Spellbound (Clifford Jordan album)

Spellbound
Studio album by Clifford Jordan
Released 1960
Recorded August 10, 1960
New York City
Genre Jazz
Length 39:55
Label Riverside
RLP 340
Producer Cannonball Adderley
Clifford Jordan chronology
Cliff Craft
(1957)Cliff Craft1957		 Spellbound
(1960)		 A Story Tale
(1961)A Story Tale1961

Spellbound is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "At this point, Jordan did not quite have the distinctive sound that he would develop in his period with Charles Mingus, but he was already a strong hard bop stylist... It's an excellent straight-ahead outing"[2]

Track listing

All compositions by Clifford Jordan except as indicated

  1. "Toy" - 4:25
  2. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 5:15
  3. "Moon-A-Tic" - 4:41
  4. "Spellbound" - 5:54
  5. "Hot Water" - 5:06
  6. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg) - 6:30
  7. "Au Privave" (Charlie Parker) - 8:31

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Riverside Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
  2. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
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