Teacher: Stanley Jordan
Price:$100 adults, $50 age 17 and under
Date: Saturday, December 21, 2024
Time: 1-4pm
Open to all musicians ages 13 and up, all styles, all levels of skill
“No matter what kind of music you play, the key to success is to have an effective method of learning. This is the key that will open the door to everything you want to do. In this 3-hour small-group seminar you'll learn the secrets of my highly efficient approach to learning music.
I've been developing this method for decades, and now I've boiled it down into a single life-changing session. And once you learn this method you can apply it to other topics as well. So whether or not music is your career you'll be able to use the information I give you.
Feel free to bring your instrument. I'd be happy to give you some advice and feedback. And, time permitting, we might be able to do some playing together as well.” - Stanley Jordan
STANLEY JORDAN:
To date Jordan has performed in over 60 countries on 6 continents. He has performed at many festivals, including the Kool Jazz Festival, the Concord Jazz Festival, and the Montreaux International Jazz Festival. During the 1980s he collaborated with a diverse array of artists, including performances with Art Blakey and Richie Cole and recordings with Stanley Clarke and Kenny Rogers. The track with Rogers, "Morning Desire", became America's #1 country song in 1986. Later Jordan became a frequent guest with Les Paul during Paul's legendary Monday nights at Iridium in New York. Today Jordan performs frequently as a soloist and with his band, as well as collaborating with other guitarists such as Kevin Eubanks, Sharon Isbin and Muriel Anderson. He's also a frequent guest with jam bands such as the Dave Matthews Band, the String Cheese Incident, Phil Lesh, Moe and Umphrey's McGee.
Jordan has received four Grammy nominations. His most recent album "Friends" was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. Los Angeles Times jazz critic Leonard Feather wrote, "Genius is a word often tossed around in musical circles, but it has been rightfully applied to Stanley Jordan."
Jordan came to prominence with the release of his 1985 album Magic Touch, a revolutionary project that placed him at the forefront of re-launching legendary Blue Note Records into a contemporary entity in jazz and beyond, as also established the then-twenty-something Jordan as among the most distinctive and refreshing new voices of the electric guitar.