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On Stage Vol. 3

live album by Clifford Jordan

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 26, 2025
Entity authorityQ17041303 ↗
Source-derived summary

On Stage Vol. 3 is a live album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in Holland in 1975 and first released on the SteepleChase label in 1979.

Reception

In his review on Allmusic, Scott Yanow notes that "This final installment of a 1975 concert in Amsterdam finds tenor saxophonist Clifford Jordan in fine form... Like the previous two volumes, this one is also recommended"

Track listing

All compositions by Cedar Walton except as indicated

"Seven Minds" (Sam Jones) - 13:19

"Shoulders" - 6:42

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Editorial summary

The public source identifies “On Stage Vol. 3” as live album by Clifford Jordan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Stage, live and album.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1975, 1979—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1979. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Stage, live and album providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “On Stage Vol. 3”, the useful work is to connect “live album by Clifford Jordan” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 26, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q17041303. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1975 and 1979.

Critical limits

Titles can refer to several editions, objects or performances, making precise identification essential before interpretation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

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  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “On Stage Vol. 3”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow On Stage Vol. 3 primary sources, On Stage Vol. 3 archive and Stage research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “On Stage Vol. 3” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.