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Creatively, Stanley Jordan had more ups than downs during his years at Blue Note. Not everything he did for the label was great, but more often than not, the chances that he took paid off. Spanning 1985-1990, this collection draws on several albums and paints a generally impressive picture of the fusion/post-bop guitarist's Blue Note output. Four of the CD's 11 selections are Jordan originals -- including the lyrical "All the Children," the B.B. King-influenced "Still Got the Blues," and the playful "Jumpin' Jack" -- while the other seven underscore his talents as an interpreter of other composers' material. Jordan has always had eclectic taste in music -- he's far from a jazz snob -- and this album finds him interpreting everything from John Coltrane's "Impressions," Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia on my Mind," and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things" to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby," and the Michael Jackson smash "The Lady in My Life." Interpret is the key word here. At a time when many NAC artists were offering note-for-note pop covers and calling them jazz, Jordan was giving well-known rock and R&B hits serious jazz-fusion makeovers and bringing something personal and distinctive to them. For those who've never purchased one of Jordan's albums, The Best of Stanley Jordan would be a logical starting point.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Stanley Jordan, Composer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1985 Capitol Records, LLC
John Lennon, ComposerLyricist - Paul Mccartney, ComposerLyricist - Stanley Jordan, MainArtist - Al Di Meola, Producer
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1985 Blue Note Records
Rod Temperton, Composer - JAMES FARBER, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stanley Jordan, MainArtist - Al Di Meola, Producer
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1985 Capitol Records, LLC
Stanley Jordan, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1985 Blue Note Records
John Coltrane, Composer - Stanley Jordan, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1990 Blue Note Records
Richard Rodgers, Composer - Oscar Hammerstein II , Author - Stanley Jordan, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1966 Blue Note Records
HOAGY CARMICHAEL, ComposerLyricist - Stuart Gorrell, ComposerLyricist - Stanley Jordan, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1966 Blue Note Records
Stanley Jordan, MainArtist - Robert Plant, Composer - Jimmy Page, Composer
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
Stanley Jordan, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1988 Blue Note Records
Stanley Jordan, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1990 Blue Note Records
Harold Arlen, Composer - Edgar "Yip" Harburg, Author - Stanley Jordan, Producer, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charnett Moffett, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Kenwood Dennard, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 1995 Blue Note Records ℗ 1991 Blue Note Records
Album review
Creatively, Stanley Jordan had more ups than downs during his years at Blue Note. Not everything he did for the label was great, but more often than not, the chances that he took paid off. Spanning 1985-1990, this collection draws on several albums and paints a generally impressive picture of the fusion/post-bop guitarist's Blue Note output. Four of the CD's 11 selections are Jordan originals -- including the lyrical "All the Children," the B.B. King-influenced "Still Got the Blues," and the playful "Jumpin' Jack" -- while the other seven underscore his talents as an interpreter of other composers' material. Jordan has always had eclectic taste in music -- he's far from a jazz snob -- and this album finds him interpreting everything from John Coltrane's "Impressions," Hoagy Carmichael's "Georgia on my Mind," and Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favorite Things" to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," the Beatles' "Eleanor Rigby," and the Michael Jackson smash "The Lady in My Life." Interpret is the key word here. At a time when many NAC artists were offering note-for-note pop covers and calling them jazz, Jordan was giving well-known rock and R&B hits serious jazz-fusion makeovers and bringing something personal and distinctive to them. For those who've never purchased one of Jordan's albums, The Best of Stanley Jordan would be a logical starting point.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 11 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:09
- Main artists: Stanley Jordan
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 1995 Blue Note Records This Compilation ℗ 1995 Blue Note Records
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