Duke Jordan

Irving Sidney "Duke" Jordan (April 1, 1922 – August 8, 2006) was an American jazz pianist.

Biography
Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School. An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of Charlie Parker's quintet during 1947–48, which also featured Miles Davis. He participated in Parker's Dial sessions in late 1947 that produced "Dewey Square", "Bongo Bop", "Bird of Paradise", and the ballad "Embraceable You". These performances are featured on Charlie Parker on Dial.

Jordan had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards, although for a period in the mid-1960s he drove a taxi in New York. After periods accompanying Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz, he performed and recorded in the trio format. His composition, "Jordu", became a jazz standard when trumpeter Clifford Brown adopted it into his repertoire. Another of his compositions, "No Problem", has been recorded several times, notably by Art Blakey, under the title "No Hay Problema", and Chet Baker as well as others.

Beginning in 1978, he lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, having recorded an extensive sequence of albums for the SteepleChase label; his first record date for the company was in 1973. He was reported not to have changed his style over the course of his career.

From 1952 to 1962, he was married to the jazz singer Sheila Jordan. Their union produced a daughter, Tracey J. Jordan. He died in Valby, Copenhagen.

As leader/co-leader
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As sideman
With Gene Ammons With Ernestine Anderson With Chet Baker With Paul Bascomb With Eddie Bert With Art Blakey With Tina Brooks With Kenny Burrell With Joe Carroll With Teddy Edwards With Rolf Ericson With Art Farmer With Stan Getz With Gigi Gryce With Coleman Hawkins With Joe Holiday With Howard McGhee With Charles McPherson With Barry Miles With Sam Most With Charlie Parker With Cecil Payne With Oscar Pettiford With Doug Raney With Dizzy Reece With Louis Smith With Sonny Stitt With Clark Terry With Doug Watkins With Julius Watkins With Barney Wilen With Teddy Williams With The Birdlanders Various
 * Blues Up and Down, Vol. 1 (Prestige PR 7823)
 * The Happy Blues (1956, Prestige PRLP 7039)
 * All Star Sessions (1956 Prestige PRLP 7050)
 * It's Time for Ernestine (Metronome (Swd))
 * No Problem (SteepleChase, 1979)
 * Bad Bascomb (Delmark DL 431)
 * Eddie Bert (Discovery DL 3024)
 * Eddie Bert Quintet (Discovery DL 3020)
 * Les Liaisons Dangereuses 1960 (Fontana, 1959 – Original Soundtrack with Barney Wilen)
 * True Blue (Blue Note, 1960, BLP 4041, CDP 7243 8 28975-2)
 * Blue Lights Two volumes, (Blue Note 1958, BLP 1596 and BLP 1597)
 * Swingin' (Blue Note, 1956 [rel. 1980])
 * Joe Carroll (Charlie Parker CP 201)
 * The Inimitable Teddy Edwards (Xanadu 134)
 * Rolf Ericson and his American All Stars (Metronome (Swd) JMLP 2–105, EmArcy MG 36106)
 * Art Farmer Quintet featuring Gigi Gryce (Prestige, 1955)
 * Duke Ellington 25th Anniversary Concert (FDC (It) 1005)
 * Getz Age (Roost RLP 2258)
 * Hooray for Stan Getz (Session Disc 108)
 * Move! (Natasha Imports 4005)
 * Sweetie Pie (Philology (It) W 40-2)
 * The Complete Roost Recordings (Roost CDP 7243 8 59622-2)
 * Stan Getz Plays (Norgran, 1952)
 * Stan Getz Quartet (Queen Disc (It) Q 013)
 * Live at Carnegie Hall (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1003)
 * Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 1 (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1014)
 * Live at the Hi-Hat 1953, Vol. 2 (Fresh Sound (Sp) FSCD 1015)
 * That Top Tenor Technician Stan Getz (Alto AL 704)
 * Doin' the Gigi (Uptown, 2011)
 * Coleman Hawkins and His Orchestra (Decca 27853)
 * Holiday for Jazz (Decca DL 8487)
 * The Return of Howard McGhee (Bethlehem BCP 42)
 * Beautiful! (Xanadu 115)
 * Miles of Genius (Charlie Parker PLP 804)
 * Mostly Flute (Xanadu 133)
 * Complete Charlie Parker on Dial, Charlie Parker on Dial (Jazz Classics, Spotlite)
 * Patterns of Jazz (Savoy, 1956)
 * Bird Gets The Worm (Muse, 1976)
 * Shaw 'Nuff (Charlie Parker PLP 506)
 * The Connection (Charlie Parker PLP 806)
 * Cecil Payne Performing Charlie Parker Music (Charlie Parker PLP 801)
 * Cecil Payne Quartet and Quintet (Signal S 1203)
 * Oscar Pettiford (Bethlehem, 1954)
 * Introducing Doug Raney (SteepleChase, 1977)
 * Comin' On! (Blue Note, 1960 [1999])
 * Here Comes Louis Smith (Blue Note BLP 1584)
 * Stitt's Bits (Prestige 1958 [1950], PRLP 7133)
 * Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Atlantic 1963 [1962], SD 1395)
 * The Champ (Muse 1974 [1973], MR 5023)
 * Live at the Wichita Jazz Festival (Vanguard 1974, VSD 79355)
 * Watkins at Large (Transition TRLP 20)
 * Julius Watkins Sextet (Blue Note CDP 7243 4 95749-2)
 * Barney (RCA (F) 430053)
 * Un Temoin dans la Ville (Fontana (F) 660 226-MR)
 * Touch of the Blues c/w Dumb Woman Blues (Prestige 715)
 * The Birdlanders, Vol. 1 (Period SPL 1211)
 * The Birdlanders, Vol. 2 (Period SPL 1212)
 * The Birdlanders, Vol. 3 (Period SPL 1213)
 * Various Artists  Birds Night: A Night at the Five Spot (Signal S 1204) Savoy (1958) (Savoy Jazz 2 LPs Celebration of Music of Charlie Parker)
 * Various Artists International Jam Sessions (Xanadu 122)
 * Various Artists Lestorian Mode (Savoy MG 12105)
 * Various Artists The Piano Players (Xanadu 171)
 * Various Artists Birdology vols. 1&2 (Birdology, Verve 1990 CDs)