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Clifford Jordan was a fine inside/outside player who somehow held his own with <a href="spotify:artist:6rxxu32JCGDpKKMPHxnSJp">Eric Dolphy</a> in the 1964 <a href="spotify:artist:1W8TbFzNS15VwsempfY12H">Charles Mingus Sextet</a>. Jordan had his own sound on tenor almost from the start. He gigged around Chicago with <a href="spotify:artist:6jrlNnS5B830kpi40j3S6g">Max Roach</a>, <a href="spotify:artist:217b0uqAzsOOhGcnoANZqj">Sonny Stitt</a>, 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 <a href="spotify:artist:65A4foeosCkf3zaigZJuzF">John Gilmore</a>) and touring with <a href="spotify:artist:5ZATfKurLqflrBhv2FLht5">Horace Silver</a> (1957-1958), <a href="spotify:artist:3hZ5sdhYTvgrmXIwtVwqmS">J.J. Johnson</a> (1959-1960), <a href="spotify:artist:2fMvylhnE23sAlyePKK8er">Kenny Dorham</a> (1961-1962), and <a href="spotify:artist:6jrlNnS5B830kpi40j3S6g">Max Roach</a> (1962-1964). After performing in Europe with <a href="spotify:artist:1W8TbFzNS15VwsempfY12H">Mingus</a> and <a href="spotify:artist:6rxxu32JCGDpKKMPHxnSJp">Dolphy</a>, 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 <a href="spotify:artist:7DCTgrI6aDK3nBRZm5RUKT">Cedar Walton</a> 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 <a href="spotify:artist:3Ovf2lytXSXWFM2cwsJACC">Leadbelly</a> tunes), Vortex, Strata-East, Muse, SteepleChase, Criss Cross, Bee Hive, DIW, Milestone, and Mapleshade. ~ Scott Yanow, Rovi
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