John William Gordon by John William Gordon

, NJ, USA

It helped my project that Jeff Chambers played with Billy Cobham, The Coup, Freddie Hubbard and many jazz heavies. I know Chambers can handle anything because he has killer musical flair and groove -- dancing fingers, really. Jeff played Mildred on the recordings. (Jeff names his acoustic basses, you see. If it was Daisy instead, my bad.)

Todd pitched in whole heartedly with his super cool improvised lines (I sometimes thought, "hey, that's not what I wrote, and I like it better!"). Todd gets a lot of work living in Brooklyn, NY. He toured with Ani Difranco as her sole accompanist. Todd was cool about timing his west coast friend's wedding with recording with us, and he's game for any gigs, especially on the east coast. Todd has his own CDs out, by the way.

Rick's one of my favorite drummers anywhere, though I've never told him that. He's big about ideas and interaction, and doesn't over-emphasize chops. Rick recorded a couple of CDs with avant-garde pianist, Thollem McDonas, and several other CDs with other unusual players. Rick's Boston accent sometimes sneaks out after he's had a few.

Discography

CD: "John William Gordon"

All tracks have radio play. Most stations have played a few or all of the tracks, and some stations have played one track.

Additionally, one of the college radio stations below requested 5 copies for its fund raiser. And another station below asked me for my CD rather than me pushing it.

CD radio play

...KZSU 90.1 FM Stanford University/CA

...WOBC 91.5 FM Oberlin College/OH

...WRSU 88.7 FM Rutgers University/NJ (played entire CD on one show)

...WVFS 89.7 FM Florida State University

...KBGA 89.9 FM University of Montana

...KUMD 103.3 FM University of Minnesota

...KHUM 104.3 FM Humboldt County/CA

...WEIU 88.9 FM Charleston/IL ("Jazz Lounge" show)

...KKUP 91.5 FM Cupertino/CA ("No Pigeonholes Show," + radio-marabu.de, Germany)

...WRUW FM 91.1 Cleveland/OH

...Aural-Innovations.com ("Drool Through Show" #42)

...209radio FM Cambridge/U.K

...WRFW 88.7 FM University of Wisconsin/ Electrorganic Show

...KZUM 89.3 FM Lincoln/Nebraska...

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ISC - International Songwriting Competition - 2006 - Semi-Finals (announced Feb 2007)

The New York Times calls the ISC - International Songwriting Competition,"The songwriting competition to take note of...."

Two tracks (Harm Alarm, track #2 and Belly's Bounce, track #7) from the CD made the semi-final round from among 15,000 entries from 88 countries worldwide. (Instrumental category for 2006, announced in 2007.)

List of semi-finalists:

http://www.songwritingcompetition.com/Semi-Finalists_2006.htm

[I think I was the only one who had 2 tracks in the semis in the same category. And 2 or 3 other tracks made the round right before the semis. -jwg]

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LA Music Awards Nomination 2007

Los Angeles Music Awards, 2007

"Distillery" (track #2 from the CD) nominated for the main event in November 2007.

"On behalf of our entire staff, the 17th Annual Los Angeles Music Awards are proud to inform you that you have won a prestigious nomination for this year's main event scheduled for Thursday, November 29th [2007] in Hollywood. Congratulations!"

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What some radio directors have said:

"Your CD is really excellent. Tasteful but daring, technically superior but still has emotional depth. A resounding success.... It's a tremendous disc, I can't wait to get it on the air."

-- Don Campau, "No Pigeoholes" radio show

KKUP 91.5 FM, California, USA (also broadcast in Europe on www.RadioMaruba.de, Germany)

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"I'm listening to it now. I like it! ...I plan on featuring this recording on future shows of mine, and I bet other DJ's will, too."

-- Seth Samuel, Jazz Director, WOBC Radio, Oberlin College/OH, USA

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"Thanks a ton for your CD.... As 'mutant' as your jazz is, I think it will fit in perfectly with some of our new material.... Again, thanks a lot for the tracks, and keep on playing and experimenting."

-- Bryce Peake, Jazz Director, "Jazz Lounge" radio show WEIU 88.9 FM, Illinois, USA

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"It is also rare to receive a CD so vibrant and compelling. From the first few notes I knew I had found something good. Your album has been added to our playlist, where it will chart in our top 30. This week it is number 1 on our jazz chart, and I have gotten 'cool albums' from non-jazz DJs. The cover art is great. I think you nailed this one. Are you looking for label representation?"

-- Benjamin Weiss, Jazz Director

KBGA 89.9 FM, University of Montana, USA

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Additionally...

"Your CD has been selected as 'Best of the Batch' and is featured on the Mi2N.com [Music Industry News Network] and MusicDish.net homepages as well as myspace page. We really enjoyed your album which has been in regular rotation in the office."

-- Eric, (May 18, 2006)

MusicDish.net, USA

Links

http://www.johnwilliamgordon.com

http://www.MySpace.com/JohnWilliamGordon

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