“It's a complicated story [hoe I got into music ]. I actually wrote a book about it, titled For Sue.” Quote by Jon Gordon
“When I was a kid, I always saw these pictures of a man called Bob Gordon with a baritone saxophone, who I understood was my father. Turns out he wasn't. He was my mother's first husband.” MenFirstsKidsMotherTurnsFatherSawsHusbandUnderstoodBobSaxophoneBaritones Author: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 record as a leader and had the original versions of Daahoud and Joy Spring that were arranged by Bob's best friend, the West Coast tenor player named Jack Montrose, who I later met.” FirstsBelieveJoyI BelieveLeaderRecordsPlayerMetsSpringOriginalsWestVersionsBrownBobCoastWest CoastTenors Author:Jon Gordon
“Bill Charlap and I recorded a tune that Jack [Montrose] wrote and had brought to a date with Bob that was untitled. Bob [Gordon] really loved it and asked if he would mind if they dedicated it to Sue and call it "For Sue."” IfsMindBillsTunesDedicatedBob Author:Jon Gordon
“My mother was a singer, and I never heard her sing a note in my life.” MotherHeardNotesSingers Author:Jon Gordon
“[My mother] told me a little bit about the scene out there and I think, as a small child, I just always felt a connection to that history because my mother had described it to me.” ThinkingChildrenLittlesMotherFeltBitsSceneLittle BitConnectionsSmall Child Author:Jon Gordon
“[My mother told me] stories about Nat King Cole, and Miles Davis, and seeing pictures in later years with band leaders like Alvino Ray.” YearsStoriesMotherLeaderSeeingKingsBandMilesRays Author:Jon Gordon
“I heard these stories [about musicians from my mother] and somehow music, it was my understanding what my father had done. I didn't know it was misinformation. It sort of inwardly in my psyche laid the template for music being affiliated with my father and my family.” KnowsDoneStoriesMotherFatherUnderstandingHeardMusicianMusic IsMy FamilyMisinformation Author:Jon Gordon
“We [with my mother] listened to music when I was a kid. We listened to a little bit of Bob's [Gordon] music, but just a little, I think it was too painful for her.” ThinkingLittlesKidsMotherBitsLittle BitPainfulBob Author:Jon Gordon
“We listened [with my mother] to [Frank] Sinatra and Glen Campbell and we had some Beatles records that I liked. This was in the '70s.” MotherRecordsFrank Author:Jon Gordon