(This insightful excerpt from the "Billboard Guide to Tejano and regional Mexican Music," by Ramiro Burr, Billboard Books, details Jordan's life and contributions.)

JORDAN, ESTEBAN (STEVE)
Born Feb. 23, 1939, Elsa, TX

Esteban Jordan always played his music the way he's lived his life -- free-spirited and adventureous, injecting the various elements of rock, jazz and blues into his basic conjunto, polka, and ranchera repertoire. Jordan mesmerizes audiences. He plays his accordion with such energy and intensity that he's often been called the Jimmy Hendrix of the accordion.

Jordan was one of 15 children in a family of

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