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| Wess Anderson Quartet with Stephanie Jordan in Lafayette by Sylvain Music Notes  The Performing Arts Society of Acadiana presents Wess Anderson with Stephanie Jordan live at The Ballroom, 417 Jefferson Street, in Lafayette, Louisiana on Friday, March 30 for two shows. They will be joined by the Wess Anderson Quartet & Marlon Jordan on trumpet. He's called "Warmdaddy" for a reason and the reason is Wess Anderson's sweet saxophone sound that buoys the most serious jazz into a stratosphere of joy. Anderson is joined by the other members of his quartet, an ensemble of top shelf musicians, seasoned with the right amount of spiciness and spirit, who together create an exceptional evening of musical perfection. New Orleanian Stephanie Jordan joins in too, with her newly-discovered vocal sound that harkens back to Lena Horne.A native New Yorker, Wess Anderson studied at the feet of the master--acclaimed clarinetist Alvin Batiste -at Southern University. He's a veteran collaborator in the studio and on the road with the Wynton Marsalis Septet and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, where he held the first chair sax seat. An educator as well as a performer, he sits on the music faculty of Michigan State University, grooming a gang of future musical greats. "Every so often a new voice stands up and proclaims itself, but few do so with such supreme depth and understated soul. Emerging from the New Orleans jazz family Jordan, Stephanie Jordan was . . . Jazz at Lincoln Center Higher Ground Concert's 'real discovery' "proclaims JazzTime Magazine. Her style has been compared by some to Dianna Krall, Norah Jones and Shirley Horn while to others it evokes Nancy Wilson, Dianne Reeves and even Nat Cole. Her stage presence is dazzling a la Lena Horn. Ms. Jordan who has been living in Maryland since hurricane Katrina father is saxophonist Edward "Kidd" Jordan, a native of Crowley, Louisiana. write your comments about the article :: © 2007 Jazz News :: home page |