CLIFF JORDAN • CLIFF CRAFT • 1958 ORIGINAL MONO BLUE NOTE 1582 RGV EAR
  $   1,275

 


$ 1275 Sold For
Jan 16, 2016 Sold Date
Jan 6, 2016 Start Date
$   99 Start price
28   Number Of Bids
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Tracklist

• LACONIA

• SOUL-LO BLUES

• CLIFF CRAFT

• CONFIRMATION

• SOPHISTICATED LADY

• ANTHROPOLOGY


 

Recording Data

Recorded at – Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey, November 10, 1957


Credits

Bass – GEORGE TUCKER
Drums – LOUIS HAYES
Piano – SONNY CLARK
Tenor Saxophone – CLIFF JORDAN
Trumpet – ART FARMER




WONDERFULLY RELAXED RECORDING, WHICH DATES FROM A VERY FERTILE PERIOD OF
THE  RENOWNED  JAZZ  LABEL’S  HISTORY.  TENOR  SAXMAN  JORDAN  WAS  INFLUENCED  BY
AND SHARES INFLUENCES  WITH  SONNY ROLLINS,  DEXTER GORDON,  JOHN COLTRANE  AND
HANK MOBLEY ; THE EARLY INSPIRATION OF LESTER YOUNG CAN ALSO BE HEARD.  ON  THIS
DATE, THE SELECTION OF TUNES IS PLEASANTLY  BALANCED  BETWEEN  THREE  ORIGINALS,
TWO   BEBOP   STANDARDS,  AND  ELLINGTON’S  “SOPHISTICATED  LADY”.    TRUMPETER  ART
FARMER’S   PLAYING  IS  UP  TO  HIS  USUAL  HIGH  STANDARD   - -   THOUGHTFUL,   SENSITIVE
AND  TECHNICALLY  BRILLIANT. PIANIST  SONNY  CLARK  IS  CAPTURED  DURING  THE  MOST
PROLIFIC PHASE OF HIS TEN-YEAR RECORDING CAREER ; TOGETHER WITH BASSIST GEORGE
TUCKER AND DRUMMER LOUIS HAYES,  THEY  CREATE  A  SOLID,  SWINGING  AND  SIMPATICO
RHYTHM  SECTION     ––––    ORIGINAL  1958  MONO  DEEP  GROOVE  PRESSING  WITH  47  WEST
63RD  NYC  ADDRESS  ON  LABELS  BOTH  SIDES.  SIDE ONE SHOWS A COUPLE OF SUPERFICIAL
MARKS THAT DO  NOT AFFECT AT ALL THE  STRONG,  NEAR  MINT  PLAYBACK  EXPERIENCE...
SIDE  TWO  LOOKS  HARDLY  PLAYED. THE GLOSSY FRONT SIDE COVER AND BACK DOES HAVE
A BIT OF AGE TONING,  SHARP SEAMS AND NO WRITING   . . .  “RVG”  AND  “PLASTYLITE” (EAR)
SYMBOL   IN   THE  TRAIL-OFF   DEAD  WAX   PLUS   MATRICES  :  BN-LP-1582-A  /  BN-LP-1582-B ...
THERE ARE A FEW TINY AGE SPOTS SHOWING UP ON LABELS.









 


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