KIM JORDAN RELEASES NEW CD - "FULL CIRCLE"
INDEPENDENT RECORD LABEL, PROSOUNITY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, CELEBRATES ITS FALL 2004 CD RELEASE FROM KIM JORDAN, "FULL CIRCLE." ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE EMERGENCE OF A NEW GENRE OF MUSIC -- GOSPEL JAZZ -- THIS PROJECT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE AN "ALL DAY HEALING" EXPERIENCE.
UPON GRADUATION FROM HOWARD UNIVERSITY, KIM TOURED AROUND THE WORLD FOR TWELVE YEARS WITH POET AND JAZZ LEGEND GIL SCOTT HERON, RECEIVING INTERNATIONAL ACCLAIM FOR HER LIVE PERFORMANCES FROM PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE LONDON GUARDIAN, THE SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE, THE WASHINGTON POST, THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, AND BILLBOARD MAGAZINE. KIM IS A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER PRODUCER, ARRANGER, MUSICIAN, DIRECTOR, AND VOCAL COACH FOR MANY MAJOR AND INDEPENDENT RECORD LABELS AND ARTISTS, CHOIRS, CONFERENCES, SEMINARS, AND WORKSHOPS.
KIM'S PHENOMENAL CAREER TO DATE INCLUDES:
* BROADWAY WITH TAJ MAHAL IN THE LANGSTON HUGHES AND ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S PRODUCTION, MULE BONE
* RECORDING THE MULE BONE SOUNDTRACK WITH TAJ MAHAL
* PERFORMED WITH SUCH NOTABLE ARTISTS AS ROBERTA FLACK, STEVIE WONDER, BRENDA RUSSELL, TERRI LYNN CARRINGTON, VANESSA WILLIAMS AND MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO
* JAZZ COLLABORATIONS INCLUDE PERFORMANCES AT THE "JACKIE ROBINSON JAZZ FESTIVAL," ALONG WITH DR. BILLY TAYLOR, LIONEL HAMPTON, WYNTON MARSALIS AND TAKE 6; AND WITH THE FANTASY BAND WITH NOEL POINTER, LONNIE LISTON SMITH AND DAVE VALENTINE
* OTHER APPEARANCES HAVE INCLUDED THE "SEAPORT JAZZ CONCERT SERIES," WITH NOEL POINTER AND PETER MOFFETT; "THE CONGRESSIONAL BLACK CAUCUS' SALUTE TO WOMEN IN JAZZ;" "THE WOMEN IN JAZZ SERIES," KENNEDY CENTER/D.C.; THE BLACK ACADEMY OF ARTS AND LETTERS, INC. THEATRE IN DALLAS, TX; AND AT THE "NEW ORLEANS JAZZ FESTIVAL
* HER MUSIC HAS BEEN PERFORMED BY DIANNE REEVES, KEVIN EUBANKS, GERRY GONZALES AND BILLY CHILDS
* WROTE SOUNDTRACK FOR SHOWTIME CABLE NETWORK MOVIE, "RAIN," WHICH PREMIERED IN JULY 2002
* SERVED AS NATIONAL MUSIC DIRECTOR FOR 44TH AND 45TH NATIONAL CONVENTIONS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA SORORITY, INC.
* WORKED AS MUSICAL DIRECTOR, COMPOSER, PRODUCER, ARRANGER AND/OR VOCAL COACH FOR A NUMBER OF PLATINUM AND GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING RECORDING ARTISTS AND LABELS, INCLUDING PURE SOUL AND MYA ON INTERSCOPE RECORDS, DRU HILL ON ISLAND BLACK MUSIC, AND TERRI DEXTER ON WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON KIM JORDAN, VISIT WWW.KIMJORDAN.COM OR SEND AN E-MAIL TO KDJ88@AOL.COM.
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