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James Gordon
James Alex Gordon A Musical Biography Friends call him by the name of: Jim Birthplace: San Francisco, California In Love - Happily Married with 2 Children 3 Grand Children : ) Vocals-Lead Trumpet-Tenor Saxophone,Piano Other instruments: Synthesizer, Trombone, Boehm Flute, Native American Flute, Irish Flute, Bansuri, Percussion Composer- Arranger- Transcriber Audio Engineering 57 years encompassing Music Recent Past: 2016-2023 Solo Piano Improvisations LATTEY Bistro Café Puerto Vallarta Mexico 2014 "They're Here" Jim Gordon Original Latin Jazz 2012-2013 Trumpet-Tenor Sax-Flute-Piano-Percussion with Gary Bohannon and the Bad Habits American 60's – 00's Pop, Soul ,R n B Performing in the San Joaquin Valley and Delta areas. -2011-2012 Co-Leader SFLJS- San Francisco Latin Jazz Society -Quintet-Trumpet,Tenor Sax,Vocals,Keyboard,Flute,T-bone,Percussion Original & Spontaneous Composition Latin Jazz Discography: Meu Amor - Latin Jazz Original - 2013 - All instr. by Jim Heart Ache Love – Latin Jazz Original – 2012 – Strings, Bass, Piano, Tenor Sax, Percussion Jim playing all A Love Supreme* by John Coltrane Jim's reinterpretation playing all Single Original Arr. 2011 U La La*- Pop Cha-Cha Featuring Jim playing all Single Original 2011 Illumination*- Grace,Heart to Heart,Dawn -Contemplative,Meditative Single Trilogy all by Jim Original 2010 Keep it Blue* Pop Jazz Latin Horns Vocals Percussion all by Jim all Original 2010(ascap) Bless this Land with Love* Native American Flute with Percussion all Original 2005(ascap) Pura Salsa Labrandote,Hecha Pa Lante-Lead Trumpet Arranger for Pepe y Su Orquesta 1997 Genres: Jim’s Originals Various Genres Original All Instruments CD's Singles Internet Distribution Peace69Love Records Solo Performance Duet Performance Volunteer Musician Kaiser Hosp. Flute(s) Neuro Ward American Top 40 Funk, Soul, Disco Salsa-Latin Jazz-Cuban-Brazillian Contemporary International TV/Radio/Performance (Peru,Univision) Rhythm and Blues Oldies but Goodies Funk-Fusion-Latin Rock Norteno-Ranchera-Cumbia Top 40 Punk Rock Crazy Wild Bob and some of the Psychotic Pineapples Advantguard Open Warren Spangler (SF Symp Perc) Gospel Original Dorothy Morrison“Oh Happy Day” Jazz-Latin-Rock-Socca-Reggae Concert Band/Marching Band/Community Orchestra AF of M local 510/153 East Bay/SanJose Hindu Poem: Sometimes naked, sometimes mad, Now as a scholar, now as a fool Thus they appear on earth- The free men Press: "All About Jazz Editor's comments: Heart Ache Love "Former member of the San Francisco Latin Jazz Society breaks out on his own with a splendid laid back groove, yet maintains plenty of the ambient-trip of his 70s rock-jazz fusion sound. Cool tune."" - All About Jazz (Aug 01, 2012) " while the more free form tenor of Jim Gordon takes a more hard bop approach to the musical task at hand."The Creator" may be more traditional in terms of Latin jazz as most have come to know and appreciate the genre but make no mistake there is the same unique energy displayed here as on the tunes mentioned previously." - Brent Black, Critical Jazz (Dec 16, 2011) " In broad strokes and crystalline detail, saxophonist Gordon's primal yearning...
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"with Jim Gordon's more abstract horn work which adds tremendous lyrical depth and propels this tune to a new Latin flavored dimension" Brent Black @CriticalJazz.com 1/23/2012 Now What Review "This album recalls Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) era, but not in any derivative or nostalgic way; rather, it's reminiscent in attitude and musical edge. The band may invite comparisons to Davis' but that is not a pose; they have the goods to back it up, revisiting eras that were gone too soon. Jim Gordon is the multi-instrumentalist and composer, ..." "In broad strokes and crystalline detail, saxophonist Gordon's primal yearning is set ..
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They're Here
From: They're HereBy James Gordon
Heart Ache Love
From: Heart Ache LoveBy James Gordon
