You Better Leave It Alone is a jazz composition by Clifford Jordan, performed by the Clifford Jordan Quartet. It appears on the 1962 album Bearcat, released on the Jazzland label. The track features Clifford Jordan on tenor sax, Cedar Walton on piano, Teddy Smith on bass, and J. C. Moses on drums. Bearcat is noted as one of Jordan’s early standout dates, blending bop with modernist sensibilities. The tune runs about 5 minutes and 57 seconds and sits squarely in the jazz genre, part of a set on the album that also includes Dear Old Chicago and The Middle Of The Block.
