A recording that features Derrik Jordan's expressive and rhythmic 5 string electric violin playing in a multi-layered, improvisational setting. Featuring duets with many of his talented friends playing their unusual instruments like Lisa Sokolov (fre [+]A recording that features Derrik Jordan's expressive and rhythmic 5 string electric violin playing in a multi-layered, improvisational setting. Featuring duets with many of his talented friends playing their unusual instruments like Lisa Sokolov (free jazz vocals), Nebulai (digeridoo), Steve Leicach (balaphone), John Hughes (cora), Barry Hyman (sitar) and Jared Shapiro (cello). Plus some looping improvisational pieces and compositions by Derrik.
Lisa Sokolov, an old friend from their Bennington College days together, performs a wonderful improvisational conversation on "Rapscallion." She was just awarded Jazz CD of the Year by Downbeat Magazine, who called her album "Presence" a masterpiece.
The CD includes beautiful artwork by visionary artist Maura Holden.
If you are into the electric violin, you'll dig this one.
"...Derrik Jordan is something of a one-man musical force of nature"
-Vermont Sunday Magazine
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Derrik Jordan Wins International Songwriting Award!!!
Well known southern Vermont musician, Derrik Jordan, has won 2nd place in the 2004 USA Songwriting Competition, known as the world's leading international songwriting competition. His song, "Speak Through Me," co-written with Stephanie Lewis and Lorraine Ferro won 1st place in the Gospel category and 2nd place overall out of 32,500 songs considered.
The song, from his first CD, "Expecting A Miracle," will be featured on a compilation CD put out by the organization and sent out to radio stations. It will be played on NPR's popular show Acoustic Cafe which has 1,000,000 listeners and also on XM radio. The prize awarded to Jordan and his co-writers totals $9000 in cash and merchandise. You can see the other winners and read more about the USA Songwriting Competition at http://www.songwriting.net.
"I'm delighted and deeply honored to have placed second in such a large song contest," says Jordan. "I've always felt that 'Speak Through Me' was a very special song. Hopefully this win will help my songs reach a wider audience and perhaps I'll even get some popular recording artists to record some of them, which is every songwriter's dream. I've been writing for 35 years but have never entered a song contest before this one
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