Blowing In from Chicago
1957 studio album by Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore
| Blowing In from Chicago | ||||
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| Studio album by Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore | ||||
| Released | July 1957[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 3, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ | |||
| Genre | Hard bop | |||
| Length | 46:15 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 1549 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Clifford Jordan chronology | ||||
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Blowing In from Chicago is an album by American jazz saxophonists Clifford Jordan and John Gilmore recorded on March 3, 1957 and released on Blue Note later that year.[2] The quintet features rhythm section Horace Silver, Curly Russell and Art Blakey.
Release history
The CD reissue added a bonus track from the same session.
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [3] |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide |  [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [5] |
The AllMusic review by Scott Yanow states, "Clifford Jordan's first date as a leader actually found him sharing a heated jam session with fellow tenor John Gilmore. ... This was one of Gilmore's few sessions outside of Sun Ra. This session finds both young tenor men in fine form. Recommended."[3]
The Penguin Jazz Guide suggests that the album may be “the neglected masterpiece of Blue Note hard bop”, noting that Gilmore plays in a style distinct from the freer approach he used with Sun Ra, and that Jordan solos powerfully but with “real thought and logic”.[6]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Status Quo" | John Neely | 5:36 |
| 2. | "Bo-Till" | Cliff Jordan | 5:56 |
| 3. | "Blue Lights" | Gigi Gryce | 6:38 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Billie's Bounce" | Charlie Parker | 9:34 |
| 2. | "Evil Eye" | Jordan | 5:14 |
| 3. | "Everywhere" | Horace Silver | 5:45 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Let It Stand" |
| 7:44 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Clifford Jordan, John Gilmore – tenor saxophone
- Horace Silver – piano
- Curly Russell – bass
- Art Blakey – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer, lacquer cut
- Harold Feinstein – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Joe Segal – liner notes
References
- ^ Billboard July 15, 1957
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed December 1, 2010
- ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed December 1, 2010
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. pp. 115. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 800. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Morton, Brian; Cook, Richard (2010). The Penguin Jazz Guide. London: Penguin Books Ltd. p. 205. ISBN 978-0-141-04831-4.
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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)
