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Here and Now by Jordan VanHemert
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Album Title: Survival of the Fittest
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2025
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About the Album
On a quest of growth and mastery as a saxophonist, composer, and musician, Jordan VanHemert found equally important his efforts to contextualize difficulties of his life experiences. Within some deeper themes, including coming of age as a Korean adoptee, he’s discovered in the process, resilience, optimism and joy. Jordan's music is meant to convey empathy and solidarity to others, and this album, Jordan's fifth as a leader, effectively fulfills these simultaneous pursuits. His stellar band includes Terell Stafford, Michael Dease, Helen Sung, Rodney Whitaker, and Lewis Nash. “Brilliance, sparkle and punctuation are the key words of this album, to which we must also add melodicism and the intelligent spontaneity of harmonic interactions.” – Couleurs Jazz, Paris
Personnel
Jordan VanHemert
saxophone
Terell Stafford
trumpet
Michael Dease
trombone
Helen Sung
piano
Rodney Whitaker
bass
Lewis Nash
drumsReviews
- Survival of the Fittest by Jack Bowers
Date featured
May 9, 2025
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