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Esteban 'Steve' Jordan 

No Rules: The Life & Music of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan

From: KUT
Length: 00:59:00

Music-Rich Hour-long Radio Documentary on Latino Accordion Legend Esteban 'Steve' Jordan Read the full description.

Stevejordanwepic_small Esteban 'Steve' Jordan is not a household name. But serious musicians know that for decades Jordan has been considered the world's greatest accordion player. Elusive and reclusive, Jordan was notorious for refusing media interviews. But a recent bout with liver cancer has him lifting the veil on his life story. Latino USA's Alex Avila recently visited with this mysterious musical artist and produced this radio documentary for Hispanic Heritage Month titled, "No Rules: The Life & Music of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan."

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Esteban 'Steve' Jordan is not a household name. But serious musicians know that for decades Jordan has been considered the world's greatest accordion player. Elusive and reclusive, Jordan was notorious for refusing media interviews. But a recent bout with liver cancer has him lifting the veil on his life story. Latino USA's Alex Avila recently visited with this mysterious musical artist and produced this radio documentary for Hispanic Heritage Month titled, "No Rules: The Life & Music of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan."

Transcript

JORDAN 1HR PRX BILLBOARD
FROM NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO, IT?S A SPECIAL EDITION OF LATINO USA. I?M MARIA HINOJOSA.

MUSIC: El Alacran (edit)

TEXAS ACCORDION LEGEND ESTEBAN ?STEVE? JORDAN HAS BEEN A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN FOR 62 OF HIS 69 YEARS.

Teaser BB: What a ridiculous thing that I never went to school. So I had to go learn, ?You went to college?? Yeah, State Penn or Penn State? (Laughs) State Penn, right?

AN ECCLECTIVE BUT RECLUSIVE MUSICAL ARTIST, JORDAN IS NOT WELL-KNOWN OUTSIDE OF HIS TEJANO ROOTS. AND YET MANY HAVE LONG DUBBED JORDAN THE ?JIMMY HENDRIX OF THE ACCORDION.?

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(BUT) A RECENT BOUGHT WITH LIVER CANCER ALMOST KILLED THIS MYSTERIOUS MUSICAL GENIUS. AS PART OF HIS RECOVERY, JORDAN DECIDED TO LIFT THE VEIL SOMEWHAT ON HIS RECLUSIVE LIFE.

COMING UP ON THIS SPECIAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH EDITION OF LATINO USA??NO RULES: THE LIFE AND MUSIC OF ESTEBAN ?STEVE? JORD...
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Timing and Cues

Self-contained radio documentary. 1 minute network breaks at 19:00 and 39:00.

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
El Alacran Esteban 'Steve' Jordan Return of El Parche. Rounder 1986 00:55
La Polkaplex Esteban 'Steve' Jordan PORQUE SERA / HAC-7516. Hacienda 1975 01:45
Las Coronelas Esteban 'Steve' Jordan The Many Sounds of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan. Arhoolie 1990 02:37
La Ausencia Narciso Martinez Tejano Roots. Arhoolie 2007 01:50
El Cascabel Esteban 'Steve' Jordan Return of El Parche. Rounder 1986 02:10
Midnight Blues Esteban 'Steve' Jordan The Many Sounds of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan. Arhoolie 1990 01:15
Flor de Mexico Esteban 'Steve' Jordan CON UNA SONRISA / HAC-7520. Hacienda 1975 00:59
Together Again Esteban 'Steve' Jordan The Many Sounds of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan. Arhoolie 1990 01:40
Skat Talk Mark Colby One Good Turn. Columbia 1979 01:20
Roots Willie Bobo Talkin' Verve. Polygram 1997 02:38
La Traicionera Esteban 'Steve' Jordan The Many Sounds of Esteban 'Steve' Jordan. Arhoolie 1990 00:50
La Marcha de los Campesinos Esteban 'Steve' Jordan Return of El Parche. Rounder 1986 00:45
My Toot Toot Rockin' Sidney My Toot Toot. Maison De Soul 1987 01:15
My Toot Toot Esteban 'Steve' Jordan 20 GOLDEN HITS / SC-192. Hacienda 1982 00:35
Derecho Al Hueso Esteban 'Steve' Jordan PORQUE SERA / HAC-7516. Hacienda 1975 00:50
Yakity Yak Esteban 'Steve' Jordan Return of El Parche. Rounder 1986 00:59
Mucho Corazon Esteban 'Steve' Jordan 20 GOLDEN HITS / SC-192. Hacienda 1982 00:45
Oaxaca Esteban 'Steve' Jordan Return of El Parche. Rounder 1986 00:40
Carta Espiritual Esteban 'Steve' Jordan Carta Espiritual. Jordan Label 2008 01:15
Cumbia de Chon Esteban 'Steve' Jordan 20 GOLDEN HITS / SC-192. Hacienda 1982 01:00

Related Website

http://estebanjordan.com/