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Instruments
  
guitar

Role
  
Guitarist

Name
  
Ronny Jordan


Website
  
www.ronnyjordan.com

Years active
  
1992–2014

Died
  
January 13, 2014

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Birth name
  
Ronald Laurence Albert Simpson

Born
  
29 November 1962 London, England (
1962-11-29
)

Occupation(s)
  
Singer-songwriter, musician, artist, activist

Labels
  
4th & Broadway, Island Records

Genres
  
Jazz, Acid jazz, Smooth jazz

Albums
  
The Antidote, The Quiet Revolution, Bad Brothers, A Brighter Day, After 8

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Robert Lawrence Albert Simpson, known as Ronny Jordan (29 November 1962 – 13 January 2014) was a British guitarist and part of the acid jazz movement at the end of the twentieth century. Jordan described his music as "urban jazz," a blend of jazz, hip-hop, and R&B.

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Biography

He came to prominence after being featured on Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1, released in 1993. He was also one of the artists whose recordings are featured on Stolen Moments: Red Hot + Cool—a compilation album released in 1994 to benefit the Red Hot Organization.

Following 1992's The Antidote, recordings from Jordan have featured on the Billboard charts. He was also the recipient of The MOBO Best Jazz Act Award and the Gibson Guitar Best Jazz Guitarist Award. His 2000 release, A Brighter Day, was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Jazz Album.

Jordan's song "The Jackal" (from his 1993 album The Quiet Revolution) gained prominence when actress Allison Janney in the role of C. J. Cregg lip-synched it in the episode "Six Meetings Before Lunch" of The West Wing. She also did so on Arsenio Hall's television show in September 2013.

Jordan died on January 13, 2014.

Solo albums

  • The Antidote (1992)
  • The Quiet Revolution (1993)
  • Light to Dark (1996)
  • A Brighter Day (2000)
  • Off the Record (2001)
  • At Last (2003)
  • After 8 (2004)
  • The Rough and the Smooth (2009)
  • Straight-Up Street (2012)
  • Contributor

  • Guru's Jazzmatazz, Vol. 1 (1993)
  • Bad Brothers Remix EP with DJ Krush (1994)
  • Ronny Jordan Collection (2002)
  • Huge in Japan / "The Sound of my people" / Dario Boente & Huge in Japan Feat. Ronny Jordan (2006)
  • References

    Ronny Jordan Wikipedia