Glass Bead Games is a double album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1973 and released on the Strata-East label.Clifford Jordan discography accessed April 9, 2014 The album was re-released on CD as part of The Complete Clifford Jordan Strata-East Sessions by Mosaic Records in 2013.Mosaic Records website, accessed April 9, 2014
Reception
The AllMusic review by Ken Dryden stated, "Clifford Jordan's two volumes of sessions under the title Glass Bead Games have long been heralded as some of the most important work of his career."Dryden, K. AllMusic Review accessed April 9, 2014 Writing for All About Jazz, Samuel Chell enthused "To call the playing 'remarkable' is to do it an injustice: rather, it's exemplary as a record of one instance of tapping into and then realizing the potential of the vast energy field that is human consciousness."Chell, S., Clifford Jordan's Glass Bead Games: Coltrane's Progeny, All About Jazz, August 16, 2007.
Track listing All compositions by Clifford Jordan except where noted. "Powerful Paul Robeson" – 5:42 "Glass Bead Games" – 4:36 "Prayer to the People" – 4:16 "Cal Massey" (Stanley Cowell) – 2:42 "John Coltrane" (Bill Lee, Clifton Lee) – 6:48 "Eddie Harris" (Lee) – 4:19 "Biskit" (Lee) – 5:28 "Shoulders" (Cedar Walton) – 5:19 "Bridgework" (Walton) – 3:47 "Maimoun" (Cowell) – 5:40 "Alias Buster Henry" – 8:16 (Billy Higgins) "One for Amos" – 6:47 (Sam Jones)
Personnel Clifford Jordan – tenor saxophone Stanley Cowell (tracks 1, 4–7, 10 & 11), Cedar Walton (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 & 12) – piano Bill Lee (tracks 1, 4–7, 10 & 11), Sam Jones (tracks 2, 3, 8, 9 & 12) – bass Billy Higgins – drums, percussion
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