Taft Jordan
Taft Jordan | |
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Taft Jordan performs at the Aquarium in New York in November 1946. | |
Background information | |
Born | (1915-02-15)February 15, 1915 Florence, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | December 1, 1981(1981-12-01) (aged 66) New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation | Musician |
Instrument | Trumpet |
Years active | 1933–1981 |
Labels | Mercury |
Taft Jordan (February 15, 1915 – December 1, 1981)[1] was an American jazz trumpeter.
Life and career
He was born in Florence, South Carolina, United States.[1] Jordan played early in his career with the Washboard Rhythm Kings, before becoming a member of Chick Webb's orchestra from 1933 to 1942, remaining after Ella Fitzgerald became its leader.[1] Jordan and Bobby Stark traded duties as the main trumpet soloist in Webb's orchestra. From 1943 to 1947, he played with Duke Ellington,[1] then with Lucille Dixon at the Savannah Club in New York City from 1949 to 1953. After this he played less often, though he toured with Benny Goodman in 1958, played on Miles Davis's Sketches of Spain, and worked with the New York Jazz Repertory Company.[1] He recorded four tunes as a leader in 1935, and led his own band in 1960–61 when he recorded albums for Mercury, Aamco Records, and Swingville.
Discography
As leader
- Skin Tight and Cymbal Wise! with Vic Dickenson, Arvell Shaw, Budd Johnson (Columbia, 1958) – originally billed as The International Jazz Group & reissued as The International Jazz Group Vol. 1 (Disques Swing, 1985)
- The Moods of Taft Jordan (Mercury, 1959)
- Rockin' in Rhythm with Al Sears and Hilton Jefferson (Swingville, 1960)
- Mood Indigo!!! Taft Jordan Plays Duke Ellington (Moodsville, 1961)
As sideman
With Ella Fitzgerald
- Rhythm Is My Business (Verve, 1962)
- Newport Jazz Festival: Live at Carnegie Hall (Columbia, 1973)
- Live from the Roseland Ballroom New York 1940 (Sunbeam, 1974)
- Ella Sings, Chick Swings (Olympic, 1974)
With others
- Louis Armstrong, I Love Jazz! (Decca, 1962) – one track only + alternate take on some issues (recorded 1954)
- Eddie Barefield, Eddie Barefield (RCA, 1974)
- Eugenie Baird, Eugenie Baird Sings, Duke's Boys Play Ellington (Design, 1959)
- Big Maybelle, The Okeh Sessions (Epic, 1983)
- Ruth Brown, Ruth Brown (Atlantic, 1957)
- Al "Jazzbo" Collins, Presents Swinging at the Opera (Everest, 1960)
- Miles Davis, Miles Ahead (Columbia, 1958)
- Miles Davis, Sketches of Spain (Columbia, 1960)
- Duke Ellington, The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944 (Prestige, 1977)
- Duke Ellington, The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946 (Prestige, 1977)
- Slim Gaillard, Opera in Vout (Verve, 1982)
- Dizzy Gillespie, Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955)
- Johnny Hodges, Ellingtonia! (Onyx, 1974)
- Geoff Muldaur, Is Having a Wonderful Time (Reprise, 1975)
- Red Prysock, Swing Softly Red (Mercury, 1961)
- George Rhodes, Porgy and Bess (AAMCO, 1959)
- Dakota Staton, Time to Swing (Capitol, 1959)
- Rex Stewart, Henderson Homecoming (United Artists, 1959)
- Chick Webb, Webb on the Air (Trip, 1970)
References
- Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1325. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
- General references
- Scott Yanow, Taft Jordan at AllMusic
External links
- Taft Jordan recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
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- Harlem Jazz, 1930
- Ellingtonia, Vol. One
- Ellingtonia, Vol. Two
- Braggin' in Brass: The Immortal 1938 Year
- The Blanton–Webster Band
- Never No Lament: The Blanton-Webster Band
- Smoke Rings
- Liberian Suite
- Great Times!
- Masterpieces by Ellington
- Ellington Uptown
- The Duke Plays Ellington
- Ellington '55
- Dance to the Duke!
- Ellington Showcase
- Historically Speaking
- Duke Ellington Presents...
- The Complete Porgy and Bess
- A Drum Is a Woman
- Studio Sessions, Chicago 1956
- Such Sweet Thunder
- Studio Sessions 1957 & 1962
- Ellington Indigos
- Black, Brown and Beige
- Duke Ellington at the Bal Masque
- The Cosmic Scene
- Happy Reunion
- Jazz Party
- Anatomy of a Murder
- Festival Session
- Blues in Orbit
- The Nutcracker Suite
- Piano in the Background
- Swinging Suites by Edward E. and Edward G.
- Unknown Session
- Piano in the Foreground
- Paris Blues
- Featuring Paul Gonsalves
- Midnight in Paris
- Studio Sessions, New York 1962
- Afro-Bossa
- The Symphonic Ellington
- Duke Ellington's Jazz Violin Session
- Studio Sessions New York 1963
- My People
- Ellington '65
- Duke Ellington Plays Mary Poppins
- Ellington '66
- Concert in the Virgin Islands
- The Popular Duke Ellington
- Far East Suite
- The Jaywalker
- Studio Sessions, 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, San Francisco, Chicago, New York
- ...And His Mother Called Him Bill
- Second Sacred Concert
- Studio Sessions New York, 1968
- Latin American Suite
- The Pianist
- New Orleans Suite
- Orchestral Works
- The Suites, New York 1968 & 1970
- The Intimacy of the Blues
- The Afro-Eurasian Eclipse
- Studio Sessions New York & Chicago, 1965, 1966 & 1971
- The Intimate Ellington
- The Ellington Suites
- This One's for Blanton!
- Up in Duke's Workshop
- Duke's Big 4
- Mood Ellington
- Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live
- Black, Brown, and Beige
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1943
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1944
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: January 1946
- The Carnegie Hall Concerts: December 1947
- Ellington at Newport
- Dance Concerts, California 1958
- Dance Dates, California 1958
- Newport 1958
- Jazz at the Plaza Vol. II
- Duke Ellington at the Alhambra
- Live at the Blue Note
- Hot Summer Dance
- The Great Paris Concert
- A Concert of Sacred Music
- In the Uncommon Market
- Soul Call
- Yale Concert
- 70th Birthday Concert
- Togo Brava Suite
- Live at the Whitney
- Third Sacred Concert
- Eastbourne Performance
- Blue Rose
- Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Duke Ellington Song Book
- Side by Side
- Back to Back
- The Great Summit
- First Time! The Count Meets the Duke
- Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins
- Money Jungle
- Duke Ellington & John Coltrane
- Serenade to Sweden
- Ella at Duke's Place
- The Stockholm Concert, 1966
- Ella and Duke at the Cote D'Azur
- Francis A. & Edward K.
- It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
- "African Flower"
- "All Too Soon"
- "Azure"
- "Black and Tan Fantasy"
- "Black, Brown and Beige"
- "C Jam Blues"
- "Come Sunday"
- "Cotton Tail"
- "Creole Love Call"
- "Day Dream"
- "Diminuendo and Crescendo in Blue"
- "Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me"
- "Don't Get Around Much Anymore"
- "Drop Me Off in Harlem"
- "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo"
- "Echoes of Harlem"
- "Everything but You"
- "I Ain't Got Nothin' but the Blues"
- "I Didn't Know About You"
- "I Got It Bad (and That Ain't Good)"
- "I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart"
- "I'm Beginning to See the Light"
- "I'm Just a Lucky So-and-So"
- "In a Mellow Tone"
- "In a Sentimental Mood"
- "It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)"
- "Just A-Sittin' and A-Rockin'"
- "Just Squeeze Me (But Please Don't Tease Me)"
- "The Mooche"
- "Mood Indigo"
- " Prelude to a Kiss"
- "Rocks in My Bed"
- "(In My) Solitude"
- "Sophisticated Lady"
- Queenie Pie (unfinished opera)
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