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George Clinton with the 420 Mob and Stanley Jordan at Wetlands 2001 Part 1. Video produced by Larry Blumenstein Video Productions. Contact: LarryBlumenstein@aol.com, 917-817-2112. (Copyright 2001) (c)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------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.
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