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"The Guitar Man! Such a wonderful guitarist!" - Phil Keaggy
Jordan Finn is a music producer/composer/guitarist based in Nashville, Tennessee. Being born in West Michigan, he began his journey playing guitar at the age of 10. Throughout his early years as a musician, he spent much of his time developing his skills in a number of musical genres. He started a full time career in music shortly after graduating from music school in 2014, and spent the next 8 years as a full time guitarist in Chicago and around West Michigan.
Jordan attended McNally Smith College of Music in St. Paul, Minnesota, and studied with Kevin Daley and Bobby Stanton. He later transferred to Grace Christian University to study with Dr. Jason Werkema where he received his bachelor's degree in music. While working with Dr. Werkema, He focused on the area of jazz studies. Throughout that time he also had the opportunity to work in studio settings and become very acquainted with the art of music recording. Jordan has also done private studies with Grammy Nominated guitarist Chuck Loeb, and Chicago guitarist, Andy Brown.
As a guitarist, Jordan has performed with some of Chicago and West Michigan's finest musicians including Clark Sommers (Grammy award WINNER and 2 time Grammy nominee with Kurt Elling), three time Grammy nominated trumpeter Victor Garcia (Aretha Franklin, The Isley Brothers, Santana), Mae Koen (Celine Dion, Aretha Franklin, Shania Twain, Mariah Carey), YL Douglas (Barry Manilow, Quincy Jones, David Forster, Nathan East, Michael Thompson), Tim Froncek (Ray Brown, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie), Anthony Bruno (R Kelly, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Wynton Marsalis), Steve Grissett (Elton John, 98 Degrees, Richard Marx, Tony Bennett), Jake Vinsel (Jimmy Cobb), Clyde Davis (Aretha Franklin, Jeff Lorber), Pete Benson, Shawn Sommer, Steve Talaga, Mike Drost, Keith Hall, Tom Stansell, Vince Leafers, Tom Lockwood, Andy Frisinger, Steve Harris, Joe Hettinga, Scott Pellegrom, and many others. Jordan had the wonderful opportunity to open for world renowned guitarist, Phil Keaggy (2 time Grammy nominee, 7 time DOVE Award winner, voted top 3 finger style guitarists of all time by Guitar Player Magazine).
Jordan was one of the founding members of The New Standard. A highlight of Jordan's career was that he was given the incredible opportunity to do a tour through Germany during the summer of 2018 with The New Standard.
Although jazz has been his main focus, Jordan also spent the past 7 years as the lead guitarist for the 15 time award winning wedding band, David Rothstein Music, based in Chicago, IL. You can find out more about David Rothstein Music awards at DRM Awards. The David Rothstein Orchestra has had the wonderful pleasure to play for a number of celebrities including Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McCarthy, Donny Osmond, Wayne Newton, Michael Douglas, George Bush, Bob Newhart, John Cusack and many more.
Jordan has also had the opportunity to play in many of West Michigan's and Chicago's top venues including Navy Pier, Willis (Sears) Tower, The Palmer House, Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Rookerry Room, Adler Planitareium, Lincoln Park Zoo, Hotel Arista, The Ivy Room, 19 East, Chicago Athletic Association, The B.O.B, The Amway, and many others. He was also given the oppotrunity to play for the LPGA Tour for the LPGA Classic in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Jordan has also been a regular sub in some of Chicago's other top wedding bands including Maggie Speaks, Blue Water Kings Band and many more.
Jordan has been working for the past two years producing music for TV/Film. He has had multiple compositions signed and released with various record labels and has garnered hundreds of thousands of plays.
Jordan currently endorses LsL Instruments and Gravity Picks.