Cliff Craft
| Cliff Craft | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | November 10, 1957 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio Hackensack, NJ | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 43:18 | |||
| Label | Blue Note BLP 1582 | |||
| Producer | Alfred Lion | |||
| Clifford Jordan chronology | ||||
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Cliff Craft is an album by American jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan recorded on November 10, 1957 and released on Blue Note the following year.[1]
Reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [3] |
The AllMusic review by Lee Bloom calling Cliff Craft a "wonderfully relaxed recording, which dates from a very fertile period of the renowned jazz label's history".[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Cliff Jordan, except as noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Laconia" | 7:06 |
| 2. | "Soul-Lo Blues" | 8:29 |
| 3. | "Cliff Craft" | 6:30 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Confirmation" | Charlie Parker | 7:34 |
| 2. | "Sophisticated Lady" | 6:46 | |
| 3. | "Anthropology" |
| 7:03 |
Personnel
Musicians
- Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
- Art Farmer – trumpet (except "Sophisticated Lady")
- Sonny Clark – piano
- George Tucker – bass
- Louis Hayes – drums
Technical personnel
- Alfred Lion – producer
- Rudy Van Gelder – recording engineer
- Reid Miles – design
- Francis Wolff – photography
- Robert Levin – liner notes
References
- ^ Blue Note discography accessed December 1, 2010
- ^ a b Allmusic Review accessed December 1, 2010
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 800. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.