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Album by Clifford Jordan
Glass Bead Games is a double album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Strata-East label.[ 1] The album was re-released on CD as part of The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions by Mosaic Records in 2013.[ 2]
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 3]
The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated, "Clifford Jordan's two volumes of sessions under the title Glass Bead Games have long been heralded as some of the most important work of his career."[ 3] Writing for All About Jazz , Samuel Chell enthused "To call the playing 'remarkable' is to do it an injustice: rather, it's exemplary as a record of one instance of tapping into and then realizing the potential of the vast energy field that is human consciousness."[ 4]
All compositions by Clifford Jordan except where noted.
"Powerful Paul Robeson" – 5:42
"Glass Bead Games" – 4:36
"Prayer to the People" – 4:16
"Cal Massey" (Stanley Cowell) – 2:42
"John Coltrane" (Bill Lee, Clifton Lee) – 6:48
"Eddie Harris" (Lee) – 4:19
"Biskit" (Lee) – 5:28
"Shoulders" (Cedar Walton) – 5:19
"Bridgework" (Walton) – 3:47
"Maimoun" (Cowell) – 5:40
"Alias Buster Henry" – 8:16 (Billy Higgins)
"One for Amos" – 6:47 (Sam Jones)
Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone
Stanley Cowell (tracks 1, 4–7, 10 & 11), Cedar Walton (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 & 12) – piano
Bill Lee (tracks 1, 4–7, 10 & 11), Sam Jones (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 & 12) – bass
Billy Higgins – drums , percussion
^ Clifford Jordan discography accessed April 9, 2014
^ Mosaic Records website , accessed April 9, 2014
^ a b Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed April 9, 2014
^ Chell, S., Clifford Jordan's Glass Bead Games: Coltrane's Progeny , All About Jazz , August 16, 2007.
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
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