Starting Time

Starting Time
Studio album by Clifford Jordan
Released 1961
Recorded June 14 & 15, 1961
Plaza Sound Studios, New York City
Genre Jazz
Label Jazzland
JLP 52
Producer Orrin Keepnews
Clifford Jordan chronology
A Story Tale
(1961)
Starting Time
(1961)
Bearcat
(1962)

Starting Time is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[2]
Allmusic[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide[4]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "The music is straight-ahead, and although the tunes are pretty obscure, the solos and high musicianship uplift the music. Recommended to straight-ahead jazz collectors"[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Clifford Jordan except as indicated

  1. "Sunrise in Mexico" (Kenny Dorham) - 5:58
  2. "Extempore" - 5:15
  3. "Down Through the Years" - 4:45
  4. "Quittin' Time" - 4:40
  5. "One Flight Down" (Cedar Walton) - 4:43
  6. "Windmill" (Dorham) - 3:52
  7. "Don't You Know I Care" (Duke Ellington, Mack David) - 4:55
  8. "Mosaic" (Walton) - 4:56

Personnel

References

  1. Jazzland Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
  2. Down Beat: April 26, 1962 vol. 29, no. 9
  3. 1 2 Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
  4. Swenson, J. (Editor) (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 115. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
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