Duke Jordan在现代的地位，和1961年这张专辑在美国发行时的地位，完全不可同日而语。在当时的美国，这位刚在去年以84高龄过世的钢琴手，完全没有受到重视：在这张专辑发行以前，乔丹只参与过两张专辑的录音、之后又在这张专辑录制时参与了另四张专辑的录音，接着完全消失长达十年。要不是欧洲爱乐者在日后许多查理．帕克和史坦．盖兹的杰出专辑中都不约而同找到乔丹的名字，重新发现了他在伴奏、写曲上优越的表现，让他的名字传回美国，邀请他在Steeple Chase灌录许多专辑，他可能就此被美国人遗忘。他在七、八十年代为欧洲唱片公司录的那些作品中，有许多都采用自己的作品，但其实因为版权顾虑，这些作品许多是他早期作品改了标题的。 　　Jordan was born in New York and raised in Brooklyn where he attended Boys High School.An imaginative and gifted pianist, Jordan was a regular member of Charlie Parker's quintet during 1947–48, which also featured Miles Davis. He participated in Parker's Dial sessions in late 1947 that produced "Dewey Square", "Bongo Bop", "Bird of Paradise", and the ballad "Embraceable You". These performances are featured on Charlie Parker on Dial. 　　Jordan had a long solo career from the mid-1950s onwards, although for a period in the mid-1960s he drove a taxi in New York. After periods accompanying Sonny Stitt and Stan Getz, he performed and recorded in the trio format. His most notable composition, "Jordu", became a jazz standard when trumpeter Clifford Brown adopted it into his repertoire.