Stanley Jordan

Stanley Jordan (born July 31, 1959) is an American jazz guitarist whose technique
Stanley Jordan
involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands.

Contents
Music career
The touch technique
Recording
Film and television
Personal life
Discography
As leader
As sideman
References
External links

Stanley Jordan, October 3, 2017

Music career Background information

Born July 31, 1959
Jordan was born in Chicago, Illinois. When he was six, he started on piano, then at
Chicago, Illinois,
eleven switched to guitar.[1] He later began playing in rock and soul bands. In 1976,
U.S.
he won an award at the Reno Jazz Festival. At Princeton University, he studied
music theory and composition with Milton Babbitt and computer music with Paul Genres Jazz, jazz fusion
Lansky.[2][3] While at Princeton he played with Benny Carter and Dizzy Occupation(s) Musician
Gillespie.[1] Instruments Guitar

In 1985, Bruce Lundvall became president of Blue Note Records and Stanley Jordan Years active 1982–present
was the first person he signed. Blue Note released his album Magic Touch, which sat Labels Blue
at No.1 on Billboard 's jazz chart for 51 weeks, setting a record. Note/Capitol/EMI,
Arista, Mack
Avenue
The touch technique
Website www.stanleyjordan
Normally, a guitarist uses two hands to play each note. One hand presses down a
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guitar string behind a chosen fret to prepare the note, and the other hand either
plucks or strums the string to play that note. Jordan's touch technique is an advanced form of two-handed tapping. The guitarist
produces a note using only one finger by quickly tapping (or hammering) his finger down behind the appropriate fret. The impact
causes the string to vibrate enough to sound the note, and the volume can be controlled by varying the force of impact. Jordan taps
with both hands, and more legato than is normally associated with guitar tapping. His technique allows the guitarist to play melody
and chords simultaneously. It is also possible, as he has demonstrated, to play simultaneously on two different guitars, as well as
guitar and piano.

He plays guitar in all-fourths tuning, from bass to treble EADGCF (all in perfect fourths as on the bass guitar) rather than the
[4]
standard EADGBE. He has stated that all-fourths tuning "simplifies the fingerboard, making it logical".
Jordan's main guitar was built by Vigier Guitars in 1988: it is an Arpege model on which Vigier made a flat fingerboard, allowing it
to have a very low action (0.5/0.7mm). The low action facilitates the tapping technique.

Recording
Jordan has worked with Quincy Jones, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Michal Urbaniak, Richie Cole, The Dave Matthews Band, The String
Cheese Incident, Phil Lesh, Moe, Umphrey's McGee.

He has performed at many jazz festivals, including Kool Jazz Festival (1984), Concord Jazz Festival (1985), and the Montreux
International Jazz Festival(1985).

In 2004, he released the album Dreams of Peace[5] with the Italian band Novecento. The album was produced by Lino Nicolosi and
Pino Nicolosi at Nicolosi Productions and was released in the U.S. on Favored Nations. He signed with Mack Avenue Records and
released State of Nature in 2008 and Friends in 2011. The latter was nominated for an NAACP Image Award. He has four Grammy
nominations.

Jordan made the startup sound for the Macintosh computer models the Power Macintosh 6100, Power Macintosh 7100, and Power
Macintosh 8100.[6]

Film and television

Jordan made a cameo appearance in the movie Blind Date (1987). In 1995 he wrote the score for the short film One Red Rose. In
1996 he wrote the score for the ABC TV afternoon special,Daddy's Girl.

Since the mid 1980s he has performed on numerous television shows, including The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, The David
Letterman Show and the Grammy Awards.

Personal life
, Julia Jordan, who is a singer and songwriter.[7]
Stanley Jordan was briefly married and has one daughter

Discography

As leader
1982 Touch Sensitive (Tangent)
1984 Stanley Jordan (Blue Note)
1985 Magic Touch (Blue Note)
1986 Standards, Vol. 1 (Blue Note)
1987 El Hurracane (Rounder)
1988 Flying Home (EMI)
1990 Cornucopia (Blue Note)
1990 Street Talk (EMI)
1991 Stolen Moments (Blue Note/Somethin' Else)
1994 Bolero (Arista)
1998 Live in New York (Blue Note)
2008 State of Nature (Mack Avenue)
2011 Friends (Mack Avenue)
2015 Duets (Mack Avenue)[8]

As sideman
 Various Artists, One Night With Blue Note (1985)
Various Artists, Total Happiness (Music from the Bill Cosby Show, Vol. 2) (1986)
Stanley Clarke, Hideaway (1986)
Artists Against Apartheid,Sun City (1986)
Kenny Rogers, Heart of the Matter (1986) Song: "Morning Desire"
Various Artists, Blind Date soundtrack (1987)
Charnett Moffett, The Beauty Within (1987)
Charnett Moffett, Net Man (1987)
Rebbie Jackson, R U Tuff Enuff (1988)
Dionne Warwick, Sings Cole Porter (1990)
Cody Moffett, My Favorite Things (2002)
Ray Benson, Beyond Time (2003)
Novecento, Dreams of Peace (2004)
Will Calhoun, Native Lands (2005)
Julia Jordan, Urban Legacy (2007)
Charnett Moffett, Treasure (2010)
Sharon Isbin, Guitar Passions (2011)
Charnett Moffett, Music From Our Soul (2017)

References
1. Yanow, Scott. "Stanley Jordan: Biography"(https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stanley-jordan-p6862/biography).
Allmusic. Retrieved November 28, 2011.
2. W. Craig: "Stanley Jordan: Two-handed Jazz Technique," GP, xvii/9 (1983)
3. C. Deffaa: "Stanley Jordan," Coda, no.208 (1986)
4. Ferguson (1986, p. 76 (https://books.google.com/books?id=3idLAAAA YAAJ&q=%22Stanley+Jordan%22,+%22all+fo
urth%22+OR+%22perfect+fourth%22,+guitar+tuning&dq=%22Stanley+Jordan%22,+%22all+fourth%22+OR+%22pe
rfect+fourth%22,+guitar+tuning&hl=en&sa=X&ei=BfzgT_XgKILetAaampnyDg&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA) ): Ferguson,
Jim (1986). "Stanley Jordan".In Casabona, Helen; Belew, Adrian (eds.). New directions in modern guitar(https://boo
ks.google.com/?id=3idLAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Stanley+Jordan%22,+%22all+fourth%22+OR +%22perfect+fourth%22,+g
uitar+tuning&dq=%22Stanley+Jordan%22,+%22all+fourth%22+OR+%22perfect+fourth%22,+guitar+tuning) .
Guitar Player basic library. Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. pp. 68–76?. ISBN 978-0-88188-423-4.
5. "Dreams of Peace – Stanley Jordan | Songs, Reviews, Credits"(http://www.allmusic.com/album/dreams-of-peace-m
w0000709372). AllMusic. June 24, 2003. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
6. "What is the Macintosh startup chime's story?"(https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-Macintosh-startup-chimes-story).
Quora.com. Retrieved July 21, 2017.
7. "Biography" (http://www.stanleyjordan.com/en-us/biography). The Official Stanley Jordan Site. Retrieved
November 8, 2015.
8. "Stanley Jordan | Album Discography | AllMusic"(http://www.allmusic.com/artist/stanley-jordan-mn0000011910/disco
graphy). AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2016.

External links
Official website

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