Starting Time
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Starting Time |
| type | studio |
| artist | Clifford Jordan |
| cover | Starting Time.jpg |
| released | 1961 |
| recorded | June 14–15, 1961 |
| studio | Plaza Sound Studios, New York City |
| genre | Jazz |
| label | Jazzland |
| JLP 52 | |
| producer | Orrin Keepnews |
| chronology | Clifford Jordan |
| prev_title | A Story Tale |
| prev_year | 1961 |
| next_title | Bearcat |
| next_year | 1962 |
| :: |
| name = Starting Time | type = studio | artist = Clifford Jordan | cover = Starting Time.jpg | alt = | released = 1961 | recorded = June 14–15, 1961 | venue = | studio = Plaza Sound Studios, New York City | genre = Jazz | length = | label = Jazzland JLP 52 | producer = Orrin Keepnews | chronology = Clifford Jordan | prev_title = A Story Tale | prev_year = 1961 | next_title = Bearcat | next_year = 1962
Starting Time is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Jazzland label.
Reception
| rev1 = Down Beat | rev1Score = | rev2 = Allmusic | rev2Score = |rev3 = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | rev3Score = {{Cite book |editor-last=Swenson |editor-first=J. | author-link = | year = 1985 | title = The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | publisher = Random House/Rolling Stone | location = USA | isbn = 0-394-72643-X | pages = 115
The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars. The review by Scott Yanow stated: "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".
Track listing
All compositions by Clifford Jordan except as indicated
- "Sunrise in Mexico" (Kenny Dorham) - 5:58
- "Extempore" - 5:15
- "Down Through the Years" - 4:45
- "Quittin' Time" - 4:40
- "One Flight Down" (Cedar Walton) - 4:43
- "Windmill" (Dorham) - 3:52
- "Don't You Know I Care" (Duke Ellington, Mack David) - 4:55
- "Mosaic" (Walton) - 4:56
Personnel
- Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone
- Kenny Dorham - trumpet
- Cedar Walton - piano
- Wilbur Ware - bass
- Albert Heath - drums
References
References
- [http://www.jazzdisco.org/riverside-records/catalog-jazzland-series/#jlp-52 Jazzland Records discography] accessed November 7, 2012
- [[Down Beat]]: April 26, 1962 vol. 29, no. 9
- Yanow, S. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/starting-time-mw0001881166 Allmusic Review] accessed November 7, 2012
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