291: Steve Jordan

The Trap Set with Joe Wong

Joe Wong

Joewong, Drums, Comedy, Performing Arts, Arts, Drummers

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2020

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Steve Jordan is one of the most distinctive and prolific drummers in the history of recorded music. He is also an in-demand producer and record label proprietor. Join us for a 90-minute, life-spanning conversation with one of the all-time greats!

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0:00.0	This is Joe Wong.
0:15.0	Welcome to the Trap Set.
0:18.0	Watch this, folks.
0:35.7	Okay. Okay. Today's guest is Steve Jordan.
0:46.5	One of the most distinctive and prolific drummers to emerge during the era of recorded music,
0:52.2	Steve has worked with dozens of top-tier artists, such as Booker
0:55.9	T, Kat Stevens, Bee-B King, the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young,
1:03.4	Roberta Flack, Sissy Houston, and Eric Clapton. In the 70s, Steve played in the S&L band
1:09.8	and was a member of the Blues Brothers. As an in-demands, Steve played in the S&L band and was a member of the Blues Brothers.
1:11.6	As an in-demand producer, Steve's worked with Bob Dylan, Sonny Rawlins, Stevie Nix, and John Spencer Blues Explosion, just to name a few.
1:21.6	Steve also co-owns JV Records, a label that distributes releases by his band, The Verbs,
1:29.3	as well as artists such as Robert Cray and Ray Gorn.
1:32.3	The label's latest release, Beat Odyssey 2020, is a collaboration between Jordan and Mixmaster
1:39.1	Mike of the Beastie Boys, who will also be featured on this show. Steve spoke to me in July by phone from upstate New York.
1:54.9	Hello.
1:56.0	Hey, Steve.
1:57.3	Yes.
1:57.9	Joe here.
1:59.0	Hi, Joe.
1:59.6	How are you?
2:00.2	Good.
2:00.5	How are you? Good. Good. Where are you? I am in upstate New York.
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