DAVE JORDAN (New Orleans, LA)
https://www.davejordanmusic.net/
Dave Jordan is an award-winning, critically acclaimed, roots rocker from New Orleans. For over 20 years he has been a staple of the New Orleans music scene, and his work has been described as “the personification of the New Orleans ethos.”
Before becoming a “solo” artist, he was the bass player/lead singer/founder of the funk band Juice. From the mid/late ’90s until the late ’00s, Juice released 3 albums and as contemporaries of Galactic, Iris May Tango and All That, part of the resurgence of New Orleans funk music. From 1999-2003, they toured relentlessly, averaging over 180 dates annually. They were recipients of 2000’s Best of the Beat Awards for Best Emerging Funk/Soul/R&B Band and later nominated for Best Roots Rock Band and Album.
He has recorded or performed with a host of New Orleans luminaries, including Art and Cyril Neville, Anders Osborne, George Porter, Joe Krown, Johnny Vidacovich and countless more.
His 2010 solo debut release, These Old Boots, co-produced by Grammy-winning songwriter/producer Anders Osborne, was named a Top 10 record of the year by the New Orleans Times-Picayune.
His 2013 follow up, Bring Back Red Raspberry was compared to everything from the Rolling Stones’ Exile On Main Street to Tom Petty to John Prine. Hittin’ The Note magazine called it “a polished, hook-heavy gem.” After the release of BBRR, Jordan returned to nationwide touring, focusing mostly on the Gulf Coast down to Key West and extended tours in Colorado. Described as “Southern roots rock with a Louisiana soul,” his band, dubbed the Neighborhood Improvement Association, is a rotating cast of some of the finest, most in-demand roots rock, funk and blues musicians in New Orleans.
He has been featured in numerous local, regional and national publications including Relix, offBeat, Times-Picayune, Gambit, Hittin’ The Note, An Honest Tune; as well as NPR, Raw Travel and every local television station. He is also featured- along with Tab Benoit, Dr. John, Aaron Neville and more- in the Voice of the Wetlands television commercial, promoting the awareness and education of rebuilding the LA Gulf coast. 2019 also marks his 11th consecutive appearance at the Voice of the Wetlands Festival.
His most recent album, Burning Sage was released in fall 2019 and Dave will be touring nationally to support.
DAVE JORDAN – Burning Sage review
https://relix.com/reviews/albums/detail/dave-jordan-burning-sage/
“Jordan he leans into the kind of soulful, laid-back roots-rock that will put you in a New Orleans state of mind.”
DOC WENDELL – Review: Dave Jordan & The NIA -“No Losers Tonight
http://www.c-ville.com/county-lord-nelson-spotlights-community-debut-album/#.VnHHmZMrKEI
“There’s no mistaking pure, untampered New Orleans music, whether it be jazz, blues, country, Zydeco, rock n’ roll and everything in between. Musicians from other places may try their asses off to get that nothing like the real thing. Dave Jordan & The NIA feeling, but (The Neighborhood Improvement Association) serve up a there’s a healthy dose of no-nonsense blues, rock and country soul. ”
“The personification of the New Orleans ethos.”- Where Yat Magazine