The Sit-Down Podcast with James Hurt-Rodney Jordan-Bassist and Educator

Consummate bassist and educator Rodney Jordan stops by The Sit-Down Podcast to discuss art and culture in addition to his origin story. We touch on his early live in Memphis, early music exposure and influences, music educators that shaped his trajectory, university and moving to Mississippi, the deep Alvin Fielder influence, the Wynton Marsalis-Terance Blanchard effect on the last century, the Marcus Roberts experience, and advice for the new generation of performers and educators of the future. Background music composed and performed by James Hurt.

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Chapters

• 0:00 Early Life and Orange Mound
• 11:12 First Musical Experience
• 12:17 Musical Educators of Memphis
• 24:39 University and London Branch
• 31:18 The Mississippi Delta Impact
• 40:15 Alvin Fielder-Creative Artist and Pharmacologist
• 57:43 Kidd Jordan and the Nawlins Connection
• 1:01:20 Wynton & Branford Marsalis, Marcus Roberts, Terance Blanchard and the Jazz Comeback
• 1:17:31 Advice for Future Music Creators & Educators