Royal Ballads
1987 studio album by Clifford Jordan Quartet
Royal Ballads | ||||
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Studio album by Clifford Jordan Quartet | ||||
Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | December 23, 1986 | |||
Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 58:08 | |||
Label | Criss Cross Jazz 1025 | |||
Producer | Gerry Teekens | |||
Clifford Jordan chronology | ||||
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Royal Ballads is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan's Quartet which was recorded in late 1986 and released on the Dutch Criss Cross Jazz label.[1][2]
Reception
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In his review on Allmusic, Ken Dryden stated "Clifford Jordan was still an important tenor saxophonist during the years prior to his death in 1993, though his final recording for Criss Cross is one of his lesser known dates... Any fan of Clifford Jordan will want to seek out this release"[3]
Track listing
- "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 7:53
- "Pannonica" (Thelonious Monk) - 6:55
- "Royal Blues" (Clifford Jordan) - 8:19
- "Little Girl Blue" (Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers) - 8:18
- "Armando" (Vernel Fournier) - 8:06
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore" (Duke Ellington, Bob Russell) - 6:56
- "Everything Happens to Me" (Tom Adair, Matt Dennis) - 3:51 Bonus track on CD
- "'Round About Midnight" (Thelonious Monk) - 8:24 Bonus track on CD
Personnel
- Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
- Kevin O'Connell - piano
- Ed Howard - bass
- Vernel Fournier - drums
References
- ^ Clifford Jordan discography accessed April 11, 2014
- ^ Fitzgerald, M., Clifford Jordan leader entry, accessed April 11, 2014
- ^ a b Dryden, Ken. Clifford Jordan Quartet – Royal Ballads: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 801. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader or
co-leader
- Blowing in from Chicago (1957)
- Cliff Jordan (1957)
- Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (1957)
- Cliff Craft (1957)
- Spellbound (1960)
- A Story Tale (1961)
- Starting Time (1961)
- Bearcat (1962)
- These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965)
- Soul Fountain (1966)
- In the World (1969)
- Glass Bead Games (1973)
- Half Note (1974)
- Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975)
- On Stage Vol. 1 (1975)
- On Stage Vol. 2 (1975)
- On Stage Vol. 3 (1975)
- Firm Roots (1975)
- The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975)
- Remembering Me-Me (1976)
- Inward Fire (1977)
- The Adventurer (1978)
- Hello, Hank Jones (1978)
- Hyde Park After Dark (1981)
- Repetition (1984)
- Dr. Chicago (1984)
- Two Tenor Winner (1984)
- The Rotterdam Session (1985)
- Royal Ballads (1986)
- Live at Ethell's (1987)
- Masters from Different Worlds (1989)
- Four Play (1990)
- The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (1989–91)
- Play What You Feel (1990)
- Down Through the Years (1991)
Art
Farmer
- Mirage (1982)
- You Make Me Smile (1984)
- Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987)
- Blame It on My Youth (1988)
- Ph.D. (1989)
Charles
Mingus
- Cornell 1964 (March 1964)
- Town Hall Concert (April 1964)
- Astral Weeks (April 1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (April 1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (April 1964)
- Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (June 1964)
Lee
Morgan
- Here's Lee Morgan (1960)
- Expoobident (1960)
- Take Twelve (1962)
Max
Roach
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
- It's Time (1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
Cedar
Walton
- Spectrum (1968)
- The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969)
- A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1/Naima (1973)
- A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973)
- The Pentagon (1976)
others
- Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
- Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957)
- Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Richard Davis, 1972)
- Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973)
- Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
- Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
- To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
- Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985)
- Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood, 1985)
- Shades (Andrew Hill, 1986)
- J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1961)
- Con Alma! (Charles McPherson, 1965)
- Any Old Time (Carmen McRae, 1986)
- Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962)
- Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece, 1976)
- The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Further Explorations (Horace Silver, 1958)
- Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970)
- What It Is (Mal Waldron, 1981)
- Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1967)