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

| rev1Score = {{rating|3|5}}

| 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 =

  1. "Not Guilty" – 11:43
  2. "St. John" (John Jenkins) – 8:18

= Side 2 =

  1. "Blue Shoes" (Curtis Fuller) – 9:38
  2. "Beyond the Blue Horizon" (W. Franke Harling, Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting) – 6:59
  3. "Ju-Ba" (Lee Morgan) – 3:55

Personnel

= Musicians =

= Technical personnel =

References