Masters from Different Worlds

Masters from Different Worlds
Masters from Different Worlds
Studio album by Clifford Jordan and Ran Blake featuring Julian Priester
Released	March 1, 1994
Recorded	December 26–30, 1989
Venue	Mapleshade Studios, Upper Marlboro, MD
Genre	Jazz
Length	67:27
Label	Mapleshade MS 01732
Producer	Fred Kaplan, Pierre Sprey
Clifford Jordan chronology
Ran Blake chronology

Masters from Different Worlds is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan and pianist Ran Blake with trombonist Julian Priester which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Mapleshade label in 1994.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Something to Live For"	Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn	9:34
2.	"A Touch of Evil"	Ran Blake	10:37
3.	"Arline"	Blake	9:25
4.	"Laura"	David Raksin, Johnny Mercer	2:49
5.	"Short Life of Barbara Monk"	Blake	8:04
6.	"Vanguard"	Blake	9:00
7.	"Julia"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	4:14
8.	"Wives and Lovers"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	4:45
9.	"Doug's Prelude"	Clifford Jordan	6:16
10.	"Mood Indigo"	Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills	2:43
Total length:			67:27

Personnel

Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 1–3, 6, 8 & 9)
Ran Blake – piano
Julian Priester – trombone (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
Windmill Saxophone Quartet: (tracks 2 & 8)
- Jesse Meman – alto saxophone
- Tom Monroe, Ken Plant – tenor saxophone
- Clayton Englar – baritone saxophone
Steve Williams – drums (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 10)
Alfredo Mojica – congas (track 2)
Claudia Polley – vocals (track 5 & 8)

References

^ Mapleshade Records catalog, accessed September 22, 2017
^ Jazzlists: Clifford Jordan discography, accessed September 22, 2017
^ Clifford Jordan leader entry, accessed September 22, 2017
^ Clifford Jordan catalog, accessed September 22, 2017
^ Ran Blake discography, accessed September 22, 2017
^ Ran Blake: Masters from Different Worlds – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

[1] Mapleshade Records catalog, accessed September 22, 2017

[2] Jazzlists: Clifford Jordan discography, accessed September 22, 2017

[3] Clifford Jordan leader entry, accessed September 22, 2017

[4] Clifford Jordan catalog, accessed September 22, 2017

[5] Ran Blake discography, accessed September 22, 2017

[AllMusic-6] Ran Blake: Masters from Different Worlds – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 22, 2017.

[Penguin-7] Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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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) Drink Plenty Water (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 (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)

Masters from Different Worlds

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