Glass Bead Games

Album by Clifford Jordan

Glass Bead Games

Studio album by

Clifford Jordan

Released

1974

Recorded

October 29, 1973

Studio

Minot Sound Studios, White Plains, NY

Genre

Jazz

Length

63:40

Label

Strata-East
SES-19738

Producer

Clifford Jordan

Clifford Jordan chronology

In the World
(1969)

Glass Bead Games
(1974)

Half Note
(1974)

Glass Bead Games is a double album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Strata-East label.^[1] The album was re-released on CD as part of The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions by Mosaic Records in 2013.^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]

The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated, "Clifford Jordan's two volumes of sessions under the title Glass Bead Games have long been heralded as some of the most important work of his career."^[3] Writing for All About Jazz, Samuel Chell enthused "To call the playing 'remarkable' is to do it an injustice: rather, it's exemplary as a record of one instance of tapping into and then realizing the potential of the vast energy field that is human consciousness."^[4]

Track listing

All compositions by Clifford Jordan except where noted.

"Powerful Paul Robeson" – 5:42
"Glass Bead Games" – 4:36
"Prayer to the People" – 4:16
"Cal Massey" (Stanley Cowell) – 2:42
"John Coltrane" (Bill Lee, Clifton Lee) – 6:48
"Eddie Harris" (Lee) – 4:19
"Biskit" (Lee) – 5:28
"Shoulders" (Cedar Walton) – 5:19
"Bridgework" (Walton) – 3:47
"Maimoun" (Cowell) – 5:40
"Alias Buster Henry" – 8:16 (Billy Higgins)
"One for Amos" – 6:47 (Sam Jones)

Personnel

Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
Stanley Cowell (tracks 1, 4–7, 10 & 11), Cedar Walton (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 & 12) – piano
Bill Lee (tracks 1, 4–7, 10 & 11), Sam Jones (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 & 12) – bass
Billy Higgins – drums, percussion

References

^ Clifford Jordan discography accessed April 9, 2014
^ Mosaic Records website, accessed April 9, 2014
^ ^a ^b Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed April 9, 2014
^ Chell, S., Clifford Jordan's Glass Bead Games: Coltrane's Progeny, All About Jazz, August 16, 2007.

Clifford Jordan

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

As
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)

With
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)

With
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)

With
Lee
Morgan

Here's Lee Morgan (1960)
Expoobident (1960)
Take Twelve (1962)

With
Max
Roach

Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
It's Time (1962)
Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)

With
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)

With
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)

v t e Cedar Walton
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Cedar! (1967) Spectrum (1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) Soul Cycle (1969) Breakthrough! (1972) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973) Firm Roots (1974) Pit Inn (1974) Mobius (1975) Eastern Rebellion (1976) The Pentagon (1975) Beyond Mobius (1976) Eastern Rebellion 2 (1977) First Set (1977) Second Set (1977) Third Set (1977) Animation (1978) Eastern Rebellion 3 (1979) Soundscapes (1980) The Maestro (1981) Piano Solos (1981) Heart & Soul (1982) Among Friends (1982) The All American Trio (1983) Eastern Rebellion 4 (1983) Cedar's Blues (1985) The Trio 1 (1985) The Trio 2 (1985) The Trio 3 (1985) Cedar Walton (1985) Bluesville Time (1985) Blues for Myself (1986) Cedar Walton Plays (1986) Duo (1990) Cedar Walton at Maybeck (1992) Manhattan Afternoon (1992) Composer (1996) Roots (1997) The Promise Land (2001) Latin Tinge (2002) Underground Memoirs (2005) Midnight Waltz (2005) One Flight Down (2006) Seasoned Wood (2008) Voices Deep Within (2009) The Bouncer (2011)
As sideman with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Three Blind Mice (1961) Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Free for All (1964) Kyoto (1964) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) Buhaina (1973) Anthenagin (1973)
With Art Farmer (or where stated), Benny Golson & The Jazztet	Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Golson, 1960–61) The Jazztet and John Lewis (The Jazztet, 1960–61) Big City Sounds (The Jazztet, 1961) The Jazztet at Birdhouse (The Jazztet, 1961) The Time and the Place (1967) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) Homecoming (1971) Yesterday's Thoughts (1975) To Duke with Love (1975) The Summer Knows (1976) Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976) Voices All (The Jazztet, 1982)
With Eddie Harris	Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1964) The In Sound (1965) Mean Greens (1966) The Tender Storm (1966) Excursions (1966) How Can You Live Like That? (1976)
With Billy Higgins	Soweto (1979) The Soldier (1979) Once More (1980) Bridgework (1980–86) Billy Higgins Quintet (1993)
With Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965) Born Free (1966) Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968) Goodbye (1972–73) Olinga (1974)
With Etta James	Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994) Time After Time (1995) 12 Songs of Christmas (1998) Blue Gardenia (2000–1)
With Clifford Jordan	Spellbound (1960) Starting Time (1961) Bearcat (1962) These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965) 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)
With Blue Mitchell	The Cup Bearers (1962) Boss Horn (1966) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Summer Soft (1977)
With Houston Person	Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) The Big Horn (1976) Very Personal (1980) Naturally (2012)
With others	God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Something for Lester (Ray Brown, 1977) Slow Drag (Donald Byrd, 1967) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971–73) Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1981) Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman, 1971–72) Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971) Giant Steps (John Coltrane, 1959) Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss, 1967) The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968) This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham, 1958) Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley, 1959) It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards, 1967) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin, 1978) Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962) The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963) Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991) Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson, 1978) Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982) Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson, 1959) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones, 1986) Advance! (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Seven Minds (Sam Jones, 1974) Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77) First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss, 1967) Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959) Strings! (Pat Martino, 1967) From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson, 1968) Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968) Caramba! (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Mode (Sonny Red, 1961) Sonny Red (1971) Setting Standards (Woody Shaw, 1983) For Losers (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman, 1976) Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson, 1972) Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972) I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973) Another Story (Stanley Turrentine, 1969) Up Front (David Williams, 1986)