before history there was music
before music there was mystery
mailman
farmer
fireman
husband
father
son
grandson
Born in San Francisco, grew up in Chicago
...with the blues...which he got too from time to time
...with learning to associate creative musicians with the
advancement of society as we know it.
He is an international touring and
recording musician;
poet; actor and playwright. He was a founding member of
United Front, the seminal San Francisco Bay Area
ensemble
known for its originality, imagination and cultural
synthesis.
As a performer Jordan bridges the worlds of music and
spoken word--through composition, saxophone and
poetry.
In his career, he has focused on creative
structures
for improvisation, which has led to his work with
artists from a range of disciplines.
He has performed with dancers, poets, actors and
musicians--including Brenda Wong Aoki, Anthony Braxton,
Juan Ceballos, Scott Davis III,
Lisle Ellis, Sara Felder, Danny Glover, Q.R. Hand, Mark
Izu, Jon Jang, Kash Killion, Genny Lim, devorah major,
James Newton...Cecil Taylor and others, many presented in
his Music at Large series.
His interest continues to be meeting and
working with performers delving into their deeper resources
for modes of expression that honor their traditions while
speaking to the urgency of the present. If that's in
B-flat, fine. If it's in time, that could work too. If it's
outside, it must be honest.
