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'''Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan''' (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006<ref name="">{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060813/NEWS06/608130424/1012 |title=Duke Jordan, 84, jazz pianist who helped build bebop |accessdate=2006-08-13 |last=Weiner |first=Tim |date=2006-08-13 |work=IndyStar.com |publisher=''New York Times''}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>) was an [[United States|American]] jazz pianist.
{{for|the former president of Gallaudet University|I. King Jordan}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Duke Jordan
| image = (Portrait of Charlie Parker, Tommy Potter, Miles Davis, Duke Jordan, and Max Roach, Three Deuces, New York, N.Y., ca. Aug. 1947) (LOC) (4843140781).jpg
| caption = Jordan (seated), in the Charlie Parker Quintet at the Three Deuces in 1947. (photo [[William P. Gottlieb]])
| image_size =
| birth_name = Irving Sidney Jordan
| alias =
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| birth_date = April 1, 1922
| death_place = [[Valby]], [[Copenhagen]], Denmark
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|8|8|1922|4|1}}
| instrument = Piano
| genre = [[Bebop]]
| occupation = Musician
| years_active =
| label = Signal, [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]], [[Steeplechase Records|SteepleChase]]
| associated_acts =
| website =
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}

'''Irving Sidney''' "'''Duke'''" '''Jordan''' (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American [[Jazz piano|jazz pianist]].<ref name="NYT" />


==Biography==
==Biography==
Jordan was raised in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. He attended [[Boys and Girls High School|Boys High School]].<ref>Randy Weston and Willard Jenkins, ''African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston'', Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 2010, p. 25.</ref> An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of [[Charlie Parker]]'s so-called "classic quintet" (1947-48), featuring [[Miles Davis]]. He participated in Parker's [[Dial_Records_(1946)|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]]''.<ref name="amg">{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r909161|label=Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions}}</ref>
Jordan was born in New York<ref name="NYT">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/12/arts/12jordan.html?_r=0|title=Duke Jordan, 84, jazz pianist who helped build bebop |access-date=2013-02-02 |last=Weiner |first=Tim |date=2006-08-12 |work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> and raised in [[Brooklyn, New York|Brooklyn]] where he attended [[Boys and Girls High School|Boys High School]].<ref>Randy Weston and Willard Jenkins, ''African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston'', Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 2010, p. 25.</ref> An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of [[Charlie Parker]]'s quintet during 1947–48, which also featured [[Miles Davis]].<ref name="LarkinJazz">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz]]|editor=[[Colin Larkin (writer)|Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-580-8|page=234/5}}</ref> He participated in Parker's [[Dial Records (1946)|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]]''.<ref name="amg">{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r909161|label=Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions}}</ref>


Jordan had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards. After periods accompanying [[Sonny Stitt]] and [[Stan Getz]], he performed and recorded in the trio format. His most notable composition, "[[Jordu]]," became a jazz standard when trumpeter [[Clifford Brown]] adopted it into his repertoire.
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.<ref name="NYT" /> 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.


From 1978 he was resident in [[Copenhagen]], [[Denmark]], having begun recording an extensive sequence of albums for the [[Steeplechase Records|Steeplechase]] label in 1973. Some of his best live recordings are available on [[Steeplechase Records|Steeplechase]] or the Japanese Marshmallow label.
Beginning in 1978, he lived in [[Copenhagen]], Denmark, having recorded an extensive sequence of albums for the [[Steeplechase Records|SteepleChase]] label;<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> 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.<ref name="NYT" />


From 1952 to 1962 he was married to the jazz singer [[Sheila Jordan]]. Their union produced a daughter, Tracey J. Jordan.
From 1952 to 1962, he was married to the jazz singer [[Sheila Jordan]].<ref name="LarkinJazz"/> Their union produced a daughter, Tracey J. Jordan. He died in [[Valby]], Copenhagen.<ref name="NYT" />


==Discography==
==Discography==
===As leader===
===As leader/co-leader===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
* ''Jor-du'' (Prestige PR 7849)
|-
* ''Jazz Laboratory Series: Do It Yourself Jazz, Vol. 1'' (Signal S 101)
! style="text-align:center;"|Year recorded
* ''Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet'' (Signal S 1202)
!Title
* ''[[Flight to Jordan]]'' ([[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]] CDP 7 46824-2)
!Label
* ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' (Charlie Parker PLP 813)
!Notes
* ''East and West of Jazz'' (Charlie Parker PLP 805) with [[Sadik Hakim]]
|-
* ''The Murray Hill Caper'' (Spotlite (E) DJ 5)
|1954
* ''Flight to Denmark'' (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1011)
|''Jordu''
* ''Two Loves'' (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1024)
|Prestige
* ''Truth'' (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1175)
|Trio, with [[Gene Ramey]] (bass), [[Leon Abramson|Lee Abrams]] (drums); includes two 1949 tracks led by [[Don Lanphere]] (tenor sax)
* ''Misty Thursday'' (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1053)
|-
* ''Duke's Delight'' (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1046)
|1955
* ''Lover Man'' (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1127)
|''Jazz Laboratory Series, Vol. 1''
* ''Duke Jordan Live in Japan, Vol. 1-3'' (SteepleChase (D) SCS 1063)
|Signal
|Some tracks trio, with [[Oscar Pettiford]] (bass), [[Kenny Clarke]] (drums); some tracks with [[Gigi Gryce]] (alto sax) overdubbed
|-
|1955
|''[[Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet]]''
|Signal
|Some tracks trio, with [[Percy Heath]] (bass), [[Art Blakey]] (drums); one track quartet, with [[Cecil Payne]] (baritone sax) added; some tracks quintet, with [[Eddie Bert]] (trombone) added; reissued by Savoy as ''Flight to Jordan'', but this is different from the 1960 Blue Note album
|-
|1960
|''[[Flight to Jordan]]''
|[[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]
|Quintet, with [[Dizzy Reece]] (trumpet), [[Stanley Turrentine]] (tenor sax), [[Reggie Workman]] (bass), [[Art Taylor]] (drums)
|-
|1962
|''Les Liaisons Dangereuses''
|Charlie Parker
|One track trio, with Eddie Khan (bass), [[Art Taylor]] (drums); most tracks quintet, with [[Sonny Cohn]] (trumpet), [[Charlie Rouse]] (tenor sax) added
|-
|1962
|''East and West of Jazz''
|Charlie Parker
|One track quartet, with [[Johnny Coles]] (trumpet), [[Wendell Marshall]] (bass) Walter Bolden (drums); most tracks quintet, with [[Cecil Payne]] (baritone sax) added; album shared with [[Sadik Hakim]]
|-
|1973
|''[[Brooklyn Brothers]]''
|Muse
|Quartet, with [[Cecil Payne]] (baritone sax, flute), [[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]] (bass), [[Al Foster]] (drums)
|-
|1973
|''The Murray Hill Caper''
|Spotlite
|Quartet, with [[Cecil Payne]] (baritone sax), [[David "Happy" Williams|David Williams]] (bass), [[Al Foster]] (drums)
|-
|1973
|''[[Flight to Denmark]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Mads Vinding]] (bass), [[Ed Thigpen]] (drums)
|-
|1973
|''[[Two Loves (album)|Two Loves]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Mads Vinding]] (bass), [[Ed Thigpen]] (drums)
|-
|1973
|''[[Montmartre ´73 featuring Bent Jædig]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Quartet, with [[Bent Jædig]] (tenor sax), Allan Gregersen, [[Johnny Dyani]], [[Eddie Gomez]] (bass), Jørn Elniff (drums)
|-
|1975
|''[[Truth (Duke Jordan album)|Truth]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Mads Vinding]] (bass), [[Ed Thigpen]] (drums)
|-
|1975
|''[[Misty Thursday]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Quartet, with [[Chuck Wayne]] (guitar), [[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]] (bass), [[Roy Haynes]] (drums)
|-
|1975
|''[[Duke's Delight]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|One track solo; most tracks quintet, with [[Richard Williams (musician)|Richard Williams]] (trumpet), [[Charlie Rouse]] (tenor sax), [[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]] (bass), [[Al Foster]] (drums) added
|-
|1975
|''[[Lover Man (Duke Jordan album)|Lover Man]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Sam Jones (musician)|Sam Jones]] (bass), [[Al Foster]] (drums)
|-
|1976
|''[[Live in Japan (Duke Jordan album)|Live in Japan]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Wilbur Little]] (bass), [[Roy Haynes]] (drums); in concert
|-
|1976
|''Osaka Concert Vol. 1''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Wilbur Little]] (bass), [[Roy Haynes]] (drums); in concert
|-
|1976
|''Osaka Concert Vol. 2''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Wilbur Little]] (bass), [[Roy Haynes]] (drums); in concert
|-
|1976
|''[[Flight to Japan]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Wilbur Little]] (bass), [[Roy Haynes]] (drums)
|-
|1976
|''Flight to Norway''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Wilbur Little]] (bass), [[Dannie Richmond]] (drums)
|-
|1978
|''[[Duke's Artistry]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Quartet, with [[Art Farmer]] (flugelhorn), [[David Friesen]] (bass), [[Philly Joe Jones]] (drums)
|-
|1978
|''[[The Great Session]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[David Friesen]] (bass), [[Philly Joe Jones]] (drums)
|-
|1978
|''[[Tivoli One]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Wilbur Little]] (bass), [[Dannie Richmond]] (drums); in concert
|-
|1978
|''[[Tivoli Two]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Wilbur Little]] (bass), [[Dannie Richmond]] (drums); in concert
|-
|1978
|''[[Wait and See (album)|Wait and See]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Wilbur Little]] (bass), [[Dannie Richmond]] (drums); in concert
|-
|1978–79
|''[[Thinking of You (Duke Jordan album)|Thinking of You]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|One track solo piano; most tracks trio, with [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]] (bass), [[Billy Hart]] (drums)
|-
|1979
|''Solo Masterpieces Vol. 1''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1979
|''[[Midnight Moonlight (Duke Jordan album)|Midnight Moonlight]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1979
|''Solo Masterpieces Vol. 2''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Solo piano
|-
|1979
|''[[Change a Pace]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen]] (bass), [[Billy Hart]] (drums)
|-
|1981
|''[[Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981]]''
|Galaxy
|Quartet, with [[Art Pepper]] (alto sax, clarinet), [[David "Happy" Williams|David Williams]] (bass), Carl Burnett (drums); in concert
|-
|1982
|''So Nice Duke'' (''Jor-Du'')
|three blind mice
|Trio, with [[Jesper Lundgaard]] (bass), Aage Tanggaard (drums)
|-
|1983
|''[[Blue Duke (Duke Jordan album)|Blue Duke]]''
|Baystate
|Trio, with [[Harry Emmery]], [[James Martin (jazz musician)|James Martin]]
|-
|1985
|''[[Time on My Hands (Duke Jordan album)|Time on My Hands]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Jesper Lundgaard]] (bass), [[Billy Hart]] (drums)
|-
|1985
|''[[As Time Goes By (Duke Jordan album)|As Time Goes By]]''
|[[SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase]]
|Trio, with [[Jesper Lundgaard]] (bass), [[Billy Hart]] (drums)
|-
|1987
|''Acoustic Live''
|3361 Black
|Trio, with [[Major Holley]] (bass), [[Jake Hanna]] (drums); in concert
|-
|1987
|''Live Live Live''
|3361 Black
|Trio, with [[Major Holley]] (bass), [[Jake Hanna]] (drums); in concert
|-
|1989
|''Kiss of Spain''
|3361 Black
|Trio, with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), [[Masahiko Togashi]] (drums)
|-
|1990
|''Always''
|Marshmallow
|Trio, with [[Jesper Lundgaard]] (bass), Ange Tanggaard (drums)
|-
|1991
|''White Key''
|3361 Black
|Quartet, with Yuka Kido (flute), Chikuhoh (shakuhachi), Hiroshi Yoshino (bass)
|-
|1994
|''Live in Paris''
|Marshmallow
|Trio, with Luigi Trussardi (bass), Al Levitt (drums); in concert
|}

Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Duke Jordan Discography |url=https://www.jazzdisco.org/duke-jordan/discography/ |website=jazzdisco.org |access-date=January 23, 2019}}</ref>


=== As sideman ===
=== As sideman ===
'''With [[Gene Ammons]]'''
* [[Art Blakey]] - ''Les Liaisons Dangereuses'' (Fontana (F) 680 203)
* [[Art Farmer]] - ''[[Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce]]'' (Prestige, 1955)
* ''Blues Up and Down, Vol. 1'' (Prestige PR 7823)
* [[Barney Wilen]] - ''Barney'' (RCA (F) 430053)
* ''[[The Happy Blues]]'' (1956, Prestige PRLP 7039)
* ''[[All Star Sessions]]'' (1956 Prestige PRLP 7050)
* Barney Wilen - ''Un Temoin dans la Ville'' (Fontana (F) 660 226-MR)
'''With [[Ernestine Anderson]]'''
* [[Barry Miles]] - ''Miles of Genius'' (Charlie Parker PLP 804)
* ''It's Time for Ernestine'' (Metronome (Swd))
* [[Cecil Payne]] - ''Bird Gets the Worm'' (Muse MR 5061)
'''With [[Chet Baker]]'''
* Cecil Payne - ''Shaw 'Nuff'' (Charlie Parker PLP 506)
* ''[[No Problem (Chet Baker album)|No Problem]]'' (SteepleChase, 1979)
* Cecil Payne - ''The Connection'' (Charlie Parker PLP 806)
'''With [[Paul Bascomb]]'''
* Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music (Charlie Parker PLP 801)
* ''Bad Bascomb'' (Delmark DL 431)
* Cecil Payne Quartet and Quintet (Signal S 1203)
'''With [[Eddie Bert]]'''
* Cecil Payne/Duke Jordan - ''Brooklyn Brothers'' (Muse MR 5015)
* ''Eddie Bert'' (Discovery DL 3024)
* [[Charles McPherson]] - ''Beautiful!'' (Xanadu 115)
* ''Eddie Bert Quintet'' (Discovery DL 3020)
* [[Clark Terry]]'s Big-B-A-D-Band Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival (Vanguard VSD 79355)
'''With [[Art Blakey]]'''
* Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra (Decca 27853)
* ''[[Les Liaisons dangereuses (film)#Musical score and soundtrack|Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960]]'' (Fontana, 1959 – Original Soundtrack with [[Barney Wilen]])
* [[Dizzy Reece]] - ''Comin' On'' (Blue Note CDP 7243 5 22019-2)
'''With [[Tina Brooks]]'''
* [[Doug Watkins]] - ''Watkins at Large'' (Transition TRLP 20)
* ''[[True Blue (Tina Brooks album)|True Blue]]'' (Blue Note, 1960, BLP 4041, CDP 7243 8 28975-2)
* [[Eddie Bert]] (Discovery DL 3024)
'''With [[Kenny Burrell]]'''
* Eddie Bert Quintet (Discovery DL 3020)
* ''[[Blue Lights (album)|Blue Lights]]'' Two volumes, (Blue Note 1958, BLP 1596 and BLP 1597)
* [[Ernestine Anderson]] - ''It's Time for Ernestine'' (Metronome (Swd))
* ''[[Swingin' (Kenny Burrell album)|Swingin']]'' (Blue Note, 1956 [rel. 1980])
* [[Gene Ammons]] - ''Blues Up and Down, Vol. 1'' (Prestige PR 7823)
'''With [[Joe Carroll (singer)|Joe Carroll]]'''
* Gene Ammons - ''The Happy Blues'' (Prestige PRLP 7039)
* ''Joe Carroll'' (Charlie Parker CP 201)
* Gene Ammons All Star Sessions (Prestige PRLP 7050)
'''With [[Teddy Edwards]]'''
* [[Gigi Gryce]]/[[Phil Woods]] - ''Jordu'' (Savoy MG 12146)
* ''[[The Inimitable Teddy Edwards]]'' (Xanadu 134)
* [[Louis Smith (musician)|Louis Smith]] - ''[[Here Comes Louis Smith]]'' (Blue Note BLP 1584)
'''With [[Rolf Ericson]]'''
* ''Rolf Ericson and his American All Stars'' (Metronome (Swd) JMLP 2–105, EmArcy MG 36106)
'''With [[Art Farmer]]'''
* ''[[Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce]]'' (Prestige, 1955)
'''With [[Stan Getz]]'''
* ''Duke Ellington 25th Anniversary Concert'' (FDC (It) 1005)
* ''Getz Age'' (Roost RLP 2258)
* ''Hooray for Stan Getz'' (Session Disc 108)
* ''Hooray for Stan Getz'' (Session Disc 108)
* ''Move!'' (Natasha Imports 4005)
* [[Joe Carroll]] (Charlie Parker CP 201)
* ''Sweetie Pie'' (Philology (It) W 40-2)
* [[Joe Holiday]] - ''Holiday for Jazz'' (Decca DL 8487)
* [[Julius Watkins]] Sextet, Vol. 1&amp;2 (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95749-2)
* ''[[The Complete Roost Recordings]]'' (Roost CDP 7243 8 59622-2)
* ''[[Stan Getz Plays]]'' (Norgran, 1952)
* [[Kenny Burrell ]]- ''Blue Lights, Vol. 1'' (Blue Note BLP 1596)
* Kenny Burrell - ''Blue Lights, Vol. 2'' (Blue Note BLP 1597)
* ''Stan Getz Quartet'' (Queen Disc (It) Q 013)
* Kenny Burrell - ''Swingin''' (Blue Note (J) GXF 3070)
* ''Live at Carnegie Hall'' (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1003)
* ''Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 1'' (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1014)
* [[Oscar Pettiford]]/[[Vinnie Burke]] - ''Bass by Pettiford/Burke'' (Bethlehem BCP 6)
* ''Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 2'' (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1015)
* [[Paul Bascomb]] - ''Bad Bascomb'' (Delmark DL 431)
* [[Rolf Ericson]] American All Stars (Metronome (Swd) JMLP 2-105)
* Rolf Ericson and his American All Stars (EmArcy MG 36106)
* [[Sam Most]] - ''Mostly Flute'' (Xanadu 133)
* Sonny Stitt - ''Stitt's Bits'' (Prestige PRLP 7133)
* Sonny Stitt - ''The Champ'' (Muse MR 5023)
* Sonny Stitt and the Top Brass (Atlantic SD 1395)
* Stan Getz (Queen Disc (It) Q 013)
* Stan Getz - ''Duke Ellington 25th Anniversary Concert'' (FDC (It) 1005)
* Stan Getz - ''Getz Age'' (Roost RLP 2258)
* Stan Getz - ''Move!'' (Natasha Imports 4005)
* Stan Getz - ''Sweetie Pie'' (Philology (It) W 40-2)
* Stan Getz - ''The Complete Roost Recordings'' (Roost CDP 7243 8 59622-2)
* Stan Getz - ''The Way You Look Tonight'' c/w ''Stars Fell on Alabama'' (Mercury 89025x45)
* Stan Getz Plays (Norgran MGN 1042)
* Stan Getz Quintet ''Live at Carnegie Hall'' (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1003)
* Stan Getz Quintet ''Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 1'' (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1014)
* Stan Getz Quintet ''Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 2'' (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1015)
* [[Teddy Williams]] - ''Touch of the Blues'' c/w ''Dumb Woman Blues'' (Prestige 715)
* ''That Top Tenor Technician Stan Getz'' (Alto AL 704)
* ''That Top Tenor Technician Stan Getz'' (Alto AL 704)
'''With [[Gigi Gryce]]'''
* ''[[Doin' the Gigi]]'' (Uptown, 2011)
'''With [[Coleman Hawkins]]'''
* ''[[Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra]]'' (Decca 27853)
'''With [[Joe Holiday (musician)|Joe Holiday]]'''
* ''Holiday for Jazz'' (Decca DL 8487)
'''With [[Howard McGhee]]'''
* ''[[The Return of Howard McGhee]]'' (Bethlehem BCP 42)
'''With [[Charles McPherson (musician)|Charles McPherson]]'''
* ''[[Beautiful!]]'' (Xanadu 115)
'''With [[Barry Miles (musician)|Barry Miles]]'''
* ''Miles of Genius'' (Charlie Parker PLP 804)
'''With [[Sam Most]]'''
* ''Mostly Flute'' (Xanadu 133)
'''With [[Charlie Parker]]'''
* ''[[Complete Charlie Parker on Dial]]'', ''[[Charlie Parker on Dial]]'' (Jazz Classics, [[Spotlite Records|Spotlite]])
'''With [[Cecil Payne]]'''
* ''[[Patterns of Jazz]]'' (Savoy, 1956)
* ''[[Bird Gets the Worm (album)|Bird Gets The Worm]]'' (Muse, 1976)
* ''Shaw 'Nuff'' (Charlie Parker PLP 506)
* ''The Connection'' (Charlie Parker PLP 806)
* ''Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music'' (Charlie Parker PLP 801)
* ''Cecil Payne Quartet and Quintet'' (Signal S 1203)
'''With [[Oscar Pettiford]]'''
* ''[[Oscar Pettiford (album)|Oscar Pettiford]]'' (Bethlehem, 1954)
'''With [[Doug Raney]]'''
* ''[[Introducing Doug Raney]]'' (SteepleChase, 1977)
'''With [[Dizzy Reece]]'''
* ''[[Comin' On!]]'' (Blue Note, 1960 [1999])
'''With [[Louis Smith (musician)|Louis Smith]]'''
* ''[[Here Comes Louis Smith]]'' (Blue Note BLP 1584)
'''With [[Sonny Stitt]]'''
* ''[[Stitt's Bits]]'' (Prestige 1958 [1950], PRLP 7133)
* ''[[Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass]]'' (Atlantic 1963 [1962], SD 1395)
* ''[[The Champ (Sonny Stitt album)|The Champ]]'' (Muse 1974 [1973], MR 5023)
'''With [[Clark Terry]]'''
* ''Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival'' (Vanguard 1974, VSD 79355)
'''With [[Doug Watkins]]'''
* ''Watkins at Large'' (Transition TRLP 20)
'''With [[Julius Watkins]]'''
* ''[[Julius Watkins Sextet]]'' (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95749-2)
'''With [[Barney Wilen]]'''
* ''Barney'' (RCA (F) 430053)
* ''Un Temoin dans la Ville'' (Fontana (F) 660 226-MR)
'''With [[Eddie Williams (saxophonist)|Teddy Williams]]'''
* ''Touch of the Blues'' c/w ''Dumb Woman Blues'' (Prestige 715)
'''With The Birdlanders'''
* ''The Birdlanders, Vol. 1'' (Period SPL 1211)
* ''The Birdlanders, Vol. 1'' (Period SPL 1211)
* ''The Birdlanders, Vol. 2'' (Period SPL 1212)
* ''The Birdlanders, Vol. 2'' (Period SPL 1212)
* ''The Birdlanders, Vol. 3'' (Period SPL 1213)
* ''The Birdlanders, Vol. 3'' (Period SPL 1213)
'''Various'''
* ''The Inimitable [[Teddy Edwards]]'' (Xanadu 134)
* 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)
* ''The Return of [[Howard McGhee]]'' (Bethlehem BCP 42)
* Various Artists ''International Jam Sessions'' (Xanadu 122)
* [[Tina Brooks]] - ''True Blue'' (Blue Note BLP 4041)
* Tina Brooks - ''True Blue'' (Blue Note CDP 7243 8 28975-2)
* Various Artists ''Lestorian Mode'' (Savoy MG 12105)
* Various Artists - ''A Night at the Five Spot'' (Signal S 1204)
* Various Artists ''The Piano Players'' (Xanadu 171)
* Various Artists - ''International Jam Sessions'' (Xanadu 122)
* Various Artists ''Birdology vols. 1&2'' (Birdology, Verve 1990 CDs)
* Various Artists - ''Lestorian Mode'' (Savoy MG 12105)
* Various Artists - ''The Piano Players'' (Xanadu 171)


==References==
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==External links==
*Duke Jordan Discography [http://www.jazzdisco.org/jordan/]

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Latest revision as of 03:35, 11 November 2024

For the former president of Gallaudet University, see I. King Jordan.
Duke Jordan
Jordan (seated), in the Charlie Parker Quintet at the Three Deuces in 1947. (photo William P. Gottlieb)
Jordan (seated), in the Charlie Parker Quintet at the Three Deuces in 1947. (photo William P. Gottlieb)
Background information
Birth nameIrving Sidney Jordan
BornApril 1, 1922
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
DiedAugust 8, 2006(2006-08-08) (aged 84)
Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark
GenresBebop
OccupationMusician
InstrumentPiano
LabelsSignal, Blue Note, SteepleChase

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

Biography

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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]

Discography

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As leader/co-leader

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Year recorded Title Label Notes
1954 Jordu Prestige Trio, with Gene Ramey (bass), Lee Abrams (drums); includes two 1949 tracks led by Don Lanphere (tenor sax)
1955 Jazz Laboratory Series, Vol. 1 Signal Some tracks trio, with Oscar Pettiford (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums); some tracks with Gigi Gryce (alto sax) overdubbed
1955 Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet Signal Some tracks trio, with Percy Heath (bass), Art Blakey (drums); one track quartet, with Cecil Payne (baritone sax) added; some tracks quintet, with Eddie Bert (trombone) added; reissued by Savoy as Flight to Jordan, but this is different from the 1960 Blue Note album
1960 Flight to Jordan Blue Note Quintet, with Dizzy Reece (trumpet), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), Reggie Workman (bass), Art Taylor (drums)
1962 Les Liaisons Dangereuses Charlie Parker One track trio, with Eddie Khan (bass), Art Taylor (drums); most tracks quintet, with Sonny Cohn (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax) added
1962 East and West of Jazz Charlie Parker One track quartet, with Johnny Coles (trumpet), Wendell Marshall (bass) Walter Bolden (drums); most tracks quintet, with Cecil Payne (baritone sax) added; album shared with Sadik Hakim
1973 Brooklyn Brothers Muse Quartet, with Cecil Payne (baritone sax, flute), Sam Jones (bass), Al Foster (drums)
1973 The Murray Hill Caper Spotlite Quartet, with Cecil Payne (baritone sax), David Williams (bass), Al Foster (drums)
1973 Flight to Denmark SteepleChase Trio, with Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
1973 Two Loves SteepleChase Trio, with Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
1973 Montmartre ´73 featuring Bent Jædig SteepleChase Quartet, with Bent Jædig (tenor sax), Allan Gregersen, Johnny Dyani, Eddie Gomez (bass), Jørn Elniff (drums)
1975 Truth SteepleChase Trio, with Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
1975 Misty Thursday SteepleChase Quartet, with Chuck Wayne (guitar), Sam Jones (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
1975 Duke's Delight SteepleChase One track solo; most tracks quintet, with Richard Williams (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Sam Jones (bass), Al Foster (drums) added
1975 Lover Man SteepleChase Trio, with Sam Jones (bass), Al Foster (drums)
1976 Live in Japan SteepleChase Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Roy Haynes (drums); in concert
1976 Osaka Concert Vol. 1 SteepleChase Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Roy Haynes (drums); in concert
1976 Osaka Concert Vol. 2 SteepleChase Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Roy Haynes (drums); in concert
1976 Flight to Japan SteepleChase Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
1976 Flight to Norway SteepleChase Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums)
1978 Duke's Artistry SteepleChase Quartet, with Art Farmer (flugelhorn), David Friesen (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
1978 The Great Session SteepleChase Trio, with David Friesen (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
1978 Tivoli One SteepleChase Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums); in concert
1978 Tivoli Two SteepleChase Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums); in concert
1978 Wait and See SteepleChase Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums); in concert
1978–79 Thinking of You SteepleChase One track solo piano; most tracks trio, with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1979 Solo Masterpieces Vol. 1 SteepleChase Solo piano
1979 Midnight Moonlight SteepleChase Solo piano
1979 Solo Masterpieces Vol. 2 SteepleChase Solo piano
1979 Change a Pace SteepleChase Trio, with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1981 Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981 Galaxy Quartet, with Art Pepper (alto sax, clarinet), David Williams (bass), Carl Burnett (drums); in concert
1982 So Nice Duke (Jor-Du) three blind mice Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Aage Tanggaard (drums)
1983 Blue Duke Baystate Trio, with Harry Emmery, James Martin
1985 Time on My Hands SteepleChase Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1985 As Time Goes By SteepleChase Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1987 Acoustic Live 3361 Black Trio, with Major Holley (bass), Jake Hanna (drums); in concert
1987 Live Live Live 3361 Black Trio, with Major Holley (bass), Jake Hanna (drums); in concert
1989 Kiss of Spain 3361 Black Trio, with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), Masahiko Togashi (drums)
1990 Always Marshmallow Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Ange Tanggaard (drums)
1991 White Key 3361 Black Quartet, with Yuka Kido (flute), Chikuhoh (shakuhachi), Hiroshi Yoshino (bass)
1994 Live in Paris Marshmallow Trio, with Luigi Trussardi (bass), Al Levitt (drums); in concert

Source:[5]

As sideman

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With Gene Ammons

With Ernestine Anderson

  • It's Time for Ernestine (Metronome (Swd))

With Chet Baker

With Paul Bascomb

  • Bad Bascomb (Delmark DL 431)

With Eddie Bert

  • Eddie Bert (Discovery DL 3024)
  • Eddie Bert Quintet (Discovery DL 3020)

With Art Blakey

With Tina Brooks

  • True Blue (Blue Note, 1960, BLP 4041, CDP 7243 8 28975-2)

With Kenny Burrell

  • Blue Lights Two volumes, (Blue Note 1958, BLP 1596 and BLP 1597)
  • Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956 [rel. 1980])

With Joe Carroll

  • Joe Carroll (Charlie Parker CP 201)

With Teddy Edwards

With Rolf Ericson

  • Rolf Ericson and his American All Stars (Metronome (Swd) JMLP 2–105, EmArcy MG 36106)

With Art Farmer

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 Gigi Gryce

With Coleman Hawkins

With Joe Holiday

  • Holiday for Jazz (Decca DL 8487)

With Howard McGhee

With Charles McPherson

With Barry Miles

  • Miles of Genius (Charlie Parker PLP 804)

With Sam Most

  • Mostly Flute (Xanadu 133)

With Charlie Parker

With Cecil Payne

  • Patterns of Jazz (Savoy, 1956)
  • Bird Gets The Worm (Muse, 1976)
  • Shaw 'Nuff (Charlie Parker PLP 506)
  • The Connection (Charlie Parker PLP 806)
  • Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music (Charlie Parker PLP 801)
  • Cecil Payne Quartet and Quintet (Signal S 1203)

With Oscar Pettiford

With Doug Raney

With Dizzy Reece

With Louis Smith

With Sonny Stitt

With Clark Terry

  • Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival (Vanguard 1974, VSD 79355)

With Doug Watkins

  • Watkins at Large (Transition TRLP 20)

With Julius Watkins

With Barney Wilen

  • Barney (RCA (F) 430053)
  • Un Temoin dans la Ville (Fontana (F) 660 226-MR)

With Teddy Williams

  • Touch of the Blues c/w Dumb Woman Blues (Prestige 715)

With The Birdlanders

  • The Birdlanders, Vol. 1 (Period SPL 1211)
  • The Birdlanders, Vol. 2 (Period SPL 1212)
  • The Birdlanders, Vol. 3 (Period SPL 1213)

Various

  • 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)
  • Various Artists International Jam Sessions (Xanadu 122)
  • Various Artists Lestorian Mode (Savoy MG 12105)
  • Various Artists The Piano Players (Xanadu 171)
  • Various Artists Birdology vols. 1&2 (Birdology, Verve 1990 CDs)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Weiner, Tim (2006-08-12). "Duke Jordan, 84, jazz pianist who helped build bebop". The New York Times. Retrieved 2013-02-02.
  2. ^ Randy Weston and Willard Jenkins, African Rhythms: The Autobiography of Randy Weston, Durham, N.C., Duke University Press, 2010, p. 25.
  3. ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 234/5. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
  4. ^ Charlie Parker on Dial: The Complete Sessions at AllMusic
  5. ^ "Duke Jordan Discography". jazzdisco.org. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
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