#kiddjordan – Make Jazz Not War!

Starting somethin’ good

April 19, 2023April 19, 2023

Michael Vander Does #artmakescbus, #cbusmakesart, #kiddjordan

I first heard Kidd Jordan at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. I spent the day in the jazz tent while my friends wandered the fairgrounds sampling the other musics. I told them to be back at the jazz tent well before the last set – the World Saxophone Quartet. The seats I was...

Greg Ward: We all do it for the love of doing it.

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022

Michael Vander Does #bootsie, #freakystyley, #kiddjordan, #makejazznotwar, #pfunk

Greg sent me this first draft for a post here on our Citizen Artist Notes & News page: I grew up on Motown, The Beatles, rock ‘n roll - then more esoteric rock, RnB, pop, And, then… the funk. Recorded, mixed and hung with several of my heroes along the way. Some truly surreal experiences. Lots of hard work and hard partying. I thrived – and survived. I thought I knew a bit about jazz – had a comfort level with the improv and the stretched envelopes. But, I had no idea. This was a different animal for me. The......