Cliff Jordan (album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Cliff Jordan
| type = Album
| artist = Cliff Jordan
| cover = Cliff Jordan (album).jpg|border=yes
| alt =
| released = 1957
| recorded = June 2, 1957
| venue =
| studio = Van Gelder Studio
Hackensack, New Jersey
| genre = Jazz
| length = 40:33
| label = Blue Note
BN 1565
| producer = Alfred Lion
| chronology = Clifford Jordan
| prev_title = Blowing in from Chicago
| prev_year = 1957
| next_title = Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons
| next_year = 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.[http://www.jazzdisco.org/blue-note-records/catalog-1500-series/#blp-1565 Blue Note discography] accessed December 1, 2010
Reception
The AllMusic review by awarded the album 3 stars.[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=cliff-jordan-r141917|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic Review] accessed December 1, 2010
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev2 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
| rev2Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite book
|editor-last=Swenson
|editor-first=J.
| author-link =
| year = 1985
| title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide
|url=https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen
|url-access=registration
| publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone
| location = USA
| isbn = 0-394-72643-X
| pages = [https://archive.org/details/rollingstonejazz00swen/page/115 115]
}}
}}
Track listing
All compositions by Cliff Jordan, except as noted.
= Side 1 =
- "Not Guilty" – 11:43
- "St. John" (John Jenkins) – 8:18
= Side 2 =
- "Blue Shoes" (Curtis Fuller) – 9:38
- "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (W. Franke Harling, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) – 6:59
- "Ju-Ba" (Lee Morgan) – 3:55
Personnel
= Musicians =
- Lee Morgan – trumpet
- Curtis Fuller – trombone
- John Jenkins – alto saxophone
- Cliff Jordan – tenor saxophone
- Ray Bryant – piano
- Paul Chambers – bass
- Art Taylor – drums
= Technical personnel =
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, mastering
- Tom Hannan – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Robert Levin – liner notes
References
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Category:Blue Note Records albums
Category:Clifford Jordan albums
Category:Albums produced by Alfred Lion