Duke Jordan

[Lazaro Vega]

April 1st is the anniversary of his birth (passed in 2006). Have always had a soft spot for his playing.

[Larry Kart]

Lovely clip. You can't beat someone who writes a swinging melody, then makes up new ones on top of it.

[fasstrack]

April 1st is the anniversary of his birth (passed in 2006). Have always had a soft spot for his playing.

Me too. Miles was full of shit in putting him down. His intros for Bird alone were worth their weight in gold, and he was actually further along musically in that band IMO. Nice touch, too, and beautiful listener. A lot of guys knew what they were doing hiring him. I also like his tunes, very direct and clear.

[catesta]

Great clip. Jordan was a great talent.

[AllenLowe]

I love his playing - it's hard to match the gentleness there with the kind of guy he was - just very internally angry, turbulent - didn't help that, as he told me, he lost the publishing to Jordu -

Edited April 2, 2009 by AllenLowe

[AllenLowe]

">

I took this of him maybe 1976 at Cami Recital Hall in NYC - this was the night he played with Tommy Turrentine, who played everything a 1/4 tone sharp -

Edited April 2, 2009 by AllenLowe

[Peter Friedman]

Duke Jordan was a wonderful jazz piano player. His many Steeplechase recordings are all very good. It says something significant that 3 especially fine piano players - Duke Jordan / Kenny Drew / Horace Parlan - had to move to Europe to end their careers.

[BruceH]

As one of my friends used to say of John Wayne: "You gotta love the Duke."

[jlhoots]

Flight To Jordan is one of my favorite Blue Note albums.

[BruceH]

Flight To Jordan is one of my favorite Blue Note albums.

Same here! One of the most serendipitous purchases I ever made.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

Les Liaisons Dangereuses @ $3.98

http://www.oldies.com/product-view/57952.html

[BillF]

April 1st is the anniversary of his birth (passed in 2006). Have always had a soft spot for his playing.

Thanks for the clip. "No Problem" always takes me back to Les liaisons dangeruses, which I saw in Paris on its release. Also enjoyed listening to versions of "No Problem" on YouTube by the Jazz Messengers and by Chet Baker, though audio only.

[Free For All]

Les Liaisons Dangereuses @ $3.98

http://www.oldies.com/product-view/57952.html

Thanks for the heads up on this, Weiz. Of course as usual I ended up spending more than I intended..........

[B. Goren.]

This is one my favorite Jordan's recordings (2 CDs set):

[BruceH]

April 1st is the anniversary of his birth (passed in 2006). Have always had a soft spot for his playing.

Very classy! And did you notice? No audible grunting or moaning.

[mmilovan]

Duke Jordan certainly is one of my favourite piano players! Miles once said in his autobiography something as: Jordan knew nothing and that (Miles) show him chords and everything.

Such egomaniac words are so hard to swallow!

[Gheorghe]

I especially like everything that Duke Jordan did from about 1960 on, the BlueNote recordings as a leader and as a sideman, the Steeplechase stuff etc etc, his fine compositions, his thoughtful pianowork. He may not be my first choice if listening to piano, but he really had much beauty in his work.

Maybe, concerning his work with Parker, the piano lines don´t make me really happy. I can´t say exactly why, but somehow it sounds stiff, not the way Bud Powell would do it. Same about the comping, Tadd Dameron or John Lewis did better jobs on that. Well don´t misunderstand me, I´m referring only the the time of the 40´s . I was astonished when I heard some 60´s BlueNote Work and all the stuff that came later, since it seems Duke Jordan had improved very much.

About Miles: Well of course I also read what he said, but Miles is Miles, and who would expect kind words from him? Anyway, even during the time when they worked as a unit (Bird, Miles, Duke Jordan, Max, Tommy Potter), if Miles was successful in telling Bird to use another piano player, they did replace Jordan with other piano players I mentioned.