John William Gordon <johnwilliamgordon>


"I'm a local jazz guitar player and was thoroughly impressed by your style. I live right between NY and Philly and have heard some of the best players in the world, but I hadn't heard anything quite like your playing. I hear everything from Monk to Ornette Coleman to Led Zeppelin in it. I heard your cd on...Rutgers college station (WRSU), [which] played your entire cd without interruption." Eric D, NJ, USA

Genre
Jazz
Experimental
Jam Band

Label
Independent
Self Published

Hometown
Oakland
United States

URL
http://www.bebo.com/johnwilliamgordon

Profile Created
July 2007

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Influences
Thelonious Monk, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Charlie Parker, Bill Frisell, McCoy Tyner, Lester Young, Art Tatum, Jim Hall, Derek Bailey, Don Pullen, Misha Mengelberg, Alien Sex Fiend, Sex Pistols, Van Halen and a bunch of others.

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  • My new CD "Technot" is available!

    Hurrah!

    My my new CD "TECHNOT" is now available directly from my website www.johnWilliamGordon.com (with Paypal).

    CDBaby.com (search for "john william gordon") will start selling Technot in about 7 business days. Then iTunes and other online services will sell tracks and the CD in 10-45 days (search for "John William Gordon" on those services).

    Whew...

    I just finished updating my website, www.JohnWilliamGordon.com.

    I was going to make a new fancy Flash home page but it's too much work right now. I have to practice my geeeetar and send CDs to radio stations and book gigs. I started to make a new Flash home page and it looks cool so far, but it takes way too much work/time right now. How did I ever manage to have the time to learn Flash and make my first website? Oh yeah, it took me a month.

    0 Comments 111 days

  • Uploaded new tracks

    from the new CD, which is called, "Technot" -- also the name of the title track.

    0 Comments 127 days

  • New CD sent to manufacturing

    But I uploaded tracks here already.

    I'll have the CDs by March 15, but iTunes, CDBaby and others will take longer.

    0 Comments 127 days

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31 July 2009 at 6:30 PM
Where
The Arlington Cafe
269 Arlington Ave
Kensington, CA 94707
USA

Details
My trio featuring my new bassist, Ryan Lukas, will perform two sets of our originals at this neighborhood venue just north of Berkeley, CA.

http://www.269thearlington.com/
(510) 525-3900
24 September 2009 at 8:00 PM
Where
MIDPOINT MUSIC FESTIVAL (Sept 24-26)
Cincinnati, Ohio
USA
Details
Exact date, time and venue will be determined in coming weeks.
22 November 2009 at 6:00 PM
Where
Cafe Royale
800 Post St. @ Leavenworth
San Francisco, California 94109
USA
Cost:0
Details
My trio will play all original compositions, including some spontaneously made-up (a.k.a., free) pieces.

We’ll play until 8:30pm or so.

No cover charge.

Cafe Royale is a very comfy neighborhood cafe in San Francisco. Along with the nice downstairs area, it has upstairs seating with a great view of the band.

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  • Gess Hu Bk
    Gess Hu Bk

    sorry. In 1997 a girl called lauren was walking in a forest and then a she just dissapeared no one ever found her untill 2000 when a yoing girl called Mary found her body and markings on her chest saying: I wasnt pretty enough" and now you have read this she will appear in your mirrorrsaying your not pretty enough and kill you. by the way the girl called mary</3 died shortly after. To be saved paste this to 5 other videos. THIS IS TRUE Now uv started readin dis dunt stop. This is so scary. Send this to 5 ova bands in 143 Minutes. When ur done press F6 and ur crushes name will appear on the screen in big letters. This is scary cause it actually works!!

    5 days ago
  • Rassin A
    Rassin A

    fuck that first track...its amazing :D

    9 weeks ago
  • My Tune Rox
    My Tune Rox

    Cool Tunes :) We are looking for up and coming artists to feature on our new indie web site, if you are interested you can bebo us or log onto http://www.mytunerox.com.
    Keep Rockin :)
    The MyTuneRox Team.

    14 weeks ago
  • John William Gordon
    John William Gordon

    My new CD is finished and for sale on my website, www.johnwilliamgordon.com. Whew.

    15 weeks ago
  • John William Gordon
    John William Gordon

    In response to Bekah Lee, nope, we're not planning on playing in Georgia ni the near future but we'd love to. Btw, I couldn't reply to your post directly because your profile is "private."

    Also, we're almost done mixing my new CD, though. I hope it'll ship by the end of January.

    28 weeks ago
  • Bekah Lee
    Bekah Lee

    you playing in georgia any time??

    41 weeks ago
  • Mick Nye
    Mick Nye

    Hi there,

    Playing is the best, I know what you are talking about regarding booking and all that, but just go for it, eventually everything can become a habit :)

    Good luck :)

    Cheers

    72 weeks ago