Ronny jordan biography

Born Ronald Simpson on November 29, 1962, in London, England.

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Addresses: Record company---Blue Note, 150 Fifth Ave., 6th Fl., New York, NY 10011, website: http://www.bluenote.com/.

While many of guitarist Ronny Jordan's influences played straight jazz, he has made his reputation by fusing jazz with other musical genres.

"I'm not a hardnosed jazz purist," he told Joe Gore in Guitar Player. His involvement in the British funk scene during the 1980s opened his eyes to the possibility of mixing jazz, rap, and pop in daring ways. While some jazz purists resisted Jordan's progressive thinking, radio audiences embraced early efforts like "After Hours" and a new version of Miles Davis's "So What." Besides fusing different styles of music, he also worked to create music that would appeal to both traditional jazz fans and people who liked to dance.

"I like jazz the common man can relate to," Jordan told Fred Shuster in the Los Angeles Daily News. "It has to be music fro