Clifford Jordan Big Band "Play What You Feel" CD

The four albums that legendary saxophonist Clifford Jordan left behind for Maple Shade Records, a label that was committed to high sound quality during the prime of his career in the 1990s, have been reissued on CD and released on vinyl for the first time in new specifications!

A live recording made at Condon's in New York in December 1990! Big band jazz featuring a thick ensemble of 16 musicians, smoky and bluesy Clifford Jordan and his friends Dizzy Rees, Benny Powell, Junior Cook, Charles Davis, Keanu Zawadi and others with mature phrasing! A superb live recording featuring Duke Ellington's "Don't Get Around Much Anymore," Dizzy Gillespie's "I Waited For You," "Third Avenue," and other of his own compositions! World's first vinyl release!

■Clifford Jordan
Tenor saxophonist born in Chicago in 1931. He began his career as a jazz player in 1947 at the age of 16, and built his career by performing with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and several R&B groups, mainly in his hometown of Chicago. In 1957, he moved to New York and released three albums with BLUENOTE, participated in many recordings as a sideman, and toured with Horace Silver, JJ Johnson, Kenny Dorham, and Max Roach, becoming an important figure in the US jazz scene. After accompanying Charles Mingus and Eric Dolphy on European tours, he shifted to becoming a leader himself, and his 1972 album "In the World" released by Strata East is known as a spiritual jazz masterpiece. Since then, he has released many works from a wide range of labels, and in the 1990s, he released four albums for Maple Shade Records, which was particular about high sound quality. He passed away in 1993.

■Personnel
Clifford Jordan - Tenor Saxophone / Junior Cook - Tenor Saxophone / Lou Orenstein - Tenor Saxophone / Willie Williams - Tenor Saxophone / John Jenkins - Alto Saxophone / Charles Davis - Alto Saxophone / Robert Eldridge - Baritone Saxophone / Kiane Zawadi - Trombone, Euphonium / Benny Powell - Trombone / Dean Pratt - Trumpet / Joe Gardner - Trumpet / Dizzy Reece - Trumpet / Don Sickler - Trumpet / Ed Howard - Bass / Tommy Campbell - Drums / Ronnie Mathews - Piano </p>