“The hour-and-one-half set was a virtuosic tour de force, as Jordan’s sets so often are,” raves the LOS ANGELES TIMES. “A standing ovation immediately followed from an audience which collectively understood and appreciated the complexity and beauty of the art which had just been conjured by one of the world’s true music innovators…one who had just delivered a musical performance which will be hard to ever forget,” states AUSTRALIAN MUSICIAN MAGAZINE (2022 Live Performance Review – Solo Show). “If you ever want to know what perfection sounds like, just listen to ‘Duets’, the great new recording by Kevin Eubanks and Stanley Jordan,” says DOWNBEAT MAGAZINE (2015 Album Review of ‘Duets’).
4x-GRAMMY® Award Nominee & Legendary Guitarist STANLEY JORDAN formed a new band called STANLEY PLAYS THE DEAD. Jordan has always loved the Grateful Dead's music, Jerry Garcia's playing in particular, and this 4-piece unit was founded to share that love with the fans! In a career that took flight in 1985, with the commercial & critical acclaim of his Gold Album 'Magic Touch' (it topped the Billboard's Jazz Chart for a record-breaking 51 weeks), guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility & maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces or soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, to blazing straight ahead jazz forays & ultramodern improvisational works-solo or with a group-Jordan can always be counted on to take listeners on breathless journeys! "Genius is a word often tossed around in musical circles, but it has been rightfully applied to Stanley Jordan," raves the LOS ANGELES TIMES.