East and West of Jazz (Remastered) Duke Jordan & Sadik Hakim

• 1 Impulse 05:27
• 2 Gabriel 03:20
• 3 Buch's Blues 02:38
• 4 Goodies For The Goodies 05:49
• 5 Little Lou 02:41
• 6 Yes, He's Gone 03:46
• 7 Dexterity 03:57
• 8 I'm Gonna Learn Your Style 04:43
• 9 Like Church 04:56
• 10 Tall Grass 03:15
• Total Runtime 40:32

Info for East and West of Jazz (Remastered)

"This album from the long-defunct Charlie Parker label features two unrelated sessions cut on the same day. Pianist Duke Jordan teams up in a quintet with trumpeter Johnny Coles, baritonist Cecil Payne, bassist Wendell Marshall and drummer Walter Bolden for Parker's "Dexterity," a couple of real obscurities, and originals by Payne and Jordan; the latter's "Tall Grass" shows the influence of folk music. The other set showcases pianist Sadik Hakim on five of his compositions (two of which were greatly influenced by his interest in the music of the Near East) in a quartet with guitarist Eddie Wright, bassist Lloyd Buchanan and drummer Kalil Madi. An interesting (if not all that significant) release that promises to be difficult to find." (Scott Yanow, AMG)

Duke Jordan, piano
Sadik Hakim, piano
Cecil Payne, baritone saxophone
Lloyd Buchann, double bass
Wendell Marshall, double bass
Kalil Madi, drums
Walter Bolden, drums
Eddie Wright, guitar
Johnny Coles, trumpet

Recorded February 22, 1962, New York City
< Produced by Aubrey Mayhew

Digitally remastered

Duke Jordan
Although he had a long career, Duke Jordan will always be best known for being pianist with Charlie Parker’s classic 1947 quintet. A little earlier, he worked with the Savoy Sultans, Coleman Hawkins, and the Roy Eldridge big band (1946). After his year with Parker (his piano introductions to such songs as “Embraceable You” were classic), Jordan worked with the Sonny Stitt/Gene Ammons quintet (1950-1951) and Stan Getz (1949 and 1952-1953). He started recording as a leader in 1954, debuting his most famous composition, “Jor-Du,” the following year. Although he worked steadily during the next few decades (writing part of the soundtrack for the French film Les Liaisons Dangereuses), Jordan was in obscurity until he began recording on a regular basis for Steeplechase in 1973. Duke Jordan, who was married for a time to the talented jazz singer Sheila Jordan, lived in Denmark from 1978 until his death on August 8, 2006. He recorded through the years for Prestige, Savoy, Blue Note, Charlie Parker Records, Muse, Spotlite, and Steeplechase. (Scott Yanow, AMG)

Sadik Hakim
Argonne Thornton (who in the late '40s changed his name to Sadik Hakim) had a particularly unusual boppish style in the '40s, playing dissonant lines, using repetition to build suspense, and certainly standing out from the many Bud Powell impressionists. Later in his career his playing became more conventional. Hakim originally studied music with his grandfather and started performing at local gigs in Minnesota. After a period in Chicago, he was heard by Ben Webster, who hired him to play with his group in New York (1944-1945). Hakim recorded with Webster and Dexter Gordon, was on part of Charlie Parker's famous "Ko Ko" session, and gigged regularly with Lester Young during 1946-1948, appearing on many recordings with Pres. After playing with Slam Stewart in 1949, in the 1950s Hakim worked fairly regularly with James Moody (1951-1954) and Buddy Tate's Orchestra (1956-1960) but never became too well known himself. Later in life he lived for a period in Montreal (the second half of the 1960s), performed in Europe often, and toured Japan (1979-1980). Other than sharing an album for the Charlie Parker label with fellow pianist Duke Jordan in 1962, Hakim did not record as a leader until 1973; during the next seven years he would lead dates for CBC, Japanese Progressive, SteepleChase, and finally in 1980 for Storyville. (Scott Yanow, AMG)

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