Stanley Jordan Jamming with Cornell Dupree at the Cutting Room 2001

preview_player
Показать описание
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Cornell Luther Dupree (December 19, 1942 -- May 8, 2011) was an American jazz and R&B guitarist. He worked at various times with Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway, King Curtis and Steve Gadd, appeared on David Letterman, and wrote a book on soul and blues guitar: Rhythm and Blues Guitar ISBN 0-634-00149-3. He reputedly recorded on 2,500 sessions.

Biography

Dupree began his career playing in the Atlantic Records studio band, recording on albums by Aretha Franklin (Aretha Live at Fillmore West) and King Curtis as a member of Curtis's band "The King Pins" (having grown up with King Curtis in Fort Worth, Texas). He appeared on the 1969 Lena Horne and Gábor Szabó recording, and on recordings with Archie Shepp, Grover Washington, Jr., Snooky Young and Miles Davis.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Stanley Jordan (July 31, 1959) is an American jazz/jazz fusion guitarist and pianist.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois, and he received a BA in digital music composition from Princeton University in 1981, studying under computer-music composers Paul Lansky and Milton Babbitt. Stanley Jordan began his music career at age six, studying piano, then shifted his focus to guitar at age eleven.[1] He later began playing in rock and soul bands. In 1976, Jordan won an award at the Reno, Nevada, Jazz Festival.[2][3] While earning a degree from Princeton in 1981 he played with Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie.[1]

Jordan has performed at many jazz festivals, including: Kool Jazz Festival (1984), Concord Jazz Festival (1985), and the Montreux International Jazz Festival (1985). During the 1980s Jordan played with Quincy Jones, Michal Urbaniak, and Richie Cole. Since working at Birdland in New York in 1989--1990, Jordan has maintained a lower profile. Stanley Jordan has four Grammy Nominations.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Рекомендации по теме