Clifford Jordan - Inward Fire

I had to reload this for a different site and figured to give it a run here too. 

 

Clifford Jordan - Inward Fire

 Muse Records

 

A1. Inward Fire 06:44
A2. Abracadabra 06:43
A3. The Look 08:17
B1. Toy 06:21
B2. Buddy Bolden's Call 07:03
B3. Eat At Joe's 09:24


Recorded at CI Recording, NYC on April 5, 1977.

Clifford Jordan, tenor saxophone & flute
Dizzy Reese, trumpet
Pat Patrick, tenor saxophone & flute
Howard Johnson, tuba
Muhal Richard Abrams, piano
Richard Davis, bass
Azzedine Weston, congas
Louis Hayes, drums
Jimmy Ponder, guitar
Grover Everette, drums (A2 - B2)
Joe Lee Wilson, vocals (B2)
Donna Jewell Jordan, vocals (A2) 

 

Quite an unusual set for Clifford Jordan – a large group effort that stands in stark contrast to some of his smaller combo work of the time! The ensemble features an incredible array of respected avant and soul jazz players – including Pat Patrick, Muhal Richard Abrams, Dizzy Reese, Louis Hayes, and Jimmy Ponder – and a few tracks also feature vocals by singers Joe Lee Wilson, Donna Jewell Jordan, and Grover Everette. The tracks still have that wonderful Jordan deeply soulful sound forged on some of his work for Strata East – a vision that's complicated, but never cluttered – and which always comes across with swinging soul!
(Dusty Groove)

Thanks to onxidlib for the vinyl rip.