Stanley Jordan (born July 31, 1959)[1] is an American jazz guitarist noted for his playing technique, which involves tapping his fingers on the fretboard of the guitar with both hands.

[2] In 1985, Bruce Lundvall became president of Blue Note Records and Stanley Jordan was the first person he signed.

The label released his album Magic Touch, which sat at No.1 on Billboard's jazz chart for 51 weeks, setting a record.

Among the artists Jordan has worked with are Quincy Jones, Stanley Clarke, Onaje Allan Gumbs, Michal Urbaniak, Richie Cole, The Dave Matthews Band, The String Cheese Incident, Phil Lesh, Moe, and Umphrey's McGee.

He signed with Mack Avenue Records and released State of Nature in 2008 and Friends in 2011.

In 1996 he wrote the score for the ABC TV afternoon special, Daddy's Girl.

[8] In a 2023 interview, Jordan praised author and then-presidential candidate Marianne Williamson for "bringing politics into the 21st-century".