Duke Jordan
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Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American
jazz pianist.
's so-called "classic quintet" (1947-48), featuring Miles Davis
. He participated in Parker's Dial
sessions in late 1947 that produced "Dewey Square," "Bongo Bop," "Bird of Paradise," and the ballad "Embraceable You." These performances are featured on Charlie Parker on Dial
.
He had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards. After periods accompanying Sonny Stitt
and Stan Getz
, he performed and recorded in the trio format. His most notable composition, "Jordu
," became a jazz standard when trumpeter Clifford Brown
adopted it into his repertoire.
From 1978 he was resident in Copenhagen
, Denmark
, having begun recording an extensive sequence of albums for the Steeplechase
label in 1973. Some of his best live recordings are available on Steeplechase
or the Japanese Marshmallow label.
From 1952 to 1962 he was married to the jazz singer Sheila Jordan
. Their union produced a daughter, Tracey J. Jordan.
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jazz pianist.
Biography
An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of Charlie ParkerCharlie Parker
Charles Parker, Jr. , famously called Bird or Yardbird, was an American jazz saxophonist and composer....
's so-called "classic quintet" (1947-48), featuring Miles Davis
Miles Davis
Miles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
. He participated in Parker's Dial
Dial Records (1946)
Dial Records was a United States based record label specializing in bebop jazz. Dial was founded by Ross Russell in 1946, who operated the label for about a decade. Notable artists who recorded for Dial included Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Max Roach, and Milt Jackson...
sessions in late 1947 that produced "Dewey Square," "Bongo Bop," "Bird of Paradise," and the ballad "Embraceable You." These performances are featured on Charlie Parker on Dial
Charlie Parker on Dial
Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions is a 1993 four-disc box set collecting jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie Parker's 1940s recordings for Dial Records...
.
He had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards. After periods accompanying Sonny Stitt
Sonny Stitt
Edward "Sonny" Stitt was an American jazz saxophonist of the bebop/hard bop idiom. He was also one of the best-documented saxophonists of his generation, recording over 100 albums in his lifetime...
and Stan Getz
Stan Getz
Stanley Getz was an American jazz saxophone player. Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, his prime influence being the wispy, mellow timbre of his idol, Lester Young. Coming to prominence in the late 1940s with Woody Herman's big band, Getz is described by critic Scott...
, he performed and recorded in the trio format. His most notable composition, "Jordu
Jordu
"Jordu" is a jazz standard written by Irving "Duke" Jordan in 1953. This song was first made popular by Clifford Brown, but many other jazz musicians have performed or recorded renditions of it, including Stan Getz, Charlie Byrd, and Max Roach....
," became a jazz standard when trumpeter Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown
Clifford Brown , aka "Brownie," was an influential and highly rated American jazz trumpeter. He died aged 25, leaving behind only four years' worth of recordings...
adopted it into his repertoire.
From 1978 he was resident in Copenhagen
Copenhagen
Copenhagen is the capital and largest city of Denmark, with an urban population of 1,199,224 and a metropolitan population of 1,930,260 . With the completion of the transnational Øresund Bridge in 2000, Copenhagen has become the centre of the increasingly integrating Øresund Region...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
, having begun recording an extensive sequence of albums for the Steeplechase
SteepleChase Records
SteepleChase Records is a jazz record label based in Copenhagen, Denmark. SteepleChase was founded in 1972 by Nils Winther, who was a student at Copenhagen University at the time...
label in 1973. Some of his best live recordings are available on Steeplechase
SteepleChase Records
SteepleChase Records is a jazz record label based in Copenhagen, Denmark. SteepleChase was founded in 1972 by Nils Winther, who was a student at Copenhagen University at the time...
or the Japanese Marshmallow label.
From 1952 to 1962 he was married to the jazz singer Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan is an American jazz singer and songwriter. Jordan has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to a notable solo career....
. Their union produced a daughter, Tracey J. Jordan.
As leader
- Jor-du (Prestige PR 7849)
- Jazz Laboratory Series: Do It Yourself Jazz, Vol. 1 (Signal S 101)
- Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet (Signal S 1202)
- Flight to JordanFlight to JordanFlight to Jordan is an album by American pianist Duke Jordan recorded in 1960 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow awarded the album 5 stars and stated "the music has plenty of strong melodies and variety...
(Blue NoteBlue Note RecordsBlue Note Records is a jazz record label, established in 1939 by Alfred Lion and Max Margulis. Francis Wolff became involved shortly afterwards. It derives its name from the characteristic "blue notes" of jazz and the blues. At the end of the 1950s, and in the early 1960s, Blue Note headquarters...
CDP 7 46824-2) - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Charlie Parker PLP 813)
- East and West of Jazz (Charlie Parker PLP 805) with Sadik HakimSadik HakimSadik Hakim was an American jazz pianist and composer....
- The Murray Hill Caper (Spotlite (E) DJ 5)
- Flight to Denmark (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1011)
- Two Loves (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1024)
- Truth (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1175)
- Misty Thursday (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1053)
- Duke's Delight (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1046)
- Lover Man (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1127)
- Duke Jordan Live in Japan, Vol. 1-3 (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1063)
As sideman
- Art Blakey - Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Fontana (F) 680 203)
- Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (Prestige PRLP 7017)
- Barney Wilen - Barney (RCA (F) 430053)
- Barney Wilen - Un Temoin dans la Ville (Fontana (F) 660 226-MR)
- Barry Miles - Miles of Genius (Charlie Parker PLP 804)
- Cecil Payne - Bird Gets the Worm (Muse MR 5061)
- Cecil Payne - Shaw 'Nuff (Charlie Parker PLP 506)
- Cecil Payne - The Connection (Charlie Parker PLP 806)
- Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music (Charlie Parker PLP 801)
- Cecil Payne Quartet and Quintet (Signal S 1203)
- Cecil Payne/Duke Jordan - Brooklyn Brothers (Muse MR 5015)
- Charles McPherson - Beautiful! (Xanadu 115)
- Clark Terry's Big-B-A-D-Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival (Vanguard VSD 79355)
- Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra (Decca 27853)
- Dizzy Reece - Comin' On (Blue Note CDP 7243 5 22019-2)
- Doug Watkins - Watkins at Large (Transition TRLP 20)
- Eddie Bert (Discovery DL 3024)
- Eddie Bert Quintet (Discovery DL 3020)
- Ernestine Anderson - It's Time for Ernestine (Metronome (Swd))
- Gene Ammons - Blues Up and Down, Vol. 1 (Prestige PR 7823)
- Gene Ammons - The Happy Blues (Prestige PRLP 7039)
- Gene Ammons All Star Sessions (Prestige PRLP 7050)
- Gigi GryceGigi GryceGigi Gryce was an American saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, educator, and big band bandleader.His performing career was relatively short and, in comparison to other musicians of his...
/Phil Woods - Jordu (Savoy MG 12146) - Louis SmithLouis Smith (musician)Louis Smith is an American jazz trumpeter.While studying at the University of Michigan, he played with visiting musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Thad Jones and Billy Mitchell, before going on to play with Sonny Stitt, Count Basie and Al McKibbon, Cannonball Adderley, Percy Heath,...
- Here Comes Louis SmithHere Comes Louis SmithHere Comes Louis Smith is the debut album by American trumpeter Louis Smith recorded in 1958 and released on the Blue Note label.-Reception:...
(Blue Note BLP 1584) - Hooray for Stan Getz (Session Disc 108)
- Joe Carroll (Charlie Parker CP 201)
- Joe Holiday - Holiday for Jazz (Decca DL 8487)
- Julius Watkins Sextet, Vol. 1&2 (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95749-2)
- Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Vol. 1 (Blue Note BLP 1596)
- Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Vol. 2 (Blue Note BLP 1597)
- Kenny Burrell - Swingin' (Blue Note (J) GXF 3070)
- Oscar Pettiford/Vinnie Burke - Bass by Pettiford/Burke (Bethlehem BCP 6)
- Paul Bascomb - Bad Bascomb (Delmark DL 431)
- Rolf Ericson American All Stars (Metronome (Swd) JMLP 2-105)
- Rolf Ericson and his American All Stars (EmArcy MG 36106)
- Sam Most - Mostly Flute (Xanadu 133)
- Sonny Stitt - Stitt's Bits (Prestige PRLP 7133)
- Sonny Stitt - The Champ (Muse MR 5023)
- Sonny Stitt and the Top Brass (Atlantic SD 1395)
- Stan Getz (Queen Disc (It) Q 013)
- Stan Getz - Duke Ellington 25th Anniversary Concert (FDC (It) 1005)
- Stan Getz - Getz Age (Roost RLP 2258)
- Stan Getz - Move! (Natasha Imports 4005)
- Stan Getz - Sweetie Pie (Philology (It) W 40-2)
- Stan Getz - The Complete Roost Recordings (Roost CDP 7243 8 59622-2)
- Stan Getz - The Way You Look Tonight c/w Stars Fell on Alabama (Mercury 89025x45)
- Stan Getz Plays (Norgran MGN 1042)
- Stan Getz Quintet Live at Carnegie Hall (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1003)
- Stan Getz Quintet Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 1 (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1014)
- Stan Getz Quintet Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 2 (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1015)
- Teddy Williams - Touch of the Blues c/w Dumb Woman Blues (Prestige 715)
- That Top Tenor Technician Stan Getz (Alto AL 704)
- The Birdlanders, Vol. 1 (Period SPL 1211)
- The Birdlanders, Vol. 2 (Period SPL 1212)
- The Birdlanders, Vol. 3 (Period SPL 1213)
- The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (Xanadu 134)
- The Return of Howard McGhee (Bethlehem BCP 42)
- Tina Brooks - True Blue (Blue Note BLP 4041)
- Tina Brooks - True Blue (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 28975-2)
- Various Artists - A Night at the Five Spot (Signal S 1204)
- Various Artists - International Jam Sessions (Xanadu 122)
- Various Artists - Lestorian Mode (Savoy MG 12105)
- Various Artists - The Piano Players (Xanadu 171)
External links
- Duke Jordan Discography http://www.jazzdisco.org/jordan/