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Spellbound (Clifford Jordan album)

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Spellbound
Studio album by
Released1960
RecordedAugust 10, 1960
New York City
GenreJazz
Length39:55
LabelRiverside
RLP 340
ProducerCannonball Adderley
Clifford Jordan chronology
Cliff Craft
(1957)
Spellbound
(1960)
A Story Tale
(1961)

Spellbound is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1960 and released on the Riverside label.[1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings[3]

The Allmusic site awarded the album 4 stars with the review by Scott Yanow stating, "At this point, Jordan did not quite have the distinctive sound that he would develop in his period with Charles Mingus, but he was already a strong hard bop stylist... It's an excellent straight-ahead outing"[2]

Track listing

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All compositions by Clifford Jordan except as indicated

  1. "Toy" - 4:25
  2. "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn) - 5:15
  3. "Moon-A-Tic" - 4:41
  4. "Spellbound" - 5:54
  5. "Hot Water" - 5:06
  6. "Last Night When We Were Young" (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) - 6:30
  7. "Au Privave" (Charlie Parker) - 8:31

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Riverside Records discography accessed November 7, 2012
  2. ^ a b Yanow, S. Allmusic Review accessed November 7, 2012
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 800. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.