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Sheila Jordan (RIP), Phil Haynes, Jason Kao Hwang, and Sarah Wilson
by Jerome Wilson
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 ...
Continue ReadingRemembering 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
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 ...
Continue ReadingJane Ira Bloom, Kieran Brown, Charlie Parker & Sheila Jordan
by Joe Dimino
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 ...
Continue ReadingSheila Jordan, Nancy King, Ola Onabule, Dara Starr Tucker, Nicolas Bearde and More!
by Jua Howard
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 ...
Continue ReadingRemembering Sheila Jordan: Sheila's Blues
by Ian Patterson
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 ...
Continue ReadingRIP Sheila Jordan, New Music from Carlos Jimenez, Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring, and more, Birthday Music from Cyrille Aimee, Stuff Smith, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, and More
by David W. Daniels
The program will feature classic jazz, current jazz that is in the tradition of classic jazz, jazz fusion, and music by local artists covering all forms of jazz. We do this in three hour long segments: 1: Classic jazz; 2: Recent jazz that is in the tradition; and 3: Jazz musicians who had birthdays during the week (August 11-16). During this week's classic jazz segment, we are paying homage to the recently transitioned Sheila Jordan. My show is ...
Continue ReadingDan Pugach Big Band, George Cables, Arooj Aftab, Jason Keiser
by Mary Foster Conklin
This broadcast includes Grammy nominations, new releases from the Dan Pugach Big Band, George Cables, Arooj Aftab, Jason Keiser plus a single from säje, with birthday shoutouts to Michelle Ann May and Jazz Master Sheila Jordan. Happy listening and please support the artists you hear. See them live, purchase their music so they can continue to distract, comfort, provoke, inspire and remind the world that A Woman's Place Is In the Groove. Playlist Jocelyn Gould “Io's Orbit" from ...
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