''Magic Touch'' is the first studio album by guitarist
Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan (born July 31, 1959) is an American jazz guitarist noted for his playing technique, which involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands.
Music career
Jordan was born in Chicago, Illinois, United St ...
, released in 1985 by
Blue Note Records
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on
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; a CD edition was issued in 1990.
"Jordan, Stanley biography"
Blue Note Records
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on June 8, 2011. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
Critical reception
Daniel Gioffre at AllMusic
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awarded ''Magic Touch'' 4.5 stars out of 5, calling it "An instant classic, and one of the definitive moments of modern jazz guitar." He listed "Eleanor Rigby", "The Lady in My Life", "Freddie Freeloader", "'Round Midnight", and "A Child Is Born" as highlights.[
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Track listing
Personnel
*Stanley Jordan
Stanley Jordan (born July 31, 1959) is an American jazz guitarist noted for his playing technique, which involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands.
Music career
Jordan was born in Chicago, Illinois, United St ...
– guitar
*Onaje Allan Gumbs
Onaje Allan Gumbs (born Allan Bentley Gumbs, September 3, 1949 – April 6, 2020)[ ...]
– keyboard
*Wayne Braithwaite – bass
*Charnett Moffett
Charnett Moffett (June 10, 1967 – April 11, 2022) was an American jazz bassist.
Moffett began playing bass in the family band, touring the Far East in 1975 at the age of eight. In the mid-1980s, he played with Wynton Marsalis and Branford Ma ...
– bass
*Peter Erskine
Peter Erskine (born June 5, 1954) is an American jazz drummer who was a member of the jazz fusion groups Weather Report and Steps Ahead.
Early life and education
Erskine was born in Somers Point, New Jersey, U.S. He began playing the drum ...
– drums
*Omar Hakim
Omar Hakim (born February 12, 1959) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and pop music drummer, producer, arranger and composer. He has worked with Weather Report, David Bowie, Foo Fighters, Sting, Madonna, Dire Straits, Bryan Ferry, Journey, Kate ...
– drums
*Al Di Meola
Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...
– cymbals
* Sammy Figueroa – percussion
*Bugsy Moore – percussion
Production
*James Farber – engineer
*Kenny Florendo – assistant engineer
*Al Di Meola – producer
*Christine Martin – producer
References
External links
Stanley Jordan ''Magic Touch''
album review at Guitar Nine
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Stanley Jordan albums
1985 albums
Blue Note Records albums