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Infobox musical artist | name = Sheila Jordan| image = Sheila Jordan.jpg| caption =| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Sheila Jeanette Dawson| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1928|11|18|birth_place = Detroit, Michigan|Detroit , Michigan United States | death_date =| instrument = Singing|Vocalist , piano | genre = Jazz , bebop , free jazz | occupation = Musician , songwriter | years_active =| label = Blue Note Records|Blue Note , SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase , HighNote Records|HighNote , ECM Records|ECM , Eastwind, Grapevine, Palo Alto Records|Palo Alto , Blackhawk, Muse Records|Muse , Justin Time Records|Justin Time | associated_acts = Skeeter, Mitch and Jean , Steve Kuhn , George Gruntz , Harvie S , Cameron Brown (musician)|Cameron Brown , Carla Bley , Steve Swallow | website = http://www.sheilajordanjazz.com/ sheilajordanjazz.com| notable_instruments = Sheila Jordan (b. Sheila Jeanette Dawson; November 18, 1928, Detroit, Michigan|Detroit , Michigan ) http://www.detroitmusichistory.com/Shelia.html Detroitmusichistory.com is an American jazz singer and songwriter . Jordan has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to a notable solo career.
Although her mainstream success has been somewhat limited, Jordan's music has earned praise from many critics, particularly for her ability to improvise entire lyrics ; Scott Yanow describes her as "one of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers."Allmusic|class=artist|id=p6861|pure_url=yes Allmusic.com: Sheila Jordan's Biography
Biography
Early career
Sheila Jordan grew up in Summerhill, Pennsylvania before returning to her birthplace in Detroit in 1940 playing the piano and singing semi-professionally in jazz clubs. She was influenced by Charlie Parker and was part of a trio called Skeeter, Mitch and Jean (she was Jean), which composed lyrics to Parker's arrangement s. Sheila also claimed in her song "Sheila's Blues" that Charlie Parker wrote the song, " Chasin' the Bird " for her, as she and her friends were known to chase him around the jazz clubs in the 1940s.Citation needed|date=April 2011 In 1951, she moved to New York and started studying harmony and music theory , taught by Lennie Tristano and Charles Mingus . From 1952 to 1962 she was married to Charlie Parker's pianist, Duke Jordan .
1960s
In the early 1960s, she had gigs and sessions in the Page Three Club in Greenwich Village , where she was performing with pianist Herbie Nichols ,cite book | author=Spellman, A B | title=Four Lives in the Bebop Business | publisher=Limelight|isbn=0-87910-042-7 | year=1985|pages=156 and was working in different clubs and bars in New York.
In 1962, she was discovered by George Russell (composer)|George Russell with whom she recorded the song, " You Are My Sunshine " on his album The Outer View ( Riverside Records|Riverside ). Later that year she recorded her Portrait of Sheila album (recorded on September 19 and October 12, 1962) which was sold to Blue Note Records|Blue Note .cite web|title =Bebop and Beyond: Sheila Jordan speaks |last=Latimer|first=Charles |url = http://www.detroitmusichistory.com/Shelia.html | accessdate = 2009-01-02
Over the next decade,clarify|date=April 2011 Jordan withdrew from music to raise her daughter. She supported herself by working as a legal secretary .
Later in the decade, she sang jazz-inflected liturgies in different churches such as Cornell and Princeton, NYC.clarify|date=April 2011 Jordan played with Don Heckman (1967–68), Lee Konitz (1972), Roswell Rudd (1972–75) and began her long working relationship with Steve Kuhn around this time.
1970s to current years
In 1974, she was " Artist in residence " at the City College of New York|City College and was teaching there in 1975. On July 12, 1975, she recorded Confirmation . One year later she did the duet album simply called Sheila with Arild Andersen (bass) for SteepleChase Records|SteepleChase in the end of 1976. In 1979, she founded a quartet with Kuhn, Harvie Swartz and Bob Moses (musician)|Bob Moses . During the 1980s, she was working with Harvie S wartz as a duo and played on several records with him. Until 1987 she worked in an advertising agency and recorded Lost and Found in 1989.
Sheila Jordan is also a songwriter and is able to work in both bebop and free jazz . In addition to the musicians previously mentioned, she has recorded with the George Gruntz Concert Jazz Band (TCB, ECM (record label)|ECM ), Harvie S http://www.marecordings.com (MA Recordings), Cameron Brown (musician)|Cameron Brown , Carla Bley ( Escalator over the Hill ) and Steve Swallow ( Home ). In addition to Blue Note, she has led recordings issued by Eastwind, Grapevine, SteepleChase, ECM (record label)|ECM , Palo Alto Records|Palo Alto , Blackhawk and Muse Records|Muse .
Discography
As leader
Portrait of Sheila Jordan ( Blue Note Records|Blue Note 1963)
Confirmation ( East Wind Records , 1975)
Sheila (SteepleChase 1977)
Playground (Steve Kuhn & Sheila Jordan album)|Playground - Steve Kuhn/Sheila Jordan Band (ECM, 1980)
'' Last Year's Waltz - Steve Kuhn Quartet (ECM, 1981)
http://www.sheilajordanjazz.com/ Sheila Jordan jazz.com
http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/jordan.htm Sheila Jordan discography
http://vancouverjazz.com/inview/plato_jordan.shtml Interview at vancouverjazz.com
http://www.jazzitalia.net/articoli/int_sheilajordan_eng.asp Jazz Italia article
http://www.vtjazz.org/bios/jordan.html Vermont Jazz
http://www.npr.org/programs/btaylor/archive/jordan_sheila.html National Public Radio program with Billy Taylor
http://www.onefinalnote.com/features/2005/jordan-sheila/ One Final Note feature from 2005
http://www.jazz.com/features-and-interviews/2009/3/14/in-conversation-with-shelia-jordan "In Conversation with Sheila Jordan" by Roanna Forman (Jazz.com)
Persondata | NAME = Jordan, Sheila | ALTERNATIVE NAMES = | SHORT DESCRIPTION = | DATE OF BIRTH = November 18, 1928 | PLACE OF BIRTH = Detroit, Michigan | DATE OF DEATH = | PLACE OF DEATH = DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, Sheila Category:1928 births Category:Living people Category:American jazz singers Category:Blue Note Records artists Category:HighNote Records artists Category:ECM artists Category:Muse Records artists Category:SteepleChase Records artists Category:Palo Alto Records artists Category:Female jazz musicians Category:People from Detroit, Michigan Category:Musicians from Michigan
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