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1962 studio album by Clifford Jordan
Bearcat
Studio album by Clifford Jordan
Released1962
RecordedDecember 28, 1961, January 10, 1962
New York City
GenreJazz
Length37:47
LabelJazzland
JLP 69
ProducerOrrin Keepnews
Clifford Jordan chronology
Starting Time
(1961)
Bearcat
(1962)
These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly
(1965)

Bearcat is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in late 1961 and early 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat
Allmusic
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings

Writing in the Chicago Tribune about the 1991 reissue, Jack Fuller stated: "For me hard bop is like the blues that you find at its core. I can always listen to it with pleasure. It is never monotonous, no matter how closely it hews to the norm. And when it is energetic and smiling, as it is on this reissue of a 1962 release by tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan backed by pianist Cedar Walton, it can almost always lift my spirits, too". Scott Yanow stated in his review for Allmusic: "It would be 1973 before Jordan had another opportunity to be showcased in a quartet format, making this formerly rare set one of his best all-around recordings".

Track listing

All compositions by Clifford Jordan except as indicated

  1. "Bear Cat" - 4:56
  2. "Dear Old Chicago" - 5:30
  3. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 4:58
  4. "The Middle of the Block" - 4:59
  5. "You Better Leave It Alone" - 5:57
  6. "Malice Towards None" (Tom McIntosh) - 5:58
  7. "Out-House" - 5:29

Personnel

References

  1. Jazzland Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
  2. Down Beat:September 27, 1962 Vol. 29, No.25
  3. ^ Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 800. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  5. Fuller, J., Chicago Tribune Review, June 23, 1991
Clifford Jordan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As
leader or
co-leader
With
Art
Farmer
With
Charles
Mingus
With
Lee
Morgan
With
Max
Roach
With
Cedar
Walton
With
others
Cedar Walton
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As
leader
or
co-leader
As
sideman
with
Art Blakey
& The Jazz
Messengers
With
Art Farmer
(or where
stated),
Benny
Golson

&
The Jazztet
With
Eddie Harris
With
Billy Higgins
With
Milt Jackson
With
Etta James
With
Clifford
Jordan
With
Blue
Mitchell
With
Houston
Person
With
others
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