A really amazing set of work from tenorist Clifford Jordan – a
player who first rose to fame in the hardbop scene of the late 50s, but
who moved into tremendous new territory with these Strata East
recordings of the late 60s and early 70s! Jordan was a Chicago
contemporary of players like Johnny Griffin and Von Freeman, but he was
never content to rest on his laurels – and stretched out on these
records with a spiritual vibe that he'd never expressed before – and
which would go onto inspire countless other musicians in years to come!
This set brings together all the Dolphy Series recordings that Jordan
recorded – either as an artist or producer – two of which were never
issued on record at the time. Jordan's own albums for the label are
wonderful enough – the double-length Glass Bead Games, one of our
favorite records ever – and the killer In The World, which is great
too. But this set also adds in other Strata East albums that really
help illustrate the scene in which Jordan was working – including the
excellent Pharoah Sanders non-Impulse session, Izipho Zam; the modern
music of Charles Brackeen on Rhythm X, with Don Cherry on trumpet and
Brackeen on tenor; and the great Cecil Payne album Zodiac, which has
some of the last trumpet work ever from Kenny Dorham. Plus, the set
also features two extremely rare albums – the never-issued Shades Of
Edward Blackwell – led by the drummer, with Don Cherry on trumpet and
Luqman Lateef on tenor, plus a bit of log drum from Jordan – and the
obscure Super Bass album from Wilbur Ware, which features Jordan on
tenor, in a quartet with Ware on bass, Don Cherry on trumpet, and Ed
Blackwell on drums! These two albums are worth the price of the package
alone – even if you have other Strata East albums in your collection –
and the whole thing features the usual sublime Mosaic package and
booklet.
CD1 Clifford Jordan in the World (1969):
01. Vienna (17:04)
02. Doug's Prelude (4:47)
03. Ouagoudougou (10:48)
04. 872 (7:17)
CD2 Cecil Payne - Zodiac (1968):
01. Martin Luther King, Jr./I Know Love (7:01)
02. Girl, You Got a Home (10:54)
03. Slide Hampton (4:25)
04. Follow Me (7:08)
05. Flying Fish (12:24)
CD3 Charles Brackeen - Rhythm X (1968):
01. Rhythm X (8:04)
02. Hour Glass (11:37)
03. Charles Concept (6:51)
04. C. B. Blues (7:53)
Ed Blackwell - Shades of Edward Blackwell (1968):
05. That Moment of Glance (4:54)
06. Farid (9:03)
07. Drum Expose (5:10)
08. The Eternal Rhythm (5:01)
09. In Walked Buhaina (5:53)
10. Shades of General Lefty (6:00)
CD4 Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (1969):
01. Prince of Peace (8:48)
02. Balance (12:40)
03. Izipho Zam (28:50)
CD5 Wilbur Ware - Super Bass (1968):
01. Mod House (5:45)
02. Symphony for JR (10:09)
03. Wilbur's Red Cross (8:17)
04. A Real Nice Lady (7:33)
05. For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (7:24)
06. By Myself (7:40)
07. Mod House (incomplete alternate take) (2:45)
08. For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (alternate take) (7:32)
09. Wilbur Reflects (5:14)
CD6 Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games (1973):
01. Powerful Paul Robeson (5:42)
02. The Glass Bead Games (4:32)
03. Prayer to the People (4:11)
04. Cal Massey (2:41)
05. John Coltrane (6:50)
06. Eddie Harris (4:20)
07. Biskit (5:36)
08. Shoulders (5:20)
09. Bridgework (3:46)
10. Maimoun (5:40)
11. Alias Buster Henry (8:20)
12. One for Amos (6:54)
CD1 Clifford Jordan in the World (1969):
01. Vienna (17:04)
02. Doug's Prelude (4:47)
03. Ouagoudougou (10:48)
04. 872 (7:17)
CD2 Cecil Payne - Zodiac (1968):
01. Martin Luther King, Jr./I Know Love (7:01)
02. Girl, You Got a Home (10:54)
03. Slide Hampton (4:25)
04. Follow Me (7:08)
05. Flying Fish (12:24)
CD3 Charles Brackeen - Rhythm X (1968):
01. Rhythm X (8:04)
02. Hour Glass (11:37)
03. Charles Concept (6:51)
04. C. B. Blues (7:53)
Ed Blackwell - Shades of Edward Blackwell (1968):
05. That Moment of Glance (4:54)
06. Farid (9:03)
07. Drum Expose (5:10)
08. The Eternal Rhythm (5:01)
09. In Walked Buhaina (5:53)
10. Shades of General Lefty (6:00)
CD4 Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam (My Gifts) (1969):
01. Prince of Peace (8:48)
02. Balance (12:40)
03. Izipho Zam (28:50)
CD5 Wilbur Ware - Super Bass (1968):
01. Mod House (5:45)
02. Symphony for JR (10:09)
03. Wilbur's Red Cross (8:17)
04. A Real Nice Lady (7:33)
05. For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (7:24)
06. By Myself (7:40)
07. Mod House (incomplete alternate take) (2:45)
08. For Frazier, Felicia, Veneida & Bernard (alternate take) (7:32)
09. Wilbur Reflects (5:14)
CD6 Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games (1973):
01. Powerful Paul Robeson (5:42)
02. The Glass Bead Games (4:32)
03. Prayer to the People (4:11)
04. Cal Massey (2:41)
05. John Coltrane (6:50)
06. Eddie Harris (4:20)
07. Biskit (5:36)
08. Shoulders (5:20)
09. Bridgework (3:46)
10. Maimoun (5:40)
11. Alias Buster Henry (8:20)
12. One for Amos (6:54)
