This month marks guitarist Ronny Jordan's 55th birthday. A trailblazer in acid jazz, his debut album The Antidote foreshadowed Miles Davis' embrace of hip hop with the album Doo-Bop by six months.

RJ: My favorite would have to be "After Hours," and I'll tell you why ... this guy is tryin' to sound like Ronny Jordan!" AAJ: What has always impressed me with your music is that you, like Miles ...

He was 51. The guitarist’s death was confirmed on Facebook today (Jan. 14) after Jordan’s siblings set up a page in his honor. “We appreciate that Ronny has got many fans around the world ...

Ronny Jordan was the recepient of a Mobo award in 2000 Guitarist Ronny Jordan, one of the musicians who spearheaded the Acid Jazz movement in the early 1990s, has died at the age of 51.