Results for "Taft Jordan"

Taft Jordan

Born: February 15, 1915

Mood Indigo

By Taft Jordan

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Lost in Meditation/ In a Sentimental Mood/ Mood Indigo/ Warm Valley/ Sophisticated Lady/ I Didn

Taft Jordan: Mood Indigo

by Derek Taylor
February 1, 2000

Metaphorically equating the Ellington Orchestra with the Amazon River is an easy prospect. The hundreds of players who passed through its ranks are as numerous as the tributaries that pour into the mighty South American waterway. Ellington’s skill at shaping and sculpting his sidemen into his monumental sound and vision is legendary and with good reason. ...