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Jon Gordon

A native New Yorker, saxophonist and composer Jon Gordon was born into a musical family and began playing at age ten. In addition to private saxophone studies he attended Performing Arts High School and won numerous competitions, among them the Julius Grossman, the Goldman Band and the Performing Arts Concerto competition. This led to performances as a soloist with the Grossman orchestra, Goldman Band and the Performing Arts Orchestra. In his mid-teens Jon’s love for Jazz began to bloom?"he began sitting in regularly with Eddie Chamblee at Sweet Basil and started lessons with Phil Woods. From 1984-88 he attended Manhattan School of Music

Album

7th Ave South

Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2024
Track listing: Witness; 7th Ave South; Ponder This; Paradox; Here, There and Everywhere; Ed's Groove; Visit; Intro; Spark; 7th Ave South (reprise).

Album

Up High, Down Low

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: In Hindsight.

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Article: Album Review

Jon Gordon: 7th Ave South

Read "7th Ave South" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Some of life's moments, even when buried in the past, remain almost as fresh and memorable as today's. Such is alto saxophonist Jon Gordon's memory of his first visit to New York City's then-jazz center, Greenwich Village's 7th Avenue South, which was “the first place [he] ever heard live jazz in New York." That was in ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Cornelia Nilsson, Monika Herzig, Alexis Cole, Alvin Queen and more

Read "Cornelia Nilsson, Monika Herzig, Alexis Cole, Alvin Queen and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! ... Fantastic music by Cornelia Nilsson, Monika Herzig, Alexis Cole, Alvin Queen, Jan Harbeck, Synia Carroll, Robby Ameen, Anthony Branker, Karrin Allyson, Stuart Mack, Louis Hayes, Veronica Thomas, Jon Lee, Yuto Ito, Randy Weinstein, Patrick Wolff, Jared Hall, Milton Suggs, Mariah Parker, Etienne Charles and more. Playlist Cornelia Nilsson “Saturn's Return" ...

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Witness

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Label: ArtistShare
Released: 2024
Duration: 2:49

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner and more

Read "Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


Today's Music--Right Now! ... Fantastic music by Steve Turre, Markus Howell, Neil Adler, April Varner, Zaccai Curtis, Etienne Charles, Conrad Herwig, Ben Patterson, Behn Gillece, Jon Gordon, Troy Roberts, Bobby Broom, Alexander Claffy, Kerry Politzer, Clarence Penn, Eric Alexander, Charles McPherson, Bill Frisell, Isrea Butler, Dave Bass and more. Playlist Steve Turre “Mr. Kenyatta" ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Conrad Herwig, Something Else, Etienne Charles, Josh Lawrence and more

Read "Conrad Herwig, Something Else, Etienne Charles, Josh Lawrence and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


It's All About the Music ... Fantastic music by Conrad Herwig, Something Else, Etienne Charles, EYM Trio, Alexander Claffy, Fernando Huergo, Lauren Henderson, Zaccai Curtis, Josh Lawrence, Eric Alexander, Bobby Broom, Amina Figarova, Bill Frisell, Ray Obiedo, Troy Roberts, Karrin Allyson, Nick Finzer, Jeremy Pelt, Nicole Glover, Behn Gillece and more. Playlist Conrad Herwig ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Bobby Broom, Eric Alexander, Amina Figarova, Jeremy Pelt and more

Read "Bobby Broom, Eric Alexander, Amina Figarova, Jeremy Pelt and more" reviewed by Benjamin Boddie


It's All About the Music ... Fantastic music by Bobby Broom, Eric Alexander, Zaccai Curtis, Amina Figarova, Ray Obiedo, Gabriel Genest, Jon Gordon, Ben Sidran, Stuart Mack, Queen Esther, Allen Dennard, Rachel Z, Radam Schwartz, Tony Monaco, Dayna Stephens, The Jazz Defenders, Dave Bass, Nicole Glover, Jeremy Pelt and more. Playlist Bobby Broom “Superstition" ...

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Article: Radio & Podcasts

Lizz Wright, Greg Osby, Matthieu Bordenave, Nicole Glover & More

Read "Lizz Wright, Greg Osby, Matthieu Bordenave, Nicole Glover & More" reviewed by Ludovico Granvassu


This time we focus on the unique voice of Lizz Wright, and the distinctive instrumental voices of Charles Lloyd, Matthieu Bordenave, Greg Osby, Nicole Glover and Jon Gordon, in a set that brings together soul, M-Base and ECM echoes, and the legacy of Seventh Avenue South, the iconic jazz club run by the Brecker Brothers in ...


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