JORDAN, CLIFFORD LACONIA

JORDAN, CLIFFORD LACONIA. Jazz saxophonist (2 September 1931 in Chicago, Illinois). He played piano as a child and studied saxophone beginning at the age of thirteen. He obtained his musical education in the public schools of Chicago, Illinois, where he came under the influence of Walter Dyett at DuSable High School. He began his professional career playing with local jazz and rhythm n blues groups. During the 1950s he played with various groups, including Max Roach, Edward (Sonny...