Last September, the Arabi Wrecking Krewe spent a hot Saturday afternoon gutting the house of local free jazz legend and musical patriarch Kidd Jordan. (Some gutting pictures are here.)
Schroeder came along to pitch in and also to collect audio samples for his WTUL show, Community Gumbo, and on Saturday morning’s show he’ll be running a feature about Kidd and the day we wrecked his house. Tune in to 91.5FM at 9:00am, or catch the online audio archive later.
Kidd also plays at the Jazz Fest on Sunday at the WWOZ Jazz Tent at 12:35. If you’re a fan of really out jazz along the lines of later Coltrane, Peter Brotzmann, John Zorn, Evan Parker, or Joe McPhee, you won’t want to miss this. Jordan’s biggest fans are all in Europe so catching a hometown show from him is a rare treat.
Kidd Jordan wrecking on WTUL
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Peter Brotzmann’s okay, but I really *loved* his son Caspar.
Thanks for helping to spread the news. Really, I just hope that people get to hear him talk about music. That conversation with Brian West was incredible. Memorable lines:
The guy who nicknamed him “Kidd”: “He could play the scratches in the [Charlie Parker] records.”
“Jon Faddis look like he walk on his lips.”