2024 still listening to the greatest accordian player of all time greetings from bakersfield Calif. My brother played accordian RIP Candelario carrizales.
He was known for recording every instrument track by himself first and then teaching his musicians how he wanted it to sound! Amazing genious in his genre!
MASTER of accordion technique! Simply the best of the best! This man IS the creator of what we refer to as Tex-Mex music. Believe it, SJ is also an originator of Tejano as well. He will forever be in my top ten favorite singers of all time. A Mariachi who can sing the blues! R.I.P. Sir.
The first time that I heard him was on blues guitar and just blew me away. He then picked up the accordion and played blues like it happened been played before. Unquestionably the music master.
No se mucho Ingles pero a mi corto entender este senor es y sigue siendo Uno de los mas grandesas acordeonistas de todos Los tiempos , adelantado y sin respeto a sus tiempos ah! Y amigo de chich morita.!!
Talk about the greatest, If u wanna learn to b the greatest, watch and learn. practice and dont stop. cause this dude spent everyday doing that. His music will always live on in my heart.....
You are absolutely right! I knew the names of the other bands but unless they were playing at same venue I never heard their music. Los musicos I knew.
So much praise on here about this AWESOME musician , yet , while in San Antonio to vist my brother Art , we were music bar hopping . At one bar ,don't recall the name ,we walked in and there was Steve Jordan ! He only had a drmmer and a bass player , who was filling in the bajo sexto part also , on his bass! But the bar was empty except for a couple of guys drinking . It was my brother ,his wife ,our sister an me. Steve and his guys sounded great as usual and we had the floor to ourselves. But it was heartbreaking . To see this monster of an artist being ignored like this in a town like San Antonio.
@@bobbycastaneda9091 for those of us who cant see the angels. It makes me ecstatic that he still comes to visit quite often. Thank you Dad for keeping me sane. lol
I just mastered this song of his and by myself let's see when I'll post a video of my playing. Esteban jordan was my idol ever since I found Tejano music.
Hay muchos acordeonistas buenos, Ramon Ayala se hizo famoso por crear tanta melodia y arreglo pero a mi gusto Juan Villarreal, Esteban Jordan, Paulino Bernal, David Lee Garza son mucho mejores, y por supuesto Steve creo un estilo, es uno de mis mas grandes idolos el mejor acordeón Tejano sin quitarle el lugar a Paulino Bernal
Definitivamente no se puede comparar con Ramón Ayala...Esteban Jordan es otra cosa y su música estaba mucho muy avanzada para su época aún si hoy viviera, todavia su musica estaría muy avanzada, y para lo que el toca se tiene que estudiar mucho.
Jaime Zamarripa Para mi sobrepasó las barreras que muchas veces lo norteño y lo tejano se ponen así mismas, si bien ambas implementan muchos ritmos que son representativos en ambas escuelas siendo la polka la más aplicada en lo tejano, Steve creo una fusión muy particular a mi ver porque en su música llegó a identificar sonidos relacionados al jazz fussion e incluso ritmos afroanrillanos. No cabe duda que los 70's fue la mejor época musicalmente en todos los géneros y más con músicos talentosos como Steve...
You guys need to Google - Steve Jordan and The Jordan Brothers. These kats were playing swing rock jazz back in the sixties before they played conjunto. Estevan is on guitar...Awesome! Also Google - Squeeze Box Man by Steve Jordan.
Can anybody tell if two lives, professional story lines of Esteban Jordan and Flaco Jimenez was somehow crossed each other, why Flaco is more popular, why people say no one liked Esteban , for what, what is the story of this two musicians do you know?
I've thought about this for years, and I came up with a a few reasons during this time. Flaco plays VERY simple, even by Conjunto/Tejano standards. Simple music is easier to digest and more relatable, as such it has a broader appeal. Versus El Parche playing very complex arrangements and often blending in different swings/grooves. Funk, jazz, "chicano music" as he put it, whatever else like phase shifters, echoplex, etc. I think that's a hard sell for Tejanos, because culturally speaking, Tejanos are conservative with their ways, and Steve always complained that "gente" (Tejanos) doesn't like any change. When your "home crowd" isn't supporting you like other people, then that kinda reinforces that idea he had. I remember I told myself I had to go see him at Salute Bar in San Antonio since he's getting old and he may not have longer. I remember walking there, opening the door, and being in disbelief that I was hearing jazz on accordion. Point is, at Salute, where he had a residency, there was about 3 or 4 people there to see him. After that show I saw, he died a few months later. Flaco also "crossed over" and starting doing covers of very popular English (white American) songs, as such it broadened his fan base and appeal by being more relatable. Tejanos also listened to the same songs too, so that was relatable even even for them too. I'm sure another thing that didn't help Steve was that he was very tight with his image/intellectual property. He didn't like/didn't allow people to record him, take pictures of him, or get his autograph! I remember him saying that he didn't allow/do those things because he thought everyone was trying to screw him over. How I took it, is he didn't want to get exploited over his intellectual property, whatever that might be. I don't know how he would be in today's world with Facebook Lives, smart phones, Instagram, etc. I remember there being a sign at Salute that cameras weren't allowed. You're kinda alienating people, especially people who like what you do, when you don't do stuff like that.
I bought almost all Esteban records, went to see him at Rosedale Park and Salute on St. Mary's street all the time.. where can I buy recording of this entire concert? incredible performance. as much as i loved every time I saw him, this is amazing performance with awesome band, please what is the source, and where can I get the whole thing???
Great performance! Does Jordan bring in a pre-recorded accordion part? The part is too long and complex to be some type of Frippertronic, tape looping, right? What is that device he turns down before stepping back to the mic?
Exactly. A loop machine. You see the bassist go over and trip it on, the accordionist plays 36 -or thereabouts- bars until the machine has recorded it and spits it back out in sync. He can then step away and the machine continues playing those 36 bars from memory. At the end, yes he's playing on top of his own playing. Nowadays that can just be recorded beforehand. But now it's mainly used for vocals (can you say Beyonce?)
Ramon ayala con la más corriente de sus canciones se chinga a cualquiera Pero no se desprecia a este señor Es excelente pero compararle sus éxitos con los éxitos de Ramon nunca
The first time that I heard him was on blues guitar and just blew me away. He then picked up the accordion and played blues like it happened been played before. Unquestionably the music master.
2024 still listening to the greatest accordian player of all time greetings from bakersfield Calif. My brother played accordian RIP Candelario carrizales.
so how long has your brother been the greatest accordion player of all time? I'd like to see that. lol
He was known for recording every instrument track by himself first and then teaching his musicians how he wanted it to sound! Amazing genious in his genre!
Y true dat
And he drops the squeeze box just to show that he was the man!! Never have I seen anyone do that , unique
Chicano jaz, cumbia, salsa, polka, acordianist genius, bar none!
Thanks Mon
He's sorely missed, unique in his style, no one like him, Rip Steve. Puro valle de Texas at his best.
GOAT of the Accordion!
It's 2022 entering 2023 and it's timeless genius 🙌!!!!
El mejor acordeonista de EU y México de Elsa Texas Steve Jordan e de Best rip
I really never paid attention to SJ, but let me say that he was an innovator and a wise musician. I would say too advanced for his era.
Y…..parale de contar compadre, no ha salido quien lo supere, Master de Másters 👌🏻
MASTER of accordion technique! Simply the best of the best! This man IS the creator of what we refer to as Tex-Mex music. Believe it, SJ is also an originator of Tejano as well. He will forever be in my top ten favorite singers of all time. A Mariachi who can sing the blues! R.I.P. Sir.
Him as well as Ramon Ayala. He's dub the king of the accordion. But Jordán crept into different genres
Thank you
I used to dance in the Cantinas with Steve singing and playing his accordion with the Echoplex in my youth since I was in my 20's
Me too since I ever since I could hear
The first time that I heard him was on blues guitar and just blew me away. He then picked up the accordion and played blues like it happened been played before. Unquestionably the music master.
My fav accordion performer ever. Only got to see him once in Eagle Pass TX
minnesota boy, loved jordan immediately when i heard his music in austin tx, grrrrrrrrrrreat accordion
El unico que puede dar esos efectos al Acordeón........👍💯
No se mucho Ingles pero a mi corto entender este senor es y sigue siendo Uno de los mas grandesas acordeonistas de todos Los tiempos , adelantado y sin respeto a sus tiempos ah! Y amigo de chich morita.!!
Talk about the greatest, If u wanna learn to b the greatest, watch and learn. practice and dont stop. cause this dude spent everyday doing that. His music will always live on in my heart.....
You are absolutely right! I knew the names of the other bands but unless they were playing at same venue I never heard their music. Los musicos I knew.
My whole family used to go to Gregg's Ballroom in Palmview (La Joya,Texas) to listen to this great accordionist. What a delight it was!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So much praise on here about this AWESOME musician , yet , while in San Antonio to vist my brother Art , we were music bar hopping . At one bar ,don't recall the name ,we walked in and there was Steve Jordan ! He only had a drmmer and a bass player , who was filling in the bajo sexto part also , on his bass! But the bar was empty except for a couple of guys drinking . It was my brother ,his wife ,our sister an me. Steve and his guys sounded great as usual and we had the floor to ourselves. But it was heartbreaking . To see this monster of an artist being ignored like this in a town like San Antonio.
@@joeguillermo1342 bar was called Salute!
MAN I WOULD LOOOOVE TO SEE THE WHOLE SHOW,, HE ALWAYS BLOWS EVERYONE AWAY WITH HIS INTRICATE RHYTHMS
This guy is badass!
The great Esteban Jordan .........may he RIP .
I'm glad people still loved his music after he died, his son Esteban Jordan Jr was and still is amazing. Carry on the legacy.
CHINGONOTOTOTOTOTOTE!!! Pinche Steve we're all missing you so badly already.
I was there...awesome show...glad to see it again!!
Felís cumpleaños maestro ❤️🔥🪗
Man my favorite 👏🏻👏🏻 saludos desde Brownsville Tx “TRUCHA CON LA JAIVA”!!!!!!
This guy was magical. Shame he is gone. R.i.p.
If Miles Davis ever needed an accordion player, Esteban Jordan would have been on the top of the list.
Yezzir and yes ma'am
Thats my Dad
@@anitajordan9906Your dad was an amazing musician! He is truly missed!
@@anitajordan9906 Your dad was SOOOOOOOOOOO BAD!!! Saw him in New Orleans outside under a crescent moon. My wife wrote about it in a song...
@@bobbycastaneda9091 for those of us who cant see the angels. It makes me ecstatic that he still comes to visit quite often. Thank you Dad for keeping me sane. lol
A Master at what he did Ill always admire him Luv n RIP ... 💢💢💢
Awesome music Love it til I die puro Tejano always grew up in puro Tejano. Beautiful
It's conjunto 😆
Échale más carnal donde quiera que estés RIP
There will never be another
ROCK STAR. RIP BRO
I just mastered this song of his and by myself let's see when I'll post a video of my playing. Esteban jordan was my idol ever since I found Tejano music.
Charlie Hdz this is CHICANO music. He was proud to say CHICANO. I was blessed to have known him.
God bless you,
FreeRamsey.com
Charlie Hdz : Charlie post the video again 👍
Hey what effects did he use on this song for hia mic
@@ibanezsr505latin mostly delay.. but idk what the other little ones are here and there
@@ibanezsr505latin A bit of Flange or Phaser, too.
brujo..frkn bad..love this dude
Classic EL PARCHE!! El Mas Chingon, show em EL HEAVY, que bruto!!
When ever I talk to people about music I always mention Steve Jordan aka The Squeeze Master they always “who” and I laugh
Como me hubiera gustado verlo en vivo
Chi chis Christ he was a beast
ah cabrón! esto sí es dar cátedra de acordeón.
The Master Accordionist at work!!!you
Respeto las opiniones de todos pero para MI GUSTO, Ramon Ayala no le llega ni a los talones, This is a real master playing the accordion
Hay muchos acordeonistas buenos, Ramon Ayala se hizo famoso por crear tanta melodia y arreglo pero a mi gusto Juan Villarreal, Esteban Jordan, Paulino Bernal, David Lee Garza son mucho mejores, y por supuesto Steve creo un estilo, es uno de mis mas grandes idolos el mejor acordeón Tejano sin quitarle el lugar a Paulino Bernal
+Jaime Zamarripa yes very true......esteban es mucho mejor que ramón garza
+Jaime Zamarripa SON DIFERENTES ESTILOS,PERO TIENE RAZON LA NETA STEVE FUE MAS CHINGON QUE RAMON
Definitivamente no se puede comparar con Ramón Ayala...Esteban Jordan es otra cosa y su música estaba mucho muy avanzada para su época aún si hoy viviera, todavia su musica estaría muy avanzada, y para lo que el toca se tiene que estudiar mucho.
Jaime Zamarripa Para mi sobrepasó las barreras que muchas veces lo norteño y lo tejano se ponen así mismas, si bien ambas implementan muchos ritmos que son representativos en ambas escuelas siendo la polka la más aplicada en lo tejano, Steve creo una fusión muy particular a mi ver porque en su música llegó a identificar sonidos relacionados al jazz fussion e incluso ritmos afroanrillanos. No cabe duda que los 70's fue la mejor época musicalmente en todos los géneros y más con músicos talentosos como Steve...
Puro valle de texas😎
A polka with a flavor of jazz.
You guys need to Google - Steve Jordan and The Jordan Brothers. These kats were playing swing rock jazz back in the sixties before they played conjunto. Estevan is on guitar...Awesome!
Also Google - Squeeze Box Man by Steve Jordan.
Whoa, he is proficient at other instruments too?
I bet the audience went on a trip...frkn box was put on the floor n kept on wailing..killa
Awesome!!
No que no, chingon!
When there was talent...
usa una grabadora igual a la que usan los bajistas y guitarristas para hacer loops y los dejan grabados y despues siguen tocando encima del loop
CheeseBurgerTacos no toca a toda madre es uno de los mejores acordionistas que hemos visto
Prog Polka!
si checas en el minuto 1:20 se escucha un efecto, bueno es el mismo que usa cuando se quita el acordeon
Can anybody tell if two lives, professional story lines of Esteban Jordan and Flaco Jimenez was somehow crossed each other, why Flaco is more popular, why people say no one liked Esteban , for what, what is the story of this two musicians do you know?
I've thought about this for years, and I came up with a a few reasons during this time. Flaco plays VERY simple, even by Conjunto/Tejano standards. Simple music is easier to digest and more relatable, as such it has a broader appeal. Versus El Parche playing very complex arrangements and often blending in different swings/grooves. Funk, jazz, "chicano music" as he put it, whatever else like phase shifters, echoplex, etc. I think that's a hard sell for Tejanos, because culturally speaking, Tejanos are conservative with their ways, and Steve always complained that "gente" (Tejanos) doesn't like any change. When your "home crowd" isn't supporting you like other people, then that kinda reinforces that idea he had. I remember I told myself I had to go see him at Salute Bar in San Antonio since he's getting old and he may not have longer. I remember walking there, opening the door, and being in disbelief that I was hearing jazz on accordion. Point is, at Salute, where he had a residency, there was about 3 or 4 people there to see him. After that show I saw, he died a few months later.
Flaco also "crossed over" and starting doing covers of very popular English (white American) songs, as such it broadened his fan base and appeal by being more relatable. Tejanos also listened to the same songs too, so that was relatable even even for them too. I'm sure another thing that didn't help Steve was that he was very tight with his image/intellectual property. He didn't like/didn't allow people to record him, take pictures of him, or get his autograph! I remember him saying that he didn't allow/do those things because he thought everyone was trying to screw him over. How I took it, is he didn't want to get exploited over his intellectual property, whatever that might be. I don't know how he would be in today's world with Facebook Lives, smart phones, Instagram, etc. I remember there being a sign at Salute that cameras weren't allowed. You're kinda alienating people, especially people who like what you do, when you don't do stuff like that.
I bought almost all Esteban records, went to see him at Rosedale Park and Salute on St. Mary's street all the time.. where can I buy recording of this entire concert?
incredible performance. as much as i loved every time I saw him, this is amazing performance with awesome band, please what is the source, and where can I get the whole thing???
Puro pinche Tejano were the mas. Chingonis in playing the squeeze box
Gilbert Esparza this is Chicano music!
Totally fucking awesome..
donde has estado carnal. nunca te via oyido en youtube hasta horita. te avientas vastantisimo. sisuele!
This song is sweet as fuck when you're baked lol
a la heavy it is ala heavy
#lovestevejordanforever
a la heavy? a la verga con todos #1 Esteban Jordan. G. O. A. T..... punto final.
Great performance! Does Jordan bring in a pre-recorded accordion part? The part is too long and complex to be some type of Frippertronic, tape looping, right? What is that device he turns down before stepping back to the mic?
Wow!
Usa el Deelay, osea podriamos decir para que me entiendas como repeticiones, si ves al ultimo el se va a un aparato a moverle
Wow
Totally
Hay un error en el nombre, se llama la viborita
Carlos Robles le dicen "A la heavy" muchos...
Amazing!!!! Anybody know the year this was shot????
My dad is Beto Garza on guitar this is the Austin City Limits program in 1979
Austin City Limits
Heavy Duty man
Do you have footage from this show? Thanks for posting.
Wait hold on so he was playing that on top of a recorded track?
Exactly. A loop machine. You see the bassist go over and trip it on, the accordionist plays 36 -or thereabouts- bars until the machine has recorded it and spits it back out in sync. He can then step away and the machine continues playing those 36 bars from memory. At the end, yes he's playing on top of his own playing. Nowadays that can just be recorded beforehand. But now it's mainly used for vocals (can you say Beyonce?)
thats fucking wild
Otro pedo Esteban Jordan
Puro chicano.
Estevanjot
Anyone know where to find the lyrics to his songs? Wonderful music. Would love to read them.
CheeseBurgerTacos saludos
Very easy
Ramon ayala con la más corriente de sus canciones se chinga a cualquiera
Pero no se desprecia a este señor
Es excelente pero compararle sus éxitos con los éxitos de Ramon nunca
No se trata de mas popularidad...Esteban es un genio con muchos tipos de musica... Ramon nadamas Norteñio. No ay comparacion
Not a popular musical contest bro. Just watch Paulino Bernal and Ramon Ayala playing together. 😂 Ramon felt like a child learning accordionist. 😂
The first time that I heard him was on blues guitar and just blew me away. He then picked up the accordion and played blues like it happened been played before. Unquestionably the music master.
Great.