Jordu – Max Roach – Drum Transcription (PDF)

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Jordu – Drum Transcription:

Jordu was written by Irving ‘Duke’ Jordan in 1953 and made famous by the Capitol recording of the 1954 album; Clifford Brown & Max Roach. Earlier, Duke Jordan had made a recording under the original name, Minor Escamp. The name Jordu is an anagram of the Authors name. Personnel on the Clifford Brown (trumpet) and Max Roach (drummer) album are; Harold Land on tenor saxophone, Richie Powell on piano and George Morrow on double bass. The recording of Jordu and the album itself are typical of the band’s Hardbop music style. In addition, the album is famous as one of the strongest studio albums up to that time (Ben Ratliff, New York Times). The standard became regularly played, as well as Daahoud and Joy Spring from the same album.

In 2017, I finished two university degrees at the Luca School Of Arts in Leuven, Belgium. My first degree is a master’s degree in drums and percussion. The second degree is a bachelor’s in jazz studies. As a part of graduating in jazz, I researched the link between four Max Roach drum solos and their jazz standard’s melody. I wrote the initial document in dutch, although, over time, I converted these to English. Here you can download the (free) PDF for the drum transcription of Jordu, one of the Max Roach drum solo’s I analysed. Below that, I will include a brief analysis of the drum solo. If you have any questions, send me a message on the contact page or leave a comment!

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