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Jordan Baskin

Born: October 11, 1979

Jordan Baskin has been in love with music from a young age. Throughout his childhood, Jordan remembers his musical schooling consisting of Led Zeppelin, Cream, Beethoven, Coltrane, and Mingus. Born and raised in Skokie, Illinois to very creative parents, Jordan was encouraged to explore diverse musical and artistic genres. Starting classical piano lessons from the age of 5 and later oboe, music became a necessary outlet for Jordan. By the age of 14, Jordan became interested in jazz and received guidance from Michael Kocour, a phenomenal Chicago-based pianist. Throughout his junior high and high school years Jordan had many exciting performance opportunities, tours to Europe & New York, IAJE performances, Ravinia Festival, and many state and national classical piano competitions