Release date: 29-09-2005 (originally released in 1957)

2005 limited 7-Track vinyl edition. Pressing on 180-gram audiophile vinyl high-definition pressing for super fidelity - One of Jordan's best releases with The Magic Triangle ensemble of Cedar Walton (p), Sam Jones (b), and Billy Higgins (d) - Sealed in originaly artwork sleelve.

Tracks:
01 Firm Roots
02 Angel in the Night
03 Scorpio
04 Bear Cat (Take 3)
05 Inga
06 Voices Deep Within Me
07 One for Amos

Personnel:
Clifford Jordan - Flute, Sax (Tenor), Main Performer
Billy Higgins - Drums
Sam Jones - Bass
Cedar Walton - Piano

Clifford Jordan was a fine inside/outside player who somehow held his own with Eric Dolphy in the 1964 Charles Mingus Sextet. Jordan had his own sound on tenor almost from the start. He gigged around Chicago with Max Roach, Sonny Stitt, and some R&B groups before moving to New York in 1957. Jordan immediately made a strong impression, leading three albums for Blue Note (including a meeting with fellow tenor John Gilmore) and touring with Horace Silver (1957-1958), J.J. Johnson (1959-1960), Kenny Dorham (1961-1962), and Max Roach (1962-1964). After performing in Europe with Mingus and Dolphy, Jordan worked mostly as a leader but tended to be overlooked since he was not overly influential or a pacesetter in the avant-garde. A reliable player, Clifford Jordan toured Europe several times, was in a quartet headed by Cedar Walton in 1974-1975, and during his last years, led a big band. He recorded as a leader for Blue Note, Riverside, Jazzland, Atlantic (a little-known album of Leadbelly tunes), Vortex, Strata-East, Muse, SteepleChase, Criss Cross, Bee Hive, DIW, Milestone, and Mapleshade.