Jon Gordon

Joe Henderson, who I maybe, to me, if I had to pick one improviser in my life that I saw live that…

— Jon Gordon

Benny Carter came up to me and said to me, "You know, in the whole history of the alto, I think Phil…

— Jon Gordon

“know that I’m not a human being having a spiritual experience. I’m a spiritual being having a human experience.”

— Jon Gordon

It's very unlikely you're a genius, but, if you're ready to work at it hard and you want to listen to music…

— Jon Gordon

The first jazz cruise that I was on was '91. I played with Maria Schneider and John Fedchock's band. Got to meet…

— Jon Gordon

I just lucked into a lot of good people man. In my life and through friends, and in the music, that really…

— Jon Gordon

Every morning you have a choice. Are you going to be a positive thinker or a negative thinker? Positive thinking will energize…

— Jon Gordon

I was occasionally getting calls for some things. But I would say, 22 to 29 was a lot of scuffling. Hoping to…

— Jon Gordon

Dust on gold doesn't change the nature of gold.

— Jon Gordon

There are a lot of people that impacted me. I remember hearing Oscar Peterson live at the Blue Note, which was very…

— Jon Gordon

There's a lot of good people out here that want to help you grow and to help the music to continue to…

— Jon Gordon

Ernie Hayes, Jimmy Lewis, and either Belton Evans or Khalil Mahdi on drums [were in Sweet Basil]. All those guys really took…

— Jon Gordon

A true leader doesn't lead to gain power. They lead to empower and give power away.

— Jon Gordon

We had Bob's [Gordon] records, and he's on Clifford Brown's first record as a leader. I believe it was Clifford Brown's first…

— Jon Gordon

Another classical music teacher from Performing Arts that I've stayed in contact with is Jonathan Strasser.

— Jon Gordon

There is a very small chance that you might be really brilliant and really talented.

— Jon Gordon

“While your company has had other leaders stir the pot, they have never had you lead the way. The past is the…

— Jon Gordon

“Critics write words but they don't write the future.”

— Jon Gordon

Remember, you have only one ride through life so give it all you got and enjoy the ride.

— Jon Gordon

We listened [with my mother] to [Frank] Sinatra and Glen Campbell and we had some Beatles records that I liked. This was…

— Jon Gordon

I was also sitting in from the middle of senior year of high school at Sweet Basil, it was a great club…

— Jon Gordon

The light went on when I heard Phil [woods] play, and I went like, "That is why I'm playing the instrument." So…

— Jon Gordon

I feel very similarly. I didn't have necessarily the same exact kind of dynamic, but that means a lot when people are…

— Jon Gordon

Connection to the music and the history was very powerful to me. I think that's what I feel the most blessed about.

— Jon Gordon

Families that I lived with a little bit in junior high and quite a bit in high school and college. Just to…

— Jon Gordon