Clifford Jordan Quartet - Spellbound

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s

Time: 40:10

Size: 92.0 MB

Styles: Bop, Saxophone jazz

Year: 1960/1992

Art: Front

[4:24] 1. Toy

[5:12] 2. Lush Life

[4:39] 3. Moon-A-Tic

[5:50] 4. Spellbound

[5:04] 5. Hot Water

[6:28] 6. Last Night When We Were Young

[8:31] 7. Au Privave

Bass – Spanky DeBrest; Drums – Albert "Tootie" Heath; Piano – Cedar Walton; Producer – Cannonball Adderley; Tenor Saxophone – Clifford Jordan. Recorded: New York City, August 10, 1960.

Tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan was sponsored by Cannonball Adderley on this set for Riverside, reissued on CD under the OJC imprint. At this point, Jordan did not quite have the distinctive sound that he would develop in his period with Charles Mingus, but he was already a strong hard bop stylist. Assisted by pianist Cedar Walton, bassist Spanky DeBrest, and drummer Albert "Tootie" Heath, Jordan performs four originals ("Toy" is best known), an unusual waltz version of "Lush Life," the ballad "Last Night When We Were Young," and the romping Charlie Parker blues "Au Privave." It's an excellent straight-ahead outing. ~Scott Yanow

Spellbound

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