Jordan Officer
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Jordan Officer is a Montreal
based jazz
/ blues
/ country music
ian.
Jordan Officer grew up in Montreal, studying violin, and later bagpipes, and eventually guitar which is now his main instrument. His first bands were mostly blues, but as a sideman played various styles, with acts such as Michael Jerome Browne, the Stephen Barry Band, Mack MacKenzie, Grouyan Gombo, and others. His main project has been with the Susie Arioli
Band. This band was started by noted jazz singer Susie Arioli
and Jordan Officer in 1996, and has released four albums so far on Justin Time records. All four albums feature Jordan as a guitar player, arranger, and composer. Jordan is also producer of the fourth record, Learn To Smile Again, and the most recent album Night Lights. Jordan also studied jazz at McGill University
in Montreal.
Jordan released his first solo album on April 20, 2010.
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
based jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
/ blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...
/ country music
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
ian.
Jordan Officer grew up in Montreal, studying violin, and later bagpipes, and eventually guitar which is now his main instrument. His first bands were mostly blues, but as a sideman played various styles, with acts such as Michael Jerome Browne, the Stephen Barry Band, Mack MacKenzie, Grouyan Gombo, and others. His main project has been with the Susie Arioli
Susie Arioli
- Biography :Arioli had been singing in jazz clubs in Montreal when she met guitar player Jordan Officer at a jam led by Stephen Barry. Together they started the Susie Arioli Band. Their first big opportunity came in 1998 when after a successful outdoor show they were asked by the Montreal...
Band. This band was started by noted jazz singer Susie Arioli
Susie Arioli
- Biography :Arioli had been singing in jazz clubs in Montreal when she met guitar player Jordan Officer at a jam led by Stephen Barry. Together they started the Susie Arioli Band. Their first big opportunity came in 1998 when after a successful outdoor show they were asked by the Montreal...
and Jordan Officer in 1996, and has released four albums so far on Justin Time records. All four albums feature Jordan as a guitar player, arranger, and composer. Jordan is also producer of the fourth record, Learn To Smile Again, and the most recent album Night Lights. Jordan also studied jazz at McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
in Montreal.
Jordan released his first solo album on April 20, 2010.