Sheila Jordan
One of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers, Sheila Jordan has a relatively small voice, but has done the maximum with her instrument. She is one of the few vocalists who can improvise logical lyrics (which often rhyme), she is a superb scat singer, and is also an emotional interpreter of ballads. Yet despite her talents, Jordan spent much of the 1960s and '70s working at a conventional day job. She studied piano when she was 11 and early on, sang vocalese in a vocal group. Jordan moved to New York in the 1950s, was married to Duke Jordan (1952-62), studied with Lennie Tristano, and worked in New York clubs. George Russell used her on an unusual recording of "You Are My Sunshine" and she became one of the few singers to lead her own Blue Note album (1962). However, it would be a decade before she appeared on records again, working with Carla Bley, Roswell Rudd, and co-leading a group with Steve Kuhn in the late '70s. Jordan recorded a memorable duet album with bassist Arild Andersen for SteepleChase in 1977, and has since teamed up with bassist Harvie Swartz on many occasions. By the 1980s, Sheila Jordan was finally performing jazz on a full-time basis and gaining the recognition she deserved 20 years earlier. She recorded as a leader (in addition to the Blue Note session) for East Wind, Grapevine, SteepleChase, Palo Alto, Blackhawk, and Muse, resurfacing in 1999 with Jazz Child.
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Discography
27 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Portrait Of Sheila
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1963
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Portrait Of Sheila
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1963
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Sheila Jordan En La Fundación Valparaíso
Sheila Jordan, Jose Carra, Bori Albero
Jazz - Released by Clasijazz Records on 15 Feb 2024
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Winter Sunshine
Jazz - Released by Justin Time Records Inc. on 18 Nov 2008
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Portrait Of Sheila
Jazz - Released by Blue Note Records on 1 Jan 1963
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I've Grown Accustomed to the Bass (Live)
Bebop - Released by HighNote Records on 15 Jun 2000
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Celebration (Recorded Live at The Triad, New York)
Vocal Jazz - Released by HighNote Records on 16 Aug 2005
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Yesterdays (Live in Concert)
Vocal Jazz - Released by HighNote Records on 31 Jan 2012
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Comes Love: Lost Session 1960
Vocal Jazz - Released by Capri Records on 11 Aug 2021
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Jazz Child
Vocal Jazz - Released by HighNote Records on 15 May 1999
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
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Believe en Jazz
Sheila Jordan, Serge Forté Trio
Jazz - Released by Ella Productions on 1 Jan 2004
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Live at Mezzrow
Vocal Jazz - Released by Cellar Live on 15 Jul 2022
Available in24-Bit/48 kHz Stereo -
Triotrio Meets Sheila Jordan
Jazz - Released by SteepleChase on 15 Feb 2022
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Baltimore Oriole (Live)
Vocal Jazz - Released by Cellar Live on 3 Jun 2022
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Milestones of Jazz Legends - Female Jazz Singers, Vol. 10
Vocal Jazz - Released by Documents 2 on 8 Sep 2017
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Essential Masters
Vocal Jazz - Released by Stardust Records on 1 Aug 2012
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Straight Ahead (Original Version)
Jazz - Released by Splasc(h) Records on 13 Oct 2015
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Portrait of Sheila (Bonus Track Version)
Vocal Jazz - Released by Jazz Musts on 1 Jan 1963
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo -
Blue Notes, Vol. 10
Blues - Released by Documents 2 on 14 Oct 2016
Available in16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo