Inward Fire

Inward Fire
Inward Fire
Studio album by Clifford Jordan
Released	1978
Recorded	April 5, 1977
Studio	CI Recording Studios, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	44:06
Label	Muse; MR 5128
Producer	Franklin Fuentes and Charles Thomas
Clifford Jordan chronology

Inward Fire is an album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in New York City in 1977 and released on the Muse label.^[1]^[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[3]
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide	^[4]
DownBeat	^[5]

The Allmusic site rated the album with 4 stars.^[3]

DownBeat gave the release 4 stars.^[5] The review praised the album saying, "the skillful solo work and crisp rhythms by Louis Hayes, Richard Davis, and Azzedine Weston make this album well worth having".^[5]

Track listing

All compositions by Clifford Jordan except as indicated

"Inward Fire" - 6:40
"Abracadabra" - 6:41
"The Look" (Dizzy Reece) - 8:12
"Toy" - 6:08
"Buddy Bolden's Call" - 7:00
"Eat at Joe's" (Reece) - 9:25

Personnel

Clifford Jordan - tenor saxophone, flute
Dizzy Reece - trumpet
Howard Johnson - tuba
Pat Patrick - tenor saxophone, flute
Muhal Richard Abrams - piano
Jimmy Ponder - guitar
Richard Davis - bass
Louis Hayes, Grover Everette - drums
Azzedine Weston - congas
Donna Jewel Jordan (track 2), Joe Lee Wilson (track 5) - vocals

References

^ Clifford Jordan discography accessed April 11, 2014
^ Fitzgerald, M., Clifford Jordan leader entry, accessed April 11, 2014
^ ^a ^b Clifford Jordan – Inward Fire at AllMusic. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 115. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
^ ^a ^b ^c Birnbaum, Larry (May 3, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat. 46 (9): 28–29.

[1] Clifford Jordan discography accessed April 11, 2014

[2] Fitzgerald, M., Clifford Jordan leader entry, accessed April 11, 2014

[Allmusic-3] Clifford Jordan – Inward Fire at AllMusic. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

[RSJRG-4] Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 115. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.

[:0-5] Birnbaum, Larry (May 3, 1979). "Record Reviews". DownBeat. 46 (9): 28–29.

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v t e Clifford Jordan
Year(s) indicated are for the recording(s), not first release.
As 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)

v t e Dizzy Reece
Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
As leader or co-leader	Blues in Trinity (1958) Star Bright (1959) Comin' On! (1960) Soundin' Off (1960) Asia Minor (1962) From In to Out (1970) Blowin' Away (with Ted Curson, 1978) Manhattan Project (1978)
With others	Suite Sixteen (Victor Feldman, 1955) The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (1968) A Day in Copenhagen (Dexter Gordon, 1969) Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969) Round Midnight (Philly Joe Jones, 1969) Inward Fire (Clifford Jordan, 1977) Play What You Feel (Clifford Jordan, 1990) Down Through the Years (Clifford Jordan, 1991) Flight to Jordan (Duke Jordan, 1960) The Flip (Hank Mobley, 1969)