Jazz Articles about Kidd Jordan

Kidd Jordan / Hamid Drake / William Parker: Palm Of Soul

by Nic Jones
June 26, 2006

A sense of ritual pervades this music, and these three masters show how potent a force it can be. The idea of evocation is a fraught one, however, especially when the result is more the evocation of others than the projection of a musical identity unique to the performer. At times here Kidd Jordan evokes the spirit of Albert Ayler, but this seems to be more coincidence than conscious intention, and perhaps it's only natural when the music is an ...

Kidd Jordan / Hamid Drake / William Parker: Palm of Soul

by Troy Collins
June 20, 2006

Hurricane Katrina left tenor saxophonist Kidd Jordan homeless less than a month before this recording session. Undeterred, the New Orleans native kept a prearranged studio date with bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake. Regularly joined by tenor saxophonist Fred Anderson for powerhouse quartet gigs, Jordan, Parker and Drake had never recorded before as a trio. Improvising collectively with no preset material, they settled into a meditative mood underscored by restless energy.

It would seem plausible that such ...

Kidd Jordan/Joel Futterman/Alvin Fielder: Live at the Tampere Jazz Happening 2000

by Kurt Gottschalk
May 24, 2004

The digital revolution has been kind to some of jazz's unsung elders, and Edward “Kidd" Jordan is tops among them. Small labels around the world are capturing and digitizing players who might not otherwise be gracing stereos, much less playing festivals, away from their native soil. Jordan is the real deal, a fiery tenor player straight out of the '60s New Thing. Much of his work is with two standing groups with connections to both Chicago and the ...

Andrew Cyrille, Elton Heron & Kidd Jordan: Live at "The Blue Nile" - New Orleans, LA

by Glenn Astarita
March 12, 2004

Good modern jazz/free-improv related happenings have been taking place over on the northern edge of the French Quarter. Thanks to folks such as guitarist, modern/free-jazz impresario Rob Cambre-New Orleans' relatively conservative music scene, has been getting a long overdue face-lift. And while I won't go out on a limb, stating that its traditional musical values have steered off its relatively complacent course-the seeds for modernistic aspirations have been planted.On Frenchman St, you will find the prolific mainstream jazz venue ...

Kidd Jordan/Fred Anderson Quartet at Killian Hall, MIT 4/2/99

by AAJ Staff
March 8, 2004

Improvised music always is at its most exciting in a live setting. Of course the orthodox purists of free improvisation would argue that there is no point in “fixing" a musical improvisation by recording it. They might say that the stamping of a CD takes the life out of a performance. I would argue that while live improvisation can be much more involving, it's also nice to be able to hear creative musicians jam in your living room at your ...

Alan Silva - Kidd Jordan - William Parker: Emancipation Suite #1

by Glenn Astarita
June 22, 2002

Recorded live at New York City's prestigious “Vision Festival," three seminal leaders of the modern improvising circuit do their best to enliven our perceptions during this undeniably rousing set. The obvious mark of distinction here resides within Alan Silva's utilization of an orchestra synthesizer that seemingly features an array of wave formats, MIDI sequence files and patches. Silva could be utilizing an older synclavier model, yet the artist exudes a sound and approach that translates into a one-man symphony orchestra. ...