An Intimate Evening with Stanley Jordan

World-renowned guitarist Stanley Jordan who has developed the "touch technique", also called "tapping", is the innovation that Stanley Jordan is best known for. It uses both hands on the guitar neck playing independently. It allows a guitarist to achieve a level of orchestral complexity approaching that of a piano, while still retaining the expressiveness of the guitar. 

Modern jazz master Stanley Jordan made a major splash in guitar circles back in the Eighties, in large part because of his innovative "touch" tapping technique and unusual all-fourths tuning. One of the many highlights of his popular 1988 album, Flying Home, is his jaw-dropping instrumental cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven.”….Guitar Player

In a career that took flight in 1985 with commercial and critical acclaim, guitar virtuoso Stanley Jordan has consistently displayed a chameleonic musical persona of openness, imagination, versatility, respect, and maverick daring. Be it bold reinventions of classical masterpieces, soulful explorations through pop-rock hits, or blazing straight-ahead jazz forays and ultramodern improvisational works — solo or with a group — Jordan can always be counted on to take listeners on breathless journeys into the unexpected. He writes on his website that he is very excited to be promoting the healing powers of music brought to the public by music therapists in “important places, such as hospitals, hospice centers, youth counseling centers, and correctional facilities.”Before I had ever heard of the term music therapy, I was already moving in that direction. Once, as a teenager, I recovered almost completely from the flu in one day while playing music with another student. The feeling of the music and the feeling of the healing were one and the same. Later, as an undergrad at Princeton, I got a hold of a book of Scientific American reprints on the brain. I could not put that book down! Although it had no articles on music, it gave me some insights into what happens in the brain while listening to music, and I developed a lifelong interest in finding a way to use music to heal the brain and improve its functions.…. Brain World Magazine

Honoka’a Peoples Theater

45-3574 Mamane st. Honka’a, HI 96727

Information: 808-896-4845 Tickets: $38. Adv.  $55. Gold Circle Adv.    

Doors: 6:30 pm.  Show: 7:30 pm.

Go To: http://www.bluesbearhawaii.com or Call: 808-896-4845 

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“With emotional playing like this, nothing else matters except this. Beautiful visually, much appreciated!” ... Mr NY Crispy“

So marvelous and so ahead of his time. Even now his musicality puts him ahead of so many who have the technique but not the substance”… Kevin Gamble

“Best Jazz, Classic & Rock VIRTUOUS Guitarist in the music history of this Galactic area!Simultaneous Melody, Harmony, Baseline & Improvisation! Far beyond  Doctorate. Probably the rebirth of Paganini!” ... Ximal Popoca

“it is just amazing... thanks a lot for sharing this, I ask for more” ..Sheng Bi

“The amazing thing about this performance is not even just the raw finger talent, but that he basically creates an entirely new song. His additions are just so organic that I remembering listening back to the original Beatles version and thinking, "wait, where did that other part go?”… Cursed Lemon

“That absolutely blew me away. What a passion and dedication”…. Nu.Spirit