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Clifford Jordan leads off the solos with three choruses on tenor sax, the first of three improvisations on the recording. Taken at a brisk swing tempo of 237 BPM over the 36-bar form in B♭, the improvisation moves with confident, driving energy. "Spellbound" is the title track of Clifford Jordan's 1960 Riverside album, an extended performance featuring solos from all three melodic voices in the quartet. Recorded for the album Spellbound in 1960, the performance captures Clifford Jordan at 28 to 29 years old. Spellbound as both composition and album demonstrates Jordan's potential as a leader, a role he would continue to develop throughout a career that extended into the 1990s.
Clifford Jordan was 28 to 29 years old at the time.
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