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SASS JORDAN – IT’S THE BLUES, BITCHES!

By Lawrence Lebo

British-born Canadian rock singer Sass Jordan has been singing
on albums since 1986 when she was just 16 years old. Her
successful recording debut on the Canadian band
Bündock’s album Mauve, as co-lead vocalist on the song
"Come On (Baby Tonight)" led to her working as a session
vocalist for other Montreal-based acts. Sass’s own 1988

debut album “Tell Somebody” on the Atlantic Records label
garnered four Canadian chart hit singles, and her appearance in
the accompanying music video catapulted her to Canadian
household fame.

By 1990 Sass decided to relocate from Montreal to Los
Angeles to break into the American music market. Jordan’s
second album Racine was released in 1992 on MCA
Records. Recorded in Los Angeles, Racine is Jordan's
highest-selling album, with global sales estimated at

450,000 copies. Sass had arrived! American actor Kevin
Costner became her fan and recruited her to record a
duet with Joe Cocker for the 1992 soundtrack of his hit
movie The Bodyguard (co-starring Whitney Houston).
Now Jordan was swimming in the big pool with the
stars!

After several more releases on different labels Sass
was invited back to Canada to be a judge on the TV
show Canadian Idol. More recordings followed

and in 2001 Sass took the lead role of Janis Joplin
in the off-Broadway hit show Love, Janis.

Jordan’s latest release Bitches Blues (a play on
the title of Miles Davis’s 1970 release Bitches
Brew) on the Stony Plain label is Joplin-
esque gritty blues rock’n’roll. The album
contains three original tunes and 5 covers
including the Taj Mahal co-write “Chevrolet”
and Little Milton’s “Aint No Big Deal On You”.

Sass’s vocals do not disappoint! The seasoned
professional knows how to deliver each
tune with blues-rocker swagger and polish.
Top notch musicians and rootsy
production make for an album
Pic Derek Sharp well done.

I asked Sass Jordan to tell us about her life and career. This is what she told me ….