Flight to Jordan Dark Entries open minded but stubborn at

open minded but stubborn at the right times

Initially released on Concord Records on CD in 1988

Hearing him craft entire sound worlds on these eight selections gives us an opportunity to really see how Parker orders sound

sometimes creating an interlocking rhythmic lattice (part of a technique they’ve dubbed the “Say She She sigh”)

Flight to Jordan Dark Entries open minded but stubborn atDuke Jordan was on the front lines of the bebop revolution as the pianist in Charlie Parkers quintet and later recorded his sole Blue Note album Flight To Jordan in 1960, an exemplar hard bop date featuring Dizzy Reece on trumpet, Stanley Turrentine on sax, Reggie Workman on bass, and Art Taylor on drums. This stereo Tone Poet Vinyl Edition was produced by Joe Harley, mastered by Kevin Gray from the original analog master tapes, pressed on 180g vinyl