Original print: Thursday Jan. 14 2009 Hilltop Times

By Lee Anne Hensley

Tomorrow night, Club Hill will host a local band that is on its way to the mainstream music scene.

The Codi Jordan Band will infuse their musical blend of reggae, pop, folk and hip-hop music at Club Hill the evening of Jan. 16.

The band was asked to play at Club Hill after they received positive feedback from Club Hill patrons when Club Hill played the band's new CD for a few days.

"We are honored to be able to play for the men and women who defend this great country, as well as the hard-working civilians," says Codi Jordan, who fills multiple roles as the band's lead singer, guitar player and song writer. "This is really something exciting and different for us."

Although most of the band members have a family member serving in the military, this will be the band's first gig playing on a military installation.

"We hope to do many more (military gigs)," Jordan said. "We want to do our part by giving back to the military and giving them a 'musical vacation' and relieving the day-to-day pressures of their difficult jobs."

The "vacation" Jordan refers to also connotes the theme of the band's new CD, "Vacation." The name was chosen from one of the album's songs and the band felt that the name also set the tone for the CD.

"The purpose of the album is to create a vacation for your mind and soul, so that maybe, for just a few minutes a day, you can get out of your head and take a little vacation," Jordan said.

The band's keyboardist and backup vocalist, Derek Keith, produced the album through his Ogden-based company, DK Studios.

"Derek has produced or engineered more than 50 hip-hop albums, and is an icon in the Utah music scene," Jordan says. "He has also worked with many major label artists throughout the U.S., so his experience was invaluable."

Keith and two other band members, lead guitarist Cameron Hartman and bassist Cameron Goldsberry, are also seasoned veterans to the music scene. The trio had previous experience opening for well-known artists such as Black Eyed Peas, The Roots, Spearhead and Blackalicious.

The Codi Jordan Band's new CD will be available for purchase at the free show, "as well as digital download cards for those who wish to download the album to their digital music player," Jordan said.

Whether or not the patrons buy the Codi Jordan Band's new CD, the band just wants everyone to have fun and feel as though they are on a temporary vacation.

"Codi's goal every night is to make sure that every one in the audience is having a great time," Keith says. "Codi's music was made to help you escape from it all. If it is only for just a few minutes, Codi has done his job."