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Duke Jordan

American jazz pianist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Duke Jordan
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For the former president of Gallaudet University, see I. King Jordan.

Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.[1]

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Jordan was born in New York[1] and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School.[2] An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of Charlie Parker's quintet during 1947–48, which also featured Miles Davis.[3] He participated in Parker's Dial sessions in late 1947 that produced "Dewey Square", "Bongo Bop", "Bird of Paradise", and the ballad "Embraceable You". These performances are featured on Charlie Parker on Dial.[4]

Jordan had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards, although for a period in the mid-1960s he drove a taxi in New York.[1] After periods accompanying Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz, he performed and recorded in the trio format. His composition, "Jordu", became a jazz standard when trumpeter Clifford Brown adopted it into his repertoire. Another of his compositions, "No Problem", has been recorded several times, notably by Art Blakey, under the title "No Hay Problema", and Chet Baker as well as others.

Beginning in 1978, he lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, having recorded an extensive sequence of albums for the SteepleChase label;[3] his first record date for the company was in 1973. He was reported not to have changed his style over the course of his career.[1]

From 1952 to 1962, he was married to the jazz singer Sheila Jordan.[3] Their union produced a daughter, Tracey J. Jordan. He died in Valby, Copenhagen.[1]

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As leader/co-leader

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As sideman

With Gene Ammons

With Eddie Bert

  • Eddie Bert (Discovery, 1952)[10"]
  • Eddie Bert Quintet (Discovery, 1953)[10"]

With Kenny Burrell

With Stan Getz

  • Duke Ellington 25th Anniversary Concert (FDC (It) 1005)
  • Getz Age (Roost RLP 2258)
  • Hooray for Stan Getz (Session Disc 108)
  • Move! (Natasha Imports 4005)
  • Sweetie Pie (Philology (It) W 40-2)
  • The Complete Roost Recordings (Roost CDP 7243 8 59622-2)
  • Stan Getz Plays (Norgran, 1952)
  • Stan Getz Quartet (Queen Disc (It) Q 013)
  • Live at Carnegie Hall (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1003)
  • Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 1 (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1014)
  • Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 2 (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1015)
  • That Top Tenor Technician Stan Getz (Alto AL 704)

With Cecil Payne

  • Patterns of Jazz (Savoy, 1956)
  • Cecil Payne Quartet and Quintet (Signal, 1957)
  • Shaw 'Nuff (Charlie Parker, 1961)
  • Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music (Charlie Parker, 1961)
  • The Connection (Charlie Parker, 1962)
  • Bird Gets The Worm (Muse, 1976)

With Sonny Stitt

With Barney Wilen

  • Un Témoin Dans La Ville (Fontana (FR), 1959) – soundtrack
  • Barney (RCA (FR), 1960) – live rec. 1959

With The Birdlanders

  • The Birdlanders, Vol. 1 (Period, 1957) – rec. 1954
  • The Birdlanders, Vol. 2 (Period, 1957) – rec. 1954
  • The Birdlanders, Vol. 3 (Period, 1957) – rec. 1954

With others

Various Artists

  • Birds Night: A Night at the Five Spot (Signal S 1204) Savoy (1958) (Savoy Jazz 2 LPs Celebration of Music of Charlie Parker)
  • International Jam Sessions (Xanadu 122)
  • Lestorian Mode (Savoy MG 12105)
  • The Piano Players (Xanadu 171)
  • Birdology vols. 1&2 (Birdology, Verve 1990 CDs)
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