Incoming-Glass Bead Games Clifford Jordan Glass Bead Games by Clifford Jordan is an important record in the Strata-East catalog. That has long been so. It is still sought after today in spite of increasingly high prices. If not among the rarest of the Strata-East records, it is certainly one of the most desirable. Even at a price, you obviously have to contend with playing condition issues if you are planning to purchase what is now a 45 year old record.   The album consists of two records, with different quartets, and draws from the spiritual jazz canon. Reviews almost always... Read More

  I’ve always loved the blues. Don’t know when I first heard a blues song, but I identified with it immediately. As a youngster, I listened to delta blues, psych-blues from England, Texas blues and modern reinterpretations from bands like The Allman Brothers. But the Chicago “electric blues” holds a special place for me. It took the basic elements of rural blues and added something gritty, dynamic and edgy. It also became the foundation for a rediscovery of blues by so many notable artists from the UK in the ’60s. Guitarists like Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page and bands... Read More