THE STEPHEN GORDON QUARTET featuring PETER BERNSTEIN @ THE JAZZ CORNER
The Stephen Gordon Quartet
Stephen Gordon - drums Peter Bernstein - guitar Rodney Jordan - acoustic bass Louis Heriveaux - piano
"Stephen Gordon is a visionary artist, endowed with extraordinary gifts of creativity, imagination, and wit. His music is always played with sincerity. In my view, he is among a select few contemporaries whose musical artistry embodies the sound of a jazz legacy coming into fruition."
- trumpeter/composer/educator Mondre Moffett (The Duke Ellington Orchestra/Ornette Coleman/Sir Roland Hanna/Jack McDuff)
Hello friends and family! It has been a while since I really have updated my website for shows or performances in the past several months. As of the beginning of the year, other than a few gigs, I took some time off to take care of my health and get to a good place, after a health scare last spring that took me out of some gigs, tours and teaching opportunities. Luckily, I was able to make a few of the tours I wanted to make, making some new friends and colleagues and also playing with some mentors and humans that I look up to musically. I think those were the times that kept me going, and gave me some strength to continue pursuing opportunities to sideman with some great cats, and also take some of my quartets and quintets out on the road. Some big thank-you's to guitarist Peter Bernstein, pianist Joey Calderazzo, vibraphonist Joe Locke, saxophonist Rahsaan Barber, and thank you greatly to my family for their unwaivering support.
I have some wonderful opportunities coming up soon, but I'll wait for the next update to let in on those… Stay connected with me through my social media profiles - Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc. - for regular updates on all musical endeavors. I'm also back to teaching as well, so any students are welcome to reach back out, and new students can reach me through srg@stephengordonmusic.com, as well as new booking inquiries.
I am looking forward to some new music and projects at hand now, and venturing into some situations that I have long wanted to develop even more! While I always enjoy taking my own projects out on the road to some wonderful destination and putting together my own groups, I always love getting those calls to play my friends music and get into the songs they hold near and dear, and I’m grateful to have such incredible colleagues as friends and teachers, mentors and spiritual guides that write beautiful music and play at a very high level, always!
There will be far more opportunities to catch one of these great groups at a venue near you! I'm looking to venture into many of the songbooks of the musicians I have studied all of my life and loved their music. Sooner than later, I will be bringing forth many of my own compositions, many that I have had the pleasure to play over the years, and many new compositions that I will be presenting and composing for some pretty amazing groups I will be putting together in the coming year!
Until we meet again - May love always be with you to nurture you, light always behind you to show how far you have come, and light always within and in front of you, to guide you on your path home.
Stephen Gordon
The Stephen Gordon Quartet
Stephen Gordon - drums Peter Bernstein - guitar Rodney Jordan - acoustic bass Louis Heriveaux - piano
The Stephen Gordon Quartet
Stephen Gordon - drums Peter Bernstein - guitar Rodney Jordan - acoustic bass Louis Heriveaux - piano
Rahsaan Barber & Everyday Magic
Rahsaan Barber - saxophones Thomas Heflin - trumpet Roland Barber - trombone Stephen Anderson - piano Kevin Beardsley - basses Stephen Gordon - drums