Clifford Jordan


Clifford Laconia Jordan was an American jazz tenor saxophone player. While in Chicago, he performed with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some rhythm and blues groups. He moved to New York City in 1957, after which he recorded three albums for Blue Note. He recorded with Horace Silver, J.J. Johnson, and Kenny Dorham, among others. He was part of the Charles Mingus Sextet, with Eric Dolphy, during its 1964 European tour.
Jordan toured Africa with Randy Weston, and performed in Paris while living in Belgium. In later years, he led his own groups, performed with Cedar Walton's quartet Eastern Rebellion, and led a big band.
Jordan was married to Shirley Jordan, a designer and former owner of Clothing Manufacturing Corporation in New York. He later married Sandy Jordan, a graphic artist and Honorary Founders Board member of the Jazz Foundation of America.

Death

Jordan died of lung cancer at the age of 61 in New York City.

Discography

As leader

With Paul Chambers
With Sonny Clark
With Richard Davis
With Eric Dolphy
  • Iron Man
  • Conversations
With Art Farmer
With Dizzy Gillespie
With Slide Hampton
With John Hicks and Elise Wood
With Andrew Hill
With J. J. Johnson
With Charles McPherson
With Carmen McRae
With Charles Mingus
With Mingus Dynasty
  • Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1
  • Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2
With Lee Morgan
  • Here's Lee Morgan
  • Expoobident
  • Take Twelve
With Pony Poindexter
  • Pony's Express
With Freddie Redd
  • Lonely City
With Dizzy Reece
  • Manhattan Project
With Max Roach
With Sahib Shihab
With Horace Silver
  • Further Explorations
With Charles Tolliver
  • Music Inc.
With Mal Waldron
  • What It Is
With Cedar Walton
  • Spectrum
  • The Electric Boogaloo Song
  • A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1
  • A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2
  • The Pentagon
With Joe Zawinul'