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Edward "Kidd" Jordan Memorial Concert

FREEJAZZ GIANT
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Monday, June 19, 2023 
at
Roulette, 509 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn
7 PM
An Evening of Music, Words, Movement to Honor the Legacy of this Jazz Master
In partnership with Roulette Intermedium ​
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Free and open to the public
REGISTER HERE for IN Person
REGISTER HERE for Streaming
Featuring Performances by: Members of the Jordan Family • William Parker • Oliver Lake • Lee Mixashawn Rozie •  J.D. Parran • Jason Kao Hwang • Daniel Carter • James Brandon Lewis • Dave Burrell • Hamid Drake • Isaiah Collier •  Rob Brown • Cooper-Moore • Patricia Nicholson • Dave Sewelson • Miriam Parker • William Hooker • Chad Fowler • others TBA
Monday, June 19th, Arts for Art will present a tribute to Edward “Kidd” Jordan, the great Creative Improvised Music legend from New Orleans. Kidd was a first generation FreeJazz saxophone player who inspired generations of musicians that had the privilege to work with or study under him.
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​Edward "Kidd" Jordan, born May 5, 1935 in Crowley, LA. passed away on April 7, 2023 in New Orleans where he lived all of his adult life. Kidd was an important figure in the Arts for Art/Vision family. He played at the Vision Festival for the first time in 1999. He was awarded for his LifeTime of Achievement in 2008 and he performed at Vision every year through 2019 when he performed a Tribute to his dear friend and fellow artist, the drummer, Alvin Fielder. 

He loved all music and was able to support his family playing with most of the great blues and R&B stars who traveled down south. He enjoyed it all, but he loved to play as free as possible, whenever it was possible. This was not easy In New Orleans.  

He was absolutely devoted to his community. Over the years, he educated generations of young musicians in the discipline and joy of music including the Marsalis family, Jon Batiste, the musicians from the Treme district like Trombone Shorty and thousands of others.   His stated goal "was not to teach them jazz, but to teach them how to play their instrument and then let them go.” 

Edward "Kidd" Jordan is someone who can inspire us all.  He was a King. Now he is a Legend, an inspiration to all who want to Live with a strong sense of responsibility for family and community and a commitment to all music but most especially the music that is reaching toward the heavens. 
This evening of performances will be presented in partnership with Roulette.




MISSION: Arts for Art is dedicated to the exceptional creativity that originated in the African American multi-arts jazz culture that utilizes improvisation to express a larger, more positive dream of inclusion and freedom.
​​ARTS FOR ART, INC.
107 Suffolk Street, #300, New York, NY, 10002
212-254-5420 | info@artsforart.org

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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • Programs
    • AFA Artists
    • Annual Reports
    • Board & Staff
    • Vision Circle
    • Safe(r) Space Code of Conduct
    • About CoSA
  • EVENTS
    • In Memory of Charles Gayle
    • InGardens 2023, FREE Outdoor Concert Series in NYC
    • Vision Festival 2023, New York City
    • Vision Festival 2023 Conferences
    • EVENTS ARCHIVE >
      • Special Events >
        • Edward "Kidd" Jordan Memorial Concert
        • Joëlle Léandre: Life - Struggle - Music
        • Connie Crothers Tribute
        • THE MUSIC OF BRANDON LOPEZ AND FRIENDS
        • Jo Wood-Brown's 'Dreaming Woman'
        • MARSHALL ALLEN & NYC ALL-STARS
        • Family Gathering: Artists & Friends Fundraiser Celebration
        • Jazz Libre 2022
        • InGardens 2022, FREE Outdoor Concert Series in NYC
        • FreeJazz on a Saturday Afternoon
        • No Joke! Record Release
        • Studio Rivbea Revisited 2023
        • Jazz Libre! Celebration
        • Outdoor Concerts
        • Vision Festival Healing Soul
        • Amina Claudine Myers Birthday Celebration
        • Bringing on the Hallelujah: Kidd Jordan Film
        • Artists for a Free World Protest Concerts
        • Earth Arrival Day Celebration >
          • Arts for Art at The Town Hall | March 4
        • Patricia Nicholson Birthday Benefit
        • Steve Cannon Tribute
        • Arts for Art at Weeksville
        • AFA at H0L0 Xennial
        • OPEN DOORS / OPEN STUDIOS
        • Arts for Art at the Kitchen
        • Cecil Taylor Memorial
        • FreeJazz at Weeksville
        • Vision at Tufts
        • Sonny Simmons Tribute Concert
        • Tribute to Hamiet Bluiett
      • Vision Festival Archive
      • Vision Festival 2022, New York City
      • On_Line Salons
      • Under_Line Salons >
        • Amina Claudine Myers Salon 1/07
        • Jemeel Moondoc Salon 4/18
        • Andrew Cyrille Salon 1/9
        • Under_Line Salon w/ Dave Burrell March 8, 2018
        • AFA Fundraiser Honoring Cecil Taylor
        • Under_Line Salon December 6
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Eric Revis & Alvin Fielder
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Cooper-Moore
        • Canceled - Under_Line Salon ft. Alvin Fielder
        • Holiday Salon at the LOWLINE Lab
        • Under_Line Salon ft. Marshall Allen
      • Evolving >
        • Peace and Justice Celebration
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Arts for Art at El Taller
        • Arts for Art at H0L0
        • Arts for Art at Nublu
        • Free Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon
        • Raza y Resistencia 2018
        • Justice is Compassion 12/7 - 1/12
        • Raza y Resistencia 2017
        • Justice is Compassion / Not a Police State
        • Raza y Resistencia
        • NYC FreeJazz Summit
      • Artist Meeting
      • InGardens >
        • InGardens 2021
        • InGardens 2019
        • InGardens 2018
        • In Gardens 2016
  • EDUCATION
    • Music is Mine
  • SUPPORT
    • Donate
    • MEMBERSHIP
    • Volunteer
  • AFFW
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