Clifford Jordan

Clifford Laconia Jordan (September 2, 1931, Chicago - March 27, 1993, Manhattan) was a jazz saxophone player. Jordan had his own sound on tenor saxophone almost from the start. He gigged around Chicago with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some R&B groups before moving to New York in 1957. Jordan immediately made a strong impression, leading three albums for Blue Note (including a meeting with fellow tenor John Gilmore) and touring with Horace Silver (1957-1958), J.

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Clifford Jordan has 37K listeners but only 586 platform followers (ratio 62:1) — organic discovery is doing all the work. Engagement is trending upward across releases. Active in jazz.

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