The Highest Mountain
1975 studio album by Clifford Jordan & The Magic Triangle
The Highest Mountain | ||||
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Studio album by Clifford Jordan & The Magic Triangle | ||||
Released | 1975 | |||
Recorded | April 18, 1975 | |||
Studio | Trixi Ton Studio, Munich, West Germany | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 43:50 | |||
Label | SteepleChase SCS-1047 | |||
Producer | Nils Winther | |||
Clifford Jordan chronology | ||||
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Source | Rating |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [1] |
The Highest Mountain is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in West Germany in 1975 and first released on the SteepleChase label.[2][3] The album should not be confused with the CD reissue of the Muse album Night of the Mark VII which also used the same title.[4]
Track listing
All compositions by Clifford Jordan except as indicated
- "Bearcat" - 6:46
- "Seven Minds" (Sam Jones) – 9:28
- "Impressions of Scandinavia" – 4:48
- "Scorpio" [alternate take] (Jones) – 3:45 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Firm Roots" [alternate take] (Cedar Walton) – 6:36 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "The House on Maple Street" (Walton) – 7:35
- "Miss Morgan" (Jones) – 5:55
- "The Highest Mountain" – 9:18
Personnel
- Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone; flute on "Miss Morgan"
- Cedar Walton – piano
- Sam Jones – bass
- Billy Higgins – drums
References
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 801. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Clifford Jordan discography accessed April 10, 2014
- ^ Fitzgerald, M., Clifford Jordan leader entry, accessed April 10, 2014
- ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review, accessed April 10, 2014
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Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
leader or
co-leader
- Blowing in from Chicago (1957)
- Cliff Jordan (1957)
- Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (1957)
- Cliff Craft (1957)
- Spellbound (1960)
- A Story Tale (1961)
- Starting Time (1961)
- Bearcat (1962)
- These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965)
- Soul Fountain (1966)
- In the World (1969)
- Glass Bead Games (1973)
- Half Note (1974)
- Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975)
- On Stage Vol. 1 (1975)
- On Stage Vol. 2 (1975)
- On Stage Vol. 3 (1975)
- Firm Roots (1975)
- The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975)
- Remembering Me-Me (1976)
- Inward Fire (1977)
- The Adventurer (1978)
- Hello, Hank Jones (1978)
- Hyde Park After Dark (1981)
- Repetition (1984)
- Dr. Chicago (1984)
- Two Tenor Winner (1984)
- The Rotterdam Session (1985)
- Royal Ballads (1986)
- Live at Ethell's (1987)
- Masters from Different Worlds (1989)
- Four Play (1990)
- The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (1989–91)
- Play What You Feel (1990)
- Down Through the Years (1991)
Art
Farmer
- Mirage (1982)
- You Make Me Smile (1984)
- Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987)
- Blame It on My Youth (1988)
- Ph.D. (1989)
Charles
Mingus
- Cornell 1964 (March 1964)
- Town Hall Concert (April 1964)
- Astral Weeks (April 1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume I (April 1964)
- Mingus in Europe Volume II (April 1964)
- Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (June 1964)
Lee
Morgan
- Here's Lee Morgan (1960)
- Expoobident (1960)
- Take Twelve (1962)
Max
Roach
- Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
- It's Time (1962)
- Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
Cedar
Walton
- Spectrum (1968)
- The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969)
- A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1/Naima (1973)
- A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973)
- The Pentagon (1976)
others
- Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
- Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957)
- Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Richard Davis, 1972)
- Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973)
- Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
- Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
- To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
- Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985)
- Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood, 1985)
- Shades (Andrew Hill, 1986)
- J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1961)
- Con Alma! (Charles McPherson, 1965)
- Any Old Time (Carmen McRae, 1986)
- Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
- Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962)
- Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece, 1976)
- The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
- Further Explorations (Horace Silver, 1958)
- Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970)
- What It Is (Mal Waldron, 1981)
- Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1967)