Jazz Articles about Sheila Jordan

About Sheila Jordan

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There is a certain confidence that comes with age and experience. It is the kind that allows a musician to gather friends, trust their instincts, and let the music tell its own story. Bassist Chuck Bergeron's Bass and Face feels exactly like that. As one of Florida's long-admired and versatile players, Bergeron proves himself to be an equally thoughtful curator. What makes this release inviting is that Bergeron surrounds himself with an extraordinary lineup of vocal personalities, each bringing a ...

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Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 1, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from Loren Schoenberg And His Jazz Orchestra, Lisa Hilton, Tomoko Omura, Lafayette Harris, Jr., Denise King, Kris Davis, with birthday shoutouts to Sheila Jordan, Gloria Lynne, Hoagy Carmichael, Dr. John and Whitney Ross-Barris, among others plus more Grammy nominees. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear--see them live, buy their music so they can continue to comfort, distract, provoke and remind the world that A Woman's Place is in the Groove. Many thanks ...

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Sheila Jordan (RIP), Phil Haynes, Jason Kao Hwang, and Sarah Wilson

by Jerome Wilson
September 4, 2025

This episode pays tribute to the recently deceased Sheila Jordan by playing music from the early and later parts of her long career. It also features music from Sarah Wilson, Jason Kao Hwang, and Phillip Haynes among others. Playlist Henry Threadgill Sextett “I Can't Wait till I Get Home" from The Complete Novus & Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill & Air (Mosaic) 00:00 Jeff Cosgrove/John Medeski/Jeff Lederer “O'Neal's Porch" from History Gets Ahead of the Story (Self-Produced) 1:07 ...

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Remembering Sheila Jordan, New Releases By Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, Catina DeLuna, the Airmen Of Note, Richard Johnson, Jorge Garcia. Patricia Brennan & More

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 1, 2025

This broadcast includes new releases from the Ira B. Liss Big Band Jazz Machine, Catina DeLuna and Otmaro Ruiz, the Airmen Of Note, Richard Johnson, Jorge Garcia plus a single from Patricia Brennan, with birthday shoutouts to lyricists Dorothy Parker and Carolyn Leigh, pianist Mal Waldron (100!), Nora Germain, Fostina Dixon, Anita Wardell, Naomi Moon Siegel, Kay Kostopoulos, Hilary Gardner and Mimi Fox, among others, plus a remembrance of Jazz Master Sheila Jordan. Happy listening and please support the artists ...

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Jane Ira Bloom, Kieran Brown, Charlie Parker & Sheila Jordan

by Joe Dimino
August 31, 2025

Our journey into the 921st episode of Neon Jazz begins with the incomparable Sheila Jordan--a legend whose fearless spirit and boundless artistry will forever echo through jazz. She left us on August 11, 2025, at the age of 96, after a life lived with unmatched courage, grace, and musical brilliance. In her honor, we open with “Comes Love" from her long-lost 1960 session, a reminder of her timeless voice and devotion to the art form. From there, we celebrate her ...

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Sheila Jordan, Nancy King, Ola Onabule, Dara Starr Tucker, Nicolas Bearde and More!

by Jua Howard
August 29, 2025

Greetings Music Family! It's time for another episode of the “First Instrument Jazz Show." I've got music from two vocal jazz giants who recently joined the ancestors, Sheila Jordanand Nancy King. I also have a lot of new music to share including music from Ola Onabule, Dara Tucker, Sinne Eeg, Kelly Green, Camille Thurman and Peter Campbell. Come get lost in the music with me. Playlist Intro 00:00 Sheila Jordan “Laugh Clown, Laugh" from Portrait of Sheila (Blue ...

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Remembering Sheila Jordan: Sheila's Blues

by Ian Patterson
August 26, 2025

NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan, who passed away on August 11, 2025, at the age of 96, will be remembered as one of the great improvising jazz vocalists--imitated by many, bettered by none. Born in Detroit in 1928, Jordan's life-long love affair with jazz began in the 1940s when she heard Charlie Parker. “After the first four notes I was hooked. I got goose bumps and I instantly knew that was the music I had been waiting to ...