FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Join Jordan Taylor Hill for a West African drumming and dance workshop! Participants will have an opportunity to practice rhythms on drums and learn cultural dances.
JORDAN TAYLOR HILL, ARTIST
Jordan is a Long Island born songwriter and percussionist with a flair for performing original and traditional pieces. His travels and studying Guinean and Senegalese music produce a unique style of folk rhythms and contemporary sounds.
Jordan has several teachers but credits mainly the work of ‘Les Ballets Africains’ veteran principal dancer Moustapha Bangoura in Guinea Conakry, Lamine Thiam, Idy Faye, Mr. Gohi, Washington Park Rumberos, and his families upbringing in church.
Eddie’s nominated in 2022 for the ‘World Music Artist of The Year’, Jordan has performed at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, Sage College, City of Albany, and throughout the Capital Region.
Jordan was a recipient of NYSCA’s 2022 Individual Artist Grant and has done music and movement workshops with Union College, New York Folklore, and as an Artist-in-Residence at Albany Barn.
