Kim Jordan

Kim Jordan is a graduate of Howard University’s School of Fine Arts. Upon graduation she toured the world for 12 years with jazz musician Gil Scott Heron, receiving international acclaim for her live performances from publications such as The London Guardian, Time Out, The San Francisco Examiner, The Chicago Tribune, The Washington Post, The Dallas Morning News, Billboard and Vibe Magazine.

Her Broadway credits include Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston’s production, “Mule Bone,” under the direction of Taj Mahal. Kim also assisted Taj Mahal in recording the “Mule Bone” soundtrack. She has performed with such notable artists as Roberta Flack, Stevie Wonder, Brenda Russell, Terri Lynn Carrington, Vanessa Williams and Meshell Ndegeocello.

KIM’sjazz collaborations include several performances at the “Jackie Robinson Jazz Festival,” along with Dr. Billy Taylor, Lionel Hampton, Wynton Marsalis and Take 6. She performed with Taj Mahal for President Clinton at “A Special Salute to NPR”as well as in the Fantasy Band with Noel Pointer, Lonnie Liston Smith and Dave Valentine. Other engagements have included the “Seaport Jazz Concert Series,” with Noel Pointer and Peter Moffett, “The Congressional Black Caucus’ Salute to Women in Jazz,” “The Women in Jazz Series,” Kennedy Center/D.C., The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, Inc. Theatre in Dallas, TX, and at the “New Orleans Jazz Festival.”

Kim’s music has been performed by a diverse group of artists, including Dianne Reeves, Kevin Eubanks, Gerry Gonzales and Billy Childs. She has worked as musical director, composer, producer, arranger and/or vocal coach for a number of Platinum and Grammy Award-winning recording artists and labels, including Pure Soul and MYA on Interscope Records, Dru Hill on Island Black Music, and Terri Dexter on Warner Brothers Records.

Kim, a former music teacher for the Washington, D.C. public school system, was named Sony Innovator’s first runner up in 1991. In June of 1996, her publishing company, Kimberlyn Music, received the prestigious ASCAP Music Award for writing and producing one of the top ten songs on Billboard’s charts, “We Must Be In Love,” recorded by the group Pure Soul.

Kim Jordan served as the national music director at the 44th and 45th National Convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., an international service organization. She was one of the directors of the Washington Performing Arts Society’s “Children of the Gospel Concert 2000” at the Kennedy Center. In December 1999, Kim completed her long-awaited inspirational CD, “All For You.” Her newly released CD, "Full Circle", is now available.

She has had a number of outstanding opportunities, including scoring the soundtrack for the Showtime cable network movie, “Rain,” which premiered in July 2002, and producing the 2002 first CD by Pastor Kitt Brewington and Victorious Praise, “Everything To Me.”

On September 30, 2001, Kim was ordained as a Minister of the Gospel at Emmanuel Covenant Church in Hyattsville, MD, where she also serves as Minister of Arts and Community Worship. She is a much sought after producer, musician, director and vocal coach for choirs, conferences, seminars and workshops.

Kim Jordan is CEO of ProSounity Music Entertainment and Revelation Records and is currently producing, performing, lecturing, preaching, and teaching around the United States and the world.