Clifford Jordan
Tenor Sax Solo on
Laconia

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Clifford Jordan wraps up the solo sequence with two choruses on tenor sax, the last of three improvisations. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 149 BPM over the 44-bar AABA in E♭, the improvisation unfolds with comfortable, easygoing swing. Cliff Craft was Jordan's second album as a leader, and tracks like "Laconia" demonstrate his growing maturity as both a composer and an improviser within the hard bop tradition. Recorded for the album Cliff Craft in 1957, the performance captures Clifford Jordan at 25 to 26 years old. "Laconia" is a Clifford Jordan original that opens his 1957 album Cliff Craft for Blue Note Records, establishing the session's hard bop credentials with an inventive 44-bar AABA form in E-flat.

Clifford Jordan was 25 to 26 years old at the time.