| Bearcat | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Clifford Jordan |
| Cover: | Bearcat (album).jpg |
| Released: | 1962 |
| Recorded: | December 28, 1961, January 10, 1962 New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 37:47 |
| Label: | Jazzland JLP 69 |
| Producer: | Orrin Keepnews |
| Chronology: | Clifford Jordan |
| Prev Title: | Starting Time |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
Bearcat is an album by jazz saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in late 1961 and early 1962 and released on the Jazzland label.[1]
Writing in the Chicago Tribune about the 1991 reissue, Jack Fuller stated: "For me hard bop is like the blues that you find at its core. I can always listen to it with pleasure. It is never monotonous, no matter how closely it hews to the norm. And when it is energetic and smiling, as it is on this reissue of a 1962 release by tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan backed by pianist Cedar Walton, it can almost always lift my spirits, too".[2] Scott Yanow stated in his review for Allmusic: "It would be 1973 before Jordan had another opportunity to be showcased in a quartet format, making this formerly rare set one of his best all-around recordings".[3]
All compositions by Clifford Jordan except as indicated