Duke Jordan

Biography

Irving Sidney Jordan, 1 April 1922, New York City, New York, USA, d. 8 August 2006, Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark. After studying classical music, Jordan played piano in a number of swing era bands, including Al Cooper’s Savoy Sultans. In the mid-40s, he became involved in bebop, playing with Charlie Parker (in a line-up featuring Miles Davis and Max Roach) and others. Later in the decade and in the early 50s Jordan played in bands led by Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz and thereafter led his own... Read more

Genres

Foreign Films Jazz

Tags

jazz

jazz piano

piano

bebop

hard bop

bop

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