Clifford Jordan
Tenor Sax Solo on
Confirmation

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Clifford Jordan opens the solo sequence with three choruses on tenor sax, the first of 5 solos on the recording. Taken at a medium-up swing tempo of 173 BPM over the 32-bar AABA in F, the improvisation flows with assured, relaxed momentum. The tune is a contrafact based on the chord changes of "Twilight Time," a familiar harmonic foundation that invites inventive melodic exploration. Taking on a Parker classic required both technical mastery and musical confidence, and this performance demonstrates that Jordan's quintet possessed both in abundance. Recorded for the album Cliff Craft in 1957, the performance captures Clifford Jordan at 25 to 26 years old.

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