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Kidd Jordan: On Fire
by John Sharpe
Incendiary similes have always proven popular as descriptors of free jazz. Indeed, “Fire Music," has been used as a label for the whole genre. New Orleans-based saxophonist Kidd Jordan's 2006 outing, the superb Palm of Soul (AUM Fidelity), essayed a meditative calm, music which couldn't be more different from the accurately named 50-minute studio session On Fire. While bassist Harrison Bankhead and drummer Warren Smith would be eminently suited to a contemplative, even melodically inclined date, here they too pursue ...
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by Hrayr Attarian
Tenor saxophonist Edward “Kidd" Jordan is one those rare musicians who is able to imbue the freest, most advanced improvisations with extreme lyricism and build complex harmonies out of dissonant notes. On Fire showcases his sublime musicianship to the fullest. On “Officer, that Big Knife Cuts My Sax Reeds," Jordan's breaths fire on an emotionally cathartic and furious solo, replete with honks and shrieks that grow more quietly contemplative yet also more elaborate as the piece progresses. ...
Continue ReadingThe Kidd Jordan Quartet Brings Free Jazz to Douglas Beach House, CA
by Bill Leikam
Kidd Jordan Quartet Douglas Beach House Half Moon Bay, California March 7, 2010
On March 7th, with a stiff northerly wind blowing the flags straight out from the flag pole outside the Douglas Beach House and under a gray coastal sky, legendary jazz sax-man Sir Edward Kidd Jordan led his quartet consisting of Eddie Gale on trumpet, Warren Smith on drums, William Parker on bass onto the stage of the famous jazz venue ...
Continue ReadingThe Kidd Jordan Trio in Amherst, MA
by Lyn Horton
Kidd Jordan, William Parker, Hamid Drake Magic Triangle Series Bezanson Recital Hall UMass Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts Febrary 26, 2009
During one of the most tempestuous winters in memory, the twentieth season of the Magic Triangle Series at UMass Amherst began with the highly energetic performance of the Kidd Jordan Trio: Kidd Jordan on tenor, William Parker on upright bass and flute, Hamid Drake on drums, percussion and frame drum.
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Continue ReadingKidd Jordan: Freedom and Tradition
by Marc Medwin
“Oh yes, I lost compositions, all my music, my instruments... pretty much everything," smiles Kidd Jordan. He hasn't actually mentioned Hurricane Katrina by name, nor does his voice betray the bitterness he must still feel, even two-and-a-half years after the disaster that nearly cost him members of his family. There is gentleness in his delivery, but it's underpinned by steel, by a determination to press on in the face of unbelievable tragedy and to do so with an unpretentiously positive ...
Continue ReadingKidd Jordan: Messin' with the Kidd
by Rex Butters
Like many local legends around the country, Kidd Jordan is an immensely talented musician who resisted the urge to move to New York or LA. Based in Baton Rouge/New Orleans, Jordan became a renowned jazz educator with a long tenure at Southern University. So renowned, that his teaching has been documented by 60 Minutes and acknowledged by the French with Knighthood. His resume name checks an embarrassment of greats including Stevie Wonder, Professor Longhair, Sun Ra, Cecil Taylor, Martha and ...
Continue ReadingKidd Jordan - Hamid Drake - William Parker: Palm of Soul
by AAJ Italy Staff
Tante volte si evidenzia come l'improvvisazione afroamericana sia fortemente ancorata a un approccio spirituale, prima ancora che emozionale, con il suono e con il volere fare musica assieme. Troppo spesso sbrigativamente identificata con gli aspetti più viscerali e “dionisiaci" della costruzione sonora collettiva, specialmente dopo che Coltrane ha aperto quella porta da cui sembra che “ogni santo entri marciando", questa attitudine creativa è invece più strettamente legata a una dolorosa - ma non priva di speranza - meditazione sull'essere e ...
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