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Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.[1]

Duke Jordan
Jordan (seated), in the Charlie Parker Quintet at the Three Deuces in 1947. (photo William P. Gottlieb)
Background information
Birth name	Irving Sidney Jordan
Born	April 1, 1922 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died	August 8, 2006(2006-08-08) (aged 84) Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genres	Bebop
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instrument(s)	Piano
Labels	Signal, Blue Note, SteepleChase

Biography

Jordan was born in New York[1] and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School.[2] An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of Charlie Parker's quintet during 1947–48, which also featured Miles Davis.[3] He participated in Parker's Dial sessions in late 1947 that produced "Dewey Square", "Bongo Bop", "Bird of Paradise", and the ballad "Embraceable You". These performances are featured on Charlie Parker on Dial.[4]

Jordan had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards, although for a period in the mid-1960s he drove a taxi in New York.[1] After periods accompanying Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz, he performed and recorded in the trio format. His composition, "Jordu", became a jazz standard when trumpeter Clifford Brown adopted it into his repertoire.

Beginning in 1978, he lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, having recorded an extensive sequence of albums for the SteepleChase label; [3] his first record date for the company was in 1973. He was reported not to have changed his style over the course of his career.[1] Some of his best live recordings are available on SteepleChase, or Marshmallow Records, a Japanese label.

From 1952 to 1962, he was married to the jazz singer Sheila Jordan.[3] Their union produced a daughter, Tracey J. Jordan. He died in Valby, Copenhagen.[1]

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Year recorded	Title	Label	Notes
1954	Jordu	Prestige	Trio, with Gene Ramey (bass), Lee Abrams (drums); includes two 1949 tracks led by Don Lanphere (tenor sax)
1955	Jazz Laboratory Series, Vol. 1	Signal	Some tracks trio, with Oscar Pettiford (bass), Kenny Clarke (drums); some tracks with Gigi Gryce (alto sax) overdubbed
1955	Duke Jordan Trio and Quintet	Signal	Some tracks trio, with Percy Heath (bass), Art Blakey (drums); one track quartet, with Cecil Payne (baritone sax) added; some tracks quintet, with Eddie Bert (trombone) added; reissued by Savoy as Flight to Jordan, but this is different from the 1960 Blue Note album
1960	Flight to Jordan	Blue Note	Quintet, with Dizzy Reece (trumpet), Stanley Turrentine (tenor sax), Reggie Workman (bass), Art Taylor (drums)
1962	Les Liaisons Dangereuses	Charlie Parker	One track trio, with Eddie Khan (bass), Art Taylor (drums); most tracks quintet, with Sonny Cohn (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax) added
1962	East and West of Jazz	Charlie Parker	One track quartet, with Johnny Coles (trumpet), Wendell Marshall (bass) Walter Bolden (drums); most tracks quintet, with Cecil Payne (baritone sax) added; album shared with Sadik Hakim
1973	Brooklyn Brothers	Muse	Quartet, with Cecil Payne (baritone sax, flute), Sam Jones (bass), Al Foster (drums)
1973	The Murray Hill Caper	Spotlite	Quartet, with Cecil Payne (baritone sax), David Williams (bass), Al Foster (drums)
1973	Flight to Denmark	SteepleChase	Trio, with Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
1973	Two Loves	SteepleChase	Trio, with Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
1973	Montmartre ´73 featuring Bent Jædig	SteepleChase	Quartet, with Bent Jædig (tenor sax), Allan Gregersen, Johnny Dyani, Eddie Gomez (bass), Jørn Elniff (drums)
1975	Truth	SteepleChase	Trio, with Mads Vinding (bass), Ed Thigpen (drums)
1975	Misty Thursday	SteepleChase	Quartet, with Chuck Wayne (guitar), Sam Jones (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
1975	Duke's Delight	SteepleChase	One track solo; most tracks quintet, with Richard Williams (trumpet), Charlie Rouse (tenor sax), Sam Jones (bass), Al Foster (drums) added
1975	Lover Man	SteepleChase	Trio, with Sam Jones (bass), Al Foster (drums)
1976	Live in Japan	SteepleChase	Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Roy Haynes (drums); in concert
1976	Osaka Concert Vol. 1	SteepleChase	Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Roy Haynes (drums); in concert
1976	Osaka Concert Vol. 2	SteepleChase	Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Roy Haynes (drums); in concert
1976	Flight to Japan	SteepleChase	Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Roy Haynes (drums)
1976	Flight to Norway	SteepleChase	Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums)
1978	Duke's Artistry	SteepleChase	Quartet, with Art Farmer (flugelhorn), David Friesen (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
1978	The Great Session	SteepleChase	Trio, with David Friesen (bass), Philly Joe Jones (drums)
1978	Tivoli One	SteepleChase	Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums); in concert
1978	Tivoli Two	SteepleChase	Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums); in concert
1978	Wait and See	SteepleChase	Trio, with Wilbur Little (bass), Dannie Richmond (drums); in concert
1978–79	Thinking of You	SteepleChase	One track solo piano; most tracks trio, with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1979	Solo Masterpieces Vol. 1	SteepleChase	Solo piano
1979	Midnight Moonlight	SteepleChase	Solo piano
1979	Solo Masterpieces Vol. 2	SteepleChase	Solo piano
1979	Change a Pace	SteepleChase	Trio, with Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1981	Art Pepper with Duke Jordan in Copenhagen 1981	Galaxy	Quartet, with Art Pepper (alto sax, clarinet), David Williams (bass), Carl Burnett (drums); in concert
1982	So Nice Duke (Jor-Du)	three blind mice	Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Aage Tanggaard (drums)
1983	Blue Duke	Baystate	Trio, with Harry Emmery, James Martin
1985	Time on My Hands	SteepleChase	Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1985	As Time Goes By	SteepleChase	Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Billy Hart (drums)
1987	Acoustic Live	3361 Black	Trio, with Major Holley (bass), Jake Hanna (drums); in concert
1987	Live Live Live	3361 Black	Trio, with Major Holley (bass), Jake Hanna (drums); in concert
1989	Kiss of Spain	3361 Black	Trio, with Nobuyoshi Ino (bass), Masahiko Togashi (drums)
1990	Always	Marshmallow	Trio, with Jesper Lundgaard (bass), Ange Tanggaard (drums)
1991	White Key	3361 Black	Quartet, with Yuka Kido (flute), Chikuhoh (shakuhachi), Hiroshi Yoshino (bass)
1994	Live in Paris	Marshmallow	Trio, with Luigi Trussardi (bass), Al Levitt (drums); in concert

Source:[5]

As sideman

With Gene Ammons

• Blues Up and Down, Vol. 1 (Prestige PR 7823)
• The Happy Blues (1956, Prestige PRLP 7039)
• All Star Sessions (1956 Prestige PRLP 7050)

With Ernestine Anderson

• It's Time for Ernestine (Metronome (Swd))

With Chet Baker

• No Problem (SteepleChase, 1979)

With Paul Bascomb

• Bad Bascomb (Delmark DL 431)

With Eddie Bert

• Eddie Bert (Discovery DL 3024)
• Eddie Bert Quintet (Discovery DL 3020)

With Art Blakey

• Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Fontana, 1959 – Original Soundtrack with Barney Wilen)

With Tina Brooks

• True Blue (Blue Note, 1960, BLP 4041, CDP 7243 8 28975-2)

With Kenny Burrell

• Blue Lights Two volumes, (Blue Note 1958, BLP 1596 and BLP 1597)
• Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956 [rel. 1980])

With Joe Carroll

• Joe Carroll (Charlie Parker CP 201)

With Teddy Edwards

• The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (Xanadu 134)

With Rolf Ericson

• Rolf Ericson and his American All Stars (Metronome (Swd) JMLP 2–105, EmArcy MG 36106)

With Art Farmer

• Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (Prestige, 1955)

With Stan Getz

• Duke Ellington 25th Anniversary Concert (FDC (It) 1005)
• Getz Age (Roost RLP 2258)
• Hooray for Stan Getz (Session Disc 108)
• Move! (Natasha Imports 4005)
• Sweetie Pie (Philology (It) W 40-2)
• The Complete Roost Recordings (Roost CDP 7243 8 59622-2)
• Stan Getz Plays (Norgran, 1952)
• Stan Getz Quartet (Queen Disc (It) Q 013)
• Live at Carnegie Hall (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1003)
• Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 1 (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1014)
• Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 2 (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1015)
• That Top Tenor Technician Stan Getz (Alto AL 704)

With Gigi Gryce

• Doin' the Gigi (Uptown, 2011)

With Coleman Hawkins

• Coleman Hawkins and his Orchestra (Decca 27853)

With Joe Holiday

• Holiday for Jazz (Decca DL 8487)

With Howard McGhee

• The Return of Howard McGhee (Bethlehem BCP 42)

With Charles McPherson

• Beautiful! (Xanadu 115)

With Barry Miles

• Miles of Genius (Charlie Parker PLP 804)

With Sam Most

• Mostly Flute (Xanadu 133)

With Charlie Parker

• Complete Charlie Parker on Dial, Charlie Parker on Dial (Jazz Classics, Spotlite)

With Cecil Payne

• Patterns of Jazz (Savoy, 1956)
• Bird Gets The Worm (Muse, 1976)
• Shaw 'Nuff (Charlie Parker PLP 506)
• The Connection (Charlie Parker PLP 806)
• Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music (Charlie Parker PLP 801)
• Cecil Payne Quartet and Quintet (Signal S 1203)

With Oscar Pettiford

• Oscar Pettiford (Bethlehem, 1954)

With Doug Raney

• Introducing Doug Raney (SteepleChase, 1977)

With Dizzy Reece

• Comin' On! (Blue Note, 1960 [1999])

With Louis Smith

• Here Comes Louis Smith (Blue Note BLP 1584)

With Sonny Stitt

• Stitt's Bits (Prestige 1958 [1950], PRLP 7133)
• Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Atlantic 1963 [1962], SD 1395)
• The Champ (Muse 1974 [1973], MR 5023)

With Clark Terry

• Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival (Vanguard 1974, VSD 79355)

With Doug Watkins

• Watkins at Large (Transition TRLP 20)

With Julius Watkins

• Julius Watkins Sextet (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95749-2)

With Barney Wilen

• Barney (RCA (F) 430053)
• Un Temoin dans la Ville (Fontana (F) 660 226-MR)

With Teddy Williams

• Touch of the Blues c/w Dumb Woman Blues (Prestige 715)

With The Birdlanders

• The Birdlanders, Vol. 1 (Period SPL 1211)
• The Birdlanders, Vol. 2 (Period SPL 1212)
• The Birdlanders, Vol. 3 (Period SPL 1213)

Various

• Various Artists Birds Night: A Night at the Five Spot (Signal S 1204) Savoy (1958) (Savoy Jazz 2 LPs Celebration of Music of Charlie Parker)
• Various Artists International Jam Sessions (Xanadu 122)
• Various Artists Lestorian Mode (Savoy MG 12105)
• Various Artists The Piano Players (Xanadu 171)
• Various Artists Birdology vols. 1&2 (Birdology, Verve 1990 CDs)

References

На других языках

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- [en] Duke Jordan

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[ru] Джордан, Дюк

Ирвинг Сидни «Дюк» Джордан (1 апреля 1922 — 8 августа 2006), американский джазовый пианист, автор популярной темы Jordu (иногда пишется Jor-du).

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