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Duke Jordan

Born:
Apr 01, 1922 in New York City

Died:
Aug 08, 2006 in Valby, Denmark

  • Birth Name: Irving Sidney Jordan
  • Genre: Jazz
  • Active: '40s - '90s
  • Instrument: Piano

Biography

Although he had a long career, Duke Jordan will always be best known for being pianist with Charlie Parker's classic 1947 quintet. A little earlier, he worked with the Savoy Sultans, Coleman Hawkins, and the Roy Eldridge big band (1946). After his year with Parker (his piano introductions to such songs as "Embraceable You" were classic), Jordan worked with the Sonny Stitt/Gene Ammons quintet (1950-1951) and Stan Getz (1949 and 1952-1953). He started recording as a leader in 1954, debuting his most famous composition, "Jor-Du," the following year. Although he worked steadily during the next few decades (writing part of the soundtrack for the French film Les Liaisons Dangereuses), Jordan was in obscurity until he began recording on a regular basis for Steeplechase in 1973. Duke Jordan, who was married for a time to the talented jazz singer Sheila Jordan, lived in Denmark from 1978 until his death on August 8, 2006. He recorded through the years for Prestige, Savoy, Blue Note, Charlie Parker Records, Muse, Spotlite, and Steeplechase. ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide

Representative Songs:

"Flight to Jordan," "Confirmation," "Minor Escamp (Jordu)"

Representative Albums:

Flight to Jordan, Duke Jordan New York/Bud Powell Paris, Tivoli Two

Similar Artists:

Hugh Lawson, Horace Parlan, Hank Jones, Elmo Hope, Tommy Flanagan, Kenny Drew, George Cables, Walter Bishop, Jr.

Influences:

Teddy Wilson, Art Tatum

Followers:

Sheila Jordan

A Member of the Group:

The Birdlanders

Performed Songs By:

Cole Porter, Charlie Parker, Ira Gershwin, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin

Worked With:

Nils Winther, Roy Haynes, Art Blakey, Tommy Potter, Sonny Stitt, Max Roach, Cecil Payne, Sam Jones, Stan Getz, Miles Davis, Gene Ammons
 
 
Wikipedia: Duke Jordan

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

Introduction

An imaginative and gifted pianist for many years, he was also a regular member of Charlie Parker's quintet during 1947-48. For example he participated in the Parker Dial session that produced Dewey Square, Bongo Bop, Bird of Paradise, and the beautiful ballad Embraceable You.

He had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards, after periods accompanying Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz,and performed and was recorded regularly in trio format.

From the 1978 he was resident in Copenhagen, Denmark, having begun recording an extensive sequence of albums for the Steeplechase label in 1973. Some of his best live recordings are available on the Steeplechase label, or the Japanese Marshmallow label.

His most notable composition, "Jordu", became a jazz standard when trumpeter Clifford Brown adopted it into his repertoire.

During 1952-62 he was married to the Jazz singer Sheila Jordan.

References

  1. ^ Weiner, Tim (2006-08-13). Duke Jordan, 84, jazz pianist who helped build bebop. IndyStar.com. New York Times. Retrieved on 2006-08-13.

External links

Duke Jordan Discography [1]


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