Firm Roots (Clifford Jordan album)

Firm Roots
Firm Roots
Studio album by Clifford Jordan & The Magic Triangle
Released	1975
Recorded	April 18, 1975
Studio	Trixi Ton, Munich, West Germany
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:48
Label	SteepleChase; SCS-1033
Producer	Nils Winther
Clifford Jordan chronology

Firm Roots is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in West Germany in 1975 and first released on the Danish SteepleChase label but also released in the US by Inner City.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

In his review on AllMusic, Ron Wynn called the album "One of Jordan's best releases with The Magic Triangle ensemble."^[3]

Track listing

"Firm Roots" (Cedar Walton) – 8:43
"Angel in the Night" (Billy Higgins) – 8:56
"Scorpio" (Sam Jones) – 3:50
"Bear Cat" (Clifford Jordan) – 4:49 Bonus track on CD reissue
"Inga" (Higgins) – 7:57
"Voices Deep Within Me" (Walton) – 6:28
"One for Amos" (Jones) – 8:27

Personnel

Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone; flute on "Angel in the Night"
Cedar Walton – piano
Sam Jones – bass
Billy Higgins – drums

References

^ Clifford Jordan discography accessed April 10, 2014
^ Fitzgerald, M., Clifford Jordan leader entry, accessed April 10, 2014
^ ^a ^b Wynn, Ron. Clifford Jordan & The Magic Triangle – Firm Roots: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 115. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 801. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

v t e Clifford Jordan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As 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)
With 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)
With 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)
With Lee Morgan	Here's Lee Morgan (1960) Expoobident (1960) Take Twelve (1962)
With Max Roach	Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961) It's Time (1962) Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)
With 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)
With 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)

v t e Cedar Walton
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Cedar! (1967) Spectrum (1968) The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969) Soul Cycle (1969) Breakthrough! (1972) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973) A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973) Firm Roots (1974) Pit Inn (1974) Mobius (1975) Eastern Rebellion (1976) The Pentagon (1975) Beyond Mobius (1976) Eastern Rebellion 2 (1977) First Set (1977) Second Set (1977) Third Set (1977) Animation (1978) Eastern Rebellion 3 (1979) Soundscapes (1980) The Maestro (1981) Piano Solos (1981) Heart & Soul (1982) Among Friends (1982) The All American Trio (1983) Eastern Rebellion 4 (1983) Cedar's Blues (1985) The Trio 1 (1985) The Trio 2 (1985) The Trio 3 (1985) Cedar Walton (1985) Bluesville Time (1985) Blues for Myself (1986) Cedar Walton Plays (1986) Duo (1990) Cedar Walton at Maybeck (1992) Manhattan Afternoon (1992) Composer (1996) Roots (1997) The Promise Land (2001) Latin Tinge (2002) Underground Memoirs (2005) Midnight Waltz (2005) One Flight Down (2006) Seasoned Wood (2008) Voices Deep Within (2009) The Bouncer (2011)
As sideman with Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers	Three Blind Mice (1961) Mosaic (1961) Buhaina's Delight (1961) Caravan (1962) Ugetsu (1963) Free for All (1964) Kyoto (1964) Indestructible (1964) Golden Boy (1964) Buhaina (1973) Anthenagin (1973)
With Art Farmer (or where stated), Benny Golson & The Jazztet	Take a Number from 1 to 10 (Golson, 1960–61) The Jazztet and John Lewis (The Jazztet, 1960–61) Big City Sounds (The Jazztet, 1961) The Jazztet at Birdhouse (The Jazztet, 1961) The Time and the Place (1967) The Art Farmer Quintet Plays the Great Jazz Hits (1967) Homecoming (1971) Yesterday's Thoughts (1975) To Duke with Love (1975) The Summer Knows (1976) Art Farmer Quintet at Boomers (1976) Voices All (The Jazztet, 1982)
With Eddie Harris	Cool Sax from Hollywood to Broadway (1964) The In Sound (1965) Mean Greens (1966) The Tender Storm (1966) Excursions (1966) How Can You Live Like That? (1976)
With Billy Higgins	Soweto (1979) The Soldier (1979) Once More (1980) Bridgework (1980–86) Billy Higgins Quintet (1993)
With Milt Jackson	Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art (1965) Born Free (1966) Milt Jackson and the Hip String Quartet (1968) Goodbye (1972–73) Olinga (1974)
With Etta James	Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday (1994) Time After Time (1995) 12 Songs of Christmas (1998) Blue Gardenia (2000–1)
With Clifford Jordan	Spellbound (1960) Starting Time (1961) Bearcat (1962) These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965) 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)
With Blue Mitchell	The Cup Bearers (1962) Boss Horn (1966) Stratosonic Nuances (1975) Summer Soft (1977)
With Houston Person	Chocomotive (1967) Trust in Me (1967) Blue Odyssey (1968) Broken Windows, Empty Hallways (1972) The Big Horn (1976) Very Personal (1980) Naturally (2012)
With others	God Bless Jug and Sonny (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Left Bank Encores (Gene Ammons & Sonny Stitt, 1973) Something for Lester (Ray Brown, 1977) Slow Drag (Donald Byrd, 1967) The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971–73) Somethin's Cookin' (Junior Cook, 1981) Broken Shadows (Ornette Coleman, 1971–72) Katumbo (Dance) (Johnny Coles, 1971) Giant Steps (John Coltrane, 1959) Up, Up and Away (Sonny Criss, 1967) The Beat Goes On! (Sonny Criss, 1968) This Is the Moment! (Kenny Dorham, 1958) Blue Spring (Kenny Dorham & Cannonball Adderley, 1959) It's All Right! (Teddy Edwards, 1967) Soul Trombone (Curtis Fuller, 1961) Smokin' (Curtis Fuller, 1972) Tangerine (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Generation (Dexter Gordon, 1972) Bush Dance (Johnny Griffin, 1978) Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985) The Quota (Jimmy Heath, 1961) Triple Threat (Jimmy Heath, 1962) Mode for Joe (Joe Henderson, 1966) Hub Cap (Freddie Hubbard, 1961) Here to Stay (Freddie Hubbard, 1962) The Body & the Soul (Freddie Hubbard,1963) Bolivia (Freddie Hubbard, 1991) Highway One (Bobby Hutcherson, 1978) Farewell Keystone (Bobby Hutcherson, 1982) Really Livin' (J.J. Johnson, 1959) J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1960) Save Your Love for Me (Etta Jones, 1986) Advance! (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Drum Song (Philly Joe Jones, 1978) Seven Minds (Sam Jones, 1974) Something in Common (Sam Jones, 1974–77) First Class Kloss! (Eric Kloss, 1967) Abbey Is Blue (Abbey Lincoln, 1959) Strings! (Pat Martino, 1967) From This Moment On! (Charles McPherson, 1968) Horizons (Charles McPherson, 1968) Caramba! (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Sixth Sense (Lee Morgan, 1968) The Mode (Sonny Red, 1961) Sonny Red (1971) Setting Standards (Woody Shaw, 1983) For Losers (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Kwanza (Archie Shepp, 1968–69) Now Is the Time (Idrees Sulieman, 1976) Goodbye Yesterday (Lucky Thompson, 1972) Concert: Friday the 13th – Cook County Jail (Lucky Thompson, 1972) I Offer You (Lucky Thompson, 1973) Another Story (Stanley Turrentine, 1969) Up Front (David Williams, 1986)

Firm Roots (Clifford Jordan album)

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