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Cliff Craft is an album by American jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan featuring performances recorded in 1957 and released on the Blue Note label.[1]

Cliff Craft
Studio album by Clifford Jordan
Released	1957
Recorded	November 10, 1957 Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	43:18
Label	Blue Note BLP 1582
Producer	Alfred Lion
Clifford Jordan chronology
Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (1957) Cliff Craft (1957) Spellbound (1960)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Lee Bloom awarded the album 4 stars calling it a "wonderfully relaxed recording, which dates from a very fertile period of the renowned jazz label's history".[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Cliff Jordan except as indicated

1. "Laconia" - 7:06
2. "Soul-Lo Blues" - 8:29
3. "Cliff Craft" - 6:30
4. "Confirmation" (Charlie Parker) - 7:34
5. "Sophisticated Lady" (Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish) - 6:46
6. "Anthropology" (Dizzy Gillespie, Parker) - 7:03

• Recorded at Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Hackensack, New Jersey on November 10, 1957

Personnel

• Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
• Art Farmer - trumpet (tracks 1-4 & 6)
• Sonny Clark - piano
• George Tucker - bass
• Louis Hayes – drums

References

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