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Jordan VanHemert
DR. JORDAN VANHEMERT is a Korean American saxophonist and composer lauded for his skill as a modern jazz improviser. VanHemert’s music—including his new album I AM NOT A VIRUS—is deeply informed by his political consciousness, employing his distinctive compositional voice to address issues of race and social justice. Critics recognize VanHemert’s music as being profoundly relevant; noted jazz journalist and historian Scott Yanow recently praised VanHemert’s debut release as “quite impressive,” stating that his piece “Autumn Song” “could eventually become a standard.” VanHemert serves on the faculty at Hope College as Assistant Professor of Music Instruction in saxophone and jazz studies
Deep in the Soil
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Call to Order; Sound for Sore Ears; Hard Times; Everything Changes, Everything Stays the Same; Superwoman;
Autumn Song; ST in the House; Blues for JT.
Call to Order
Album: Deep in the Soil
By Jordan VanHemert
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2024
Duration: 06:16
Nomad
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Bird, Bird, Bluebird; Imjin River Song; Half Moon (Vocal); Doraji Taryeong (White Mountain Flower); Arirang
Alone (Instrumental); Spring in My Hometown; Arirang Alone (Vocal); Half Moon (Instrumental).
Jordan VanHemert: Nomad
by Jane Kozhevnikova
After his previous album, I Am Not A Virus (Big Round Records, 2021), inspired by the ongoing fight against racial prejudice, Jordan VanHemert releases Nomad, continuing to explore and embrace his Asian American identity. As the liner note says, this album is a celebration of Korean culture through the melodies of both ancient & contemporary folk ...
Jordan VanHemert: Nomad
by Jack Bowers
Although his name offers no clue, saxophonist Jordan VanHemert's heritage is Korean. He salutes that legacy on Nomad, his second album as leader, with a pair of Korean folk songs and half a dozen comparatively modern themes written by Koreans or Korean Americans. Most are performed by VanHemert's trio: (Rodney Whitaker, bass; David Alvarez III, drums). ...
Bird, Bird, Bluebird
Album: Nomad
By Jordan VanHemert
Label: Origin Records
Released: 2022
Duration: 05:40
I Am Not A Virus
Label: Big Round Records
Released: 2021
Track listing: The Path Ahead; Autumn Song; I Am Not A Virus; Justice for the Unarmed
(Black Lives Matter); The Moment; Sea of Tranquility; Arirang Interlude; Arirang.
Susanna Risberg, Andrea Keller, Pat Donaher, Johan Lindström & More New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Jazz from Sweden, Republic of Korea, Australia, Switzerland and the USA in this set which blends tradition, innovation, and social engagement. Happy listening! PlaylistBen Allison Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Jazzagenturen Bohemia After Dark" Live at Sodra Teatern, Pt.2 (Bra Skivor) 0:16 Host talks 4:52 Butcher Brown ...