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

08/18/23 • 92 min

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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