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Jordon Dixon

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saxophonist Jordon Dixon continues to stay hungry, humble and disciplined in his musical quest.

About Me

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Saxophonist Jordon Dixon grew up in a very musical family. He started his musical path at the age of 12. By the age of 15 he was sitting in at Local bars and clubs, while continuously honing his raw talent. In the summer of 2002 at the age of 19, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps as a Marine Musician. After 11 years of honorable service to the nation, he moved to the Washington D.C. area to play and study music with some of the best musicians and instructors on the planet, and here is where he currently resides. Jordon Dixon has played with some of the finest musicians in the world, but continues to stay hungry, humble and disciplined in his musical quest.

As a member of “The Few, The Proud, The Marines,” Jordan Dixon of the University of the District of Columbia Jazz Ensemble has already made waves. With his debut CD “A Conversation among Friends,” the tenor saxophonist has served notice he is a musician and composer deserving wider recognition. Allyn Johnson, director of jazz studies at the University of the District of Columbia, is the pianist on the CD along with bandmates Steve Novosel, bass, Nasar Abadey, drums, and J.S. Williams, trumpet. Highlights include Dixon’s bold, raw, bluesy tenor sax riffs on tunes like “Wayward Warrior,” an intriguing lilting jam spurred by Johnson’s rippling runs and Abadey’s splashing drum work. “Hospital Honors” rips and roars with Dixon’s spearing sax lines, and “What You’ve Done for Me (A Ballad for Mr. Gulley)” is in the best of the sax man’s ballad tradition. ​ Steve Monroe of www.jazzavenues.com ​Link: http://www.capitalcommunitynews.com/content/jazz-avenues- 40

“Jordon Dixon brings a level of soul to his music that is rarely seen in a player his age. You can hear it in his sound and feel it as a listener.” Jordy Freed of DL Media Music ​ “Dixon’s tenor saxophone has a low, dark-hued tone- like the sound of stout- but has a pungent center that’s revealed gradually in his solos, as he breaks down the structure of the song he’s improvising on.” ​ Michael J. West, Jazz Critic of the Washington City Paper ​

My Jazz Story

I love jazz because it's the music of the people. Jazz reflects the good times, struggles, and everything else in between. I was first exposed to jazz in middle school. I walked 4 miles to a nearby high school to ask the band director if he could give me lessons. He asked me if I knew what jazz was. I ignorantly told him I did. He then put on a recording of John Coltrane's "Giant Steps" and I fell in love. The first jazz record I bought was Dexter Gordon's "Ballads."