Junior Cook

1985: The Rotterdam Session (Audio Daddio) with Philly Joe Jones and James Long

1986: Royal Ballads (Criss Cross)

1987: Live at Ethell's (Mapleshade)

1989: Masters from Different Worlds (Mapleshade) with Ran Blake and Julian Priester

1990: Four Play (DIW/Columbia) with Richard Davis, James Williams & Ronnie Burrage

1990: Play What You Feel (Mapleshade)

1987-91: The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (Mapleshade)

1991: Down Through the Years: Live at Condon's New York (Milestone)

As sideman

With Paul Chambers

Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)

With Sonny Clark

My Conception (Three bonus tracks (tracks 7-9) released on 2008 CD, recorded on December 8, 1957)

Sonny Clark Quintets (1958)

With Richard Davis

Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Muse, 1972)

Dealin' (Muse, 1973)

With Eric Dolphy

Iron Man

Conversations

Town Hall Concert (Blue Note)

With Art Farmer

Mirage (Soul Note, 1982)

You Make Me Smile (Soul Note, 1984)

Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (Contemporary, 1987)

Blame It on My Youth (Contemporary, 1988)

Ph.D. (Contemporary, 1989)

Live at Sweet Basil (Evidence, 1992)

With Dizzy Gillespie

To Bird with Love (Telarc, 1992)

With Slide Hampton

Roots (Criss Cross, 1985)

With John Hicks and Elise Wood

Luminous (Nilva, 1985)

With Andrew Hill

Shades (1986)

With J. J. Johnson

J.J. Inc.

With Charles McPherson

Con Alma! (Prestige, 1965)

With Carmen McRae

Any Old Time (1986)

Carmen Sings Monk (1988)

With Charles Mingus

Mingus in Europe Volume I (Enja, 1964 [1980])

Mingus in Europe Volume II (Enja, 1964 [1980])

Charles Mingus Sextet with Eric Dolphy Cornell 1964

Astral Weeks

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

With Mingus Dynasty

Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Soul Note, 1988)

Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Soul Note, 1988)

With Lee Morgan

Here's Lee Morgan (Vee-Jay, 1960)

Expoobident (Vee-Jay, 1960)

Take Twelve (Jazzland, 1962)

With Pony Poindexter

Pony's Express (Epic, 1962)

With Dizzy Reece

Manhattan Project (Bee Hive, 1978) – with Roy Haynes, Art Davis, Charles Davis, Albert Dailey)

With Max Roach

Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse!, 1961)

It's Time (Impulse!, 1962)

Speak, Brother, Speak! (Fantasy, 1962)

With Sahib Shihab

The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Savoy, 1957)

With Horace Silver

Further Explorations (Blue Note, 1958)

With Charles Tolliver

Music Inc. (Strata-East, 1971)

With Mal Waldron

What It Is (Enja, 1981)

With Cedar Walton

Spectrum (Prestige, 1968)

The Electric Boogaloo Song (Prestige, 1969)

A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (Muse, 1973)

A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (Muse, 1973)

The Pentagon (East Wind, 1976)

With Joe Zawinul

Money in the Pocket (Atlantic, 1967)