VALLEJO — Stanley Jordan hopes to briefly turn back the hands of time. Biografía. buy tickets. Stanley’s 1985 album Magic Touch was #1 on Billboard’s jazz chart for 51 weeks, and Stanley has shared the stage or recorded with jazz artists such as Benny Carter, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis and Billy Cobham. Stanley Jordan ROBINSONVILLE – Stanley Jordan, 53, passed away on June 15, 2019, at Diverse Care Adult Living Home in Batesville. Sign in to get statistics for your attended concerts! Want to see Stanley Jordan in concert? It also makes the show more authentic in a certain sense, because a real Hendrix concert would have surprises and unexpected turns. Emulating the piano, his first instrument, Jordan developed a “touch style” of guitar by fretting with both hands on the neck, opening another contrapuntal avenue for the instrument and setting a new standard of excellence for solo performance. That’s why you need a world-class artist of Stanley Jordan’s caliber to pull it off.This extra touch of portraying the Hendrix of today rather then yesterday keeps the show creative and fresh for both Stanley and the audience and it gives Stanley’s fans a new insight into Stanley’s own evolution. The truth is, no one really knows what Jimi would be doing today. Please stand by, while we are checking your browser...Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property.If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware.If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. Stanley actually steps onto the stage as Jimi Hendrix so there is a theatrical element to the show. - Los Angeles Times Artist Twitter Page You can hear him reaching and expanding his vocabulary on albums like Nine To The Universe, which was very influential to me as a youngster. Guitarist Stanley Jordan brings his eclectic guitar songs to Vallejo’s Empress Theatre, Sunday, Nov. 10, 2019. His first solo record Just Advance came out in 1991 and his latest release, Show No Fear, was released on Groove Economy Records in the fall of 2018.Kenwood is also well known as a pioneer of mastering simultaneous multi instrumental live performance, playing 2 keyboards, drums and singing all at once, what he refers to as Pansonic Coordination. “Stanley Jordan Plays Jimi” tries to re-create both the energy and the creativity of the real thing.“This would be a challenging endeavor for anyone,” Stanley explains. With so many prizes and awards under his belt I was extremely honoured to be at his show, and incredibly excited to hear the set.He opened with a new song I’d not heard before that used his touch technique of two handed tapping on his guitar which was incredible, and I’ve only heard it done on recordings before, so to see it before me was incredible.The show was absolutely great; Stanley as usual is a "monster" and the way he plays is unique, his music is soft like silk and strong like iron.http://www.la7.it/propagandalive/video/propaganda-live-stanley-jordan-stairway-to-heaven-30-03-2018-237983 Join 10,018 fans getting concert alerts for this artist
Many people associate that more with Van Halen than with Hendrix but Stanley says, “I actually got the idea from Jimi Hendrix. This gives me some creative leeway and it lets my own identity come through because we’re viewing Hendrix thru my lens. But I avoid programmed sequencers and prerecorded tracks because there just isn’t enough evidence that Jimi would have gone that route.
Remember–this is the Hendrix of today, not yesterday.In terms of look and style, Stanley stays mostly faithful to Jimi’s traditional style. Out of love for Jimi and his music I feel a strong desire to try to keep his legacy alive.”It may also be surprising that a rock legend like Hendrix would get so much love from a jazz legend like Jordan. I feel that the best way to do that is to be fairly faithful to the Jimi Hendrix that we all know.”“Stanley Plays Jimi” is a new project but it’s based on an old idea. I just added the right hand, which was an obvious extension.” And extend it he did. But it’s also challenging for me because I can’t do just anything; It has to make sense and to come across as something Jimi might have actually done.”One way Stanley builds on Jimi’s legacy is by expanding on some of the jazz elements that Jimi was evidently reaching for toward the end of his life. Of course my main goal was to be an original artist in my own right, but the concept of a Hendrix tribute has been in my mind pretty much from the start. I was sat relatively near to the front of the auditorium, and seeing his fingers dance across the fret board with such ease was absolutely mind blowing.From his performance, it was totally evident that he’s been playing his instruments since a very young age, and the ease and casual stance that he took when he played was relaxing to watch as an audience member, and seeing that he was enjoying himself made me enjoy his show even more. But Stanley explains, “I feel a strong connection to Jimi Hendrix because he was the first guitarist I emulated as a child. And some of his compositions have a kind of jazzy shuffle, such as ‘Up from the Skies’ and ‘Belly Button Window.’ I try to expand on that.”Stanley also builds on Jimi’s work by incorporating touch, or two-hand tapping techniques. Search Clear ... Dec 5 2019. (Hide) setlist.fm Add Setlist. He says,“After playing with Pat Martino and Brand X, I decided to concentrate on developing the MRO. Then we move on to Shanghai for New Year's Eve and Beijing in January. And the real genius of what he did consisted in making himself part of the circuit rather than externalizing it. By Amy Maginnis-Honey. Add a Show In fact, Jimi’s constant searching for new sounds inspired me to move toward jazz in the first place.”Another important aspect is the embodiment of Jimi’s persona.