Masters from Different Worlds

1994 studio album by Clifford Jordan and Ran Blake featuring Julian Priester

Masters from Different Worlds

Studio album by

Clifford Jordan and Ran Blake featuring Julian Priester

Released| March 1, 1994
Recorded| December 26–30, 1989
Venue| Mapleshade Studios, Upper Marlboro, MD
Genre| Jazz
Length| 67:27
Label| Mapleshade MS 01732
Producer| Fred Kaplan, Pierre Sprey
Clifford Jordan chronology
| Blue Head
(1990)  | Masters from Different Worlds
(1994)  | Four Play
(1990)

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Ran Blake chronology
| You Stepped Out of a Cloud
(1989)  | Masters from Different Worlds
(1989)  | That Certain Feeling
(1991)

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Masters from Different Worlds is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan and pianist Ran Blake with trombonist Julian Priester which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Mapleshade label in 1994.[1][2][3][4][5]

Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
AllMusic| [6]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings| [7]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Something to Live For"| Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn| 9:34
2.| "A Touch of Evil"| Ran Blake| 10:37
3.| "Arline"| Blake| 9:25
4.| "Laura"| David Raksin, Johnny Mercer| 2:49
5.| "Short Life of Barbara Monk"| Blake| 8:04
6.| "Vanguard"| Blake| 9:00
7.| "Julia"| John Lennon, Paul McCartney| 4:14
8.| "Wives and Lovers"| Burt Bacharach, Hal David| 4:45
9.| "Doug's Prelude"| Clifford Jordan| 6:16
10.| "Mood Indigo"| Ellington, Barney Bigard, Irving Mills| 2:43
Total length:| 67:27

## Personnel

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* Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone (tracks 1–3, 6, 8 & 9)
* Ran Blake – piano
* Julian Priester – trombone (tracks 2, 3 & 5)
* Windmill Saxophone Quartet: (tracks 2 & 8)
* Jesse Meman – alto saxophone
* Tom Monroe, Ken Plant – tenor saxophone
* Clayton Englar – baritone saxophone
* Steve Williams – drums (tracks 2, 4, 5 & 10)
* Alfredo Mojica – congas (track 2)
* Claudia Polley – vocals (track 5 & 8)

## References

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1. ^ Mapleshade Records catalog, accessed September 22, 2017
2. ^ Jazzlists: Clifford Jordan discography, accessed September 22, 2017
3. ^ Clifford Jordan leader entry, accessed September 22, 2017
4. ^ Clifford Jordan catalog, accessed September 22, 2017
5. ^ Ran Blake discography, accessed September 22, 2017
6. ^ Ran Blake: Masters from Different Worlds – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
7. ^ Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (9th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 130\. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0.

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Clifford Jordan

Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.

leader or
co-leader|

* Blowing in from Chicago (1957)
* Cliff Jordan (1957)
* Jenkins, Jordan and Timmons (1957)
* Cliff Craft (1957)
* Spellbound (1960)
* A Story Tale (1961)
* Starting Time (1961)
* Bearcat (1962)
* These are My Roots: Clifford Jordan Plays Leadbelly (1965)
* Soul Fountain (1966)
* In the World (1969)
* Glass Bead Games (1973)
* Half Note (1974)
* Drink Plenty Water (1974)
* Night of the Mark VII (aka, The Highest Mountain, Muse, 1975)
* On Stage Vol. 1 (1975)
* On Stage Vol. 2 (1975)
* On Stage Vol. 3 (1975)
* Firm Roots (1975)
* The Highest Mountain (SteepleChase, 1975)
* Remembering Me-Me (1976)
* Inward Fire (1977)
* The Adventurer (1978)
* Hello, Hank Jones (1978)
* Hyde Park After Dark (1981)
* Repetition (1984)
* Dr. Chicago (1984)
* Two Tenor Winner (1984)
* The Rotterdam Session (1985)
* Royal Ballads (1986)
* Live at Ethell's (1987)
* Masters from Different Worlds (1989)
* Four Play (1990)
* The Mellow Side of Clifford Jordan (1989–91)
* Play What You Feel (1990)
* Down Through the Years (1991)

With
Art
Farmer|

* Mirage (1982)
* You Make Me Smile (1984)
* Something to Live For: The Music of Billy Strayhorn (1987)
* Blame It on My Youth (1988)
* Ph.D. (1989)

With
Charles
Mingus|

* Cornell 1964 (March 1964)
* Town Hall Concert (April 1964)
* Astral Weeks (April 1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume I (April 1964)
* Mingus in Europe Volume II (April 1964)
* Right Now: Live at the Jazz Workshop (June 1964)

With
Lee
Morgan|

* Here's Lee Morgan (1960)
* Expoobident (1960)
* Take Twelve (1962)

With
Max
Roach|

* Percussion Bitter Sweet (1961)
* It's Time (1962)
* Speak, Brother, Speak! (1962)

With
Cedar
Walton|

* Spectrum (1968)
* The Electric Boogaloo Song (1969)
* A Night at Boomers, Vol. 1 (1973)
* A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (1973)
* The Pentagon (1976)

With
others|

* Paul Chambers Quintet (1957)
* Sonny Clark Quintets/My Conception (1957)
* Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Richard Davis, 1972)
* Dealin' (Richard Davis, 1973)
* Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
* Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
* To Bird with Love (Dizzy Gillespie, 1992)
* Roots (Slide Hampton, 1985)
* Luminous (John Hicks and Elise Wood, 1985)
* Shades (Andrew Hill, 1986)
* J.J. Inc. (J.J. Johnson, 1961)
* Con Alma! (Charles McPherson, 1965)
* Any Old Time (Carmen McRae, 1986)
* Carmen Sings Monk (Carmen McRae, 1988)
* Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 1 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
* Live at the Theatre Boulogne-Billancourt/Paris, Vol. 2 (Mingus Dynasty, 1988)
* Pony's Express (Pony Poindexter, 1962)
* Manhattan Project (Dizzy Reece, 1976)
* The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Sahib Shihab, 1957)
* Further Explorations (Horace Silver, 1958)
* Music Inc. (Charles Tolliver, 1970)
* What It Is (Mal Waldron, 1981)
* Money in the Pocket (Joe Zawinul, 1967)

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Ran Blake

Years given are for the recording(s), not first release, unless stated otherwise.

Albums|

* The Newest Sound Around (with Jeanne Lee, 1961)
* Ran Blake Plays Solo Piano (1965)
* The Blue Potato and Other Outrages... (1969)
* Breakthru (1975)
* Wende (1976)
* Improvisations (with Jaki Byard, 1981)
* Duke Dreams (1981)
* Suffield Gothic (1983)
* Painted Rhythms: The Compleat Ran Blake, Volume 1 (1985)
* Painted Rhythms: The Compleat Ran Blake, Volume 2 (1985)
* Short Life of Barbara Monk (1986)
* A Memory of Vienna (with Anthony Braxton, 1988)
* Masters from Different Worlds (with Clifford Jordan and Julian Priester, 1989)
* Epistrophy (1991)
* Unmarked Van: A Tribute to Sarah Vaughan (1994)
* All That Is Tied (2005)
* Driftwoods (2008)

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