Jerome Jordan, born & raised in Brooklyn, started singing at the age of four. When he was five years old he began to play the drums. At the age of ten he picked up the violin & the viola. Around this time he also began to play keyboards. Upon discovering the guitar at the age of thirteen, Jerome found the instrument that would compliment his singing & on-stage antics. While growing up, 70s soul & rock & 80s new wave, punk, & hip-hop were his inspiration information. In the mid to late nineties, Jerome began to take NYC by storm, playing & singing in such NY powerhouse groups as Funkface, Tamar-Kali, Maya, The Screaming Headless Torsos/Strawberry Acid Lab featuring guitar wizard David 'Fuze' Fuizcinscy, Rha Goddess, Lisala, Abbey Dobson, Shelley Nicole, N'Dea Davenport, & with jazz cellist, Nioka Workman's Ebon's Jam. Jerome also played & sang with Columbia recording artist Jeni Fujita, Island/Def Jam/American recording artist Saul Williams, Sony Independiente recording artist DJ Punk Rock & Jive recording artist Mystikal. He has played guitar on recordings for Mary J Blige, Brand New Heavies, Soul II Soul, Cleopatra, Big Pun, Ginuwine, Mark Morrison, The Wu Tang Clan, Conner Reeve, Hinda Hicks, & the list continues. Now, singer/songwriter Jerome Jordan is striking out on his own, forging new paths for music with real songs that are at once hip & classic, intelligent, intuitive, & fun. On stage, his performances are exciting, gripping, & intense. Jerome simply sums it up, 'I play music. I love it! I love being on stage even more & I think that you will too. Check it out!' Jordan is NYC's own hardest working man in show biniss, doing duty in myriad bands & serving as something of a black rock impresario. While Jordan is poised as the local scene's great guitar hero, Tamar-Kali is its post-punk Queen Bee. It's February, goddammit! Check out the genre's vanguard and put yo' asses where yo' mouth is. - Kandia Crazy Horse, Author of Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock 'n' Roll "Nowhere in the year 2002's trumpeting of Great White Hypes and their predominantly retro sounds was theremuch if any room for the current crop of rock star hopefuls on the black-hand side: Tamar-Kali, Kregg Ajamu, Santi White & Stiffed, Cherry, Cody ChestnuTT, Joi, Martin Luther, Martha Redbone, Jerome Jordan, Mascara and even Cee-Lo (ex-Goodie Mob), who worked with some interesting hybrids on his solo debut and often sing The Doors in concert." - Kandia Crazy Horse, Author of Rip It Up: The Black Experience in Rock 'n' Roll If you're a musician in New York, you probably know Jerome Jordan. This dreadlocked, Brooklyn-bred singer/songwriter/musician has played with just about everyone on countless albums and is a mainstay on the New York scene. After working with local bands Funk Face and Tamar-Kali and contributing to poet Saul Williams's debut, Amethyst Rock Star, Jordan is currently working on a solo album, which can be described as '70s soul with a rock heart, awash in a cosmic stew. A musician's musician, Jordan weaves multi-layered songs that groove at various levels. "Magik" crunches vocal harmonies anchored with an early Funkadelic-esque sensibility. "I Don't Mind" wouldn't be out of place on some blaxploitation film if it weren't for its delicate and brilliant breakdown. Other tunes, like "Lava" and "Running" create musical chaos for ears tuned to hand-to-mouth pop. For the non-MTV music lover - you know, the one who takes time to actually listen to a song - Jerome Jordan crafts music that intrigues and satisfies. Expect him to explode in the near future. From Africana.com's, Sound Check: Reality, Profanity and Music, written by Steven G. Fullwood.