Jazz Articles about Sheila Jordan

About Sheila Jordan

Album Review

Sheila Jordan: Comes Love: Lost Session 1960

Read "Comes Love: Lost Session 1960" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
August 23, 2021

Una registrazione inedita in studio di Sheila Jordan del 1960 (che anticipa di due anni Portrait of Sheila, il debutto ufficiale Blue Note) ci dà gioia. Per valutare appieno il valore della scoperta ricordiamo che le incisioni della Jordan prima del 1975 (quando era già prossima ai cinquanta) sono rare e dei primi anni sessanta abbiamo solo un paio d'emozionanti interpretazioni in Looking Out di Peter Ind ("Yesterdays") e in The Outer View di George Russell ("You ...

Radio & Podcasts

Lucky To Be Me: Happy Birthday to Sheila Jordan

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 1, 2020

The broadcast features new releases from vocalist Aubrey Wilson, saxophonist Dean Tsur, pianists Jihee Heo and Jeni Sotchiver plus birthday shoutouts to Jazz Master Sheila Jordan, Diana Krall, Cindy Blackman Santana, Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Michelle Ann May, Cynthia Hilts and Kari van der Kloot, among others. Thanks for listening and please support the artists you hear by purchasing their music during this time of lockdown. Playlist Sharel Cassity “Not A Samba" from Fearless (Relsha Works) 00:00 Aubrey ...

Album Review

Dena DeRose: Ode to the Road

Read "Ode to the Road" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
July 19, 2020

To those who may have wondered what ever happened to singer / pianist Dena DeRose, the answer is nothing—and everything. DeRose has lived for the last fifteen years in Graz, Austria, where she is professor of jazz voice at the University of Music and the Performing Arts. She still tours frequently, sometimes returning “home" to the states for gigs and / or record dates. Along the way, DeRose has met and befriended a sizable number of talented artists, three of ...

Album Review

Sheila Jordan: Lucky to Be Me

Read "Lucky to Be Me" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
July 11, 2019

Un nuovo disco di Sheila Jordan, registrato nel novembre 2016 ad 88 anni, non può che suscitare rispetto e amore. La voce mostra fragilità nella pronuncia e nell'intonazione ma la grande cantante statunitense, amica di Charlie Parker e allieva di Lennie Tristano, combatte i limiti dell'età con l'intatta passione, l'intensità interpretativa e l'autenticità di chi non si limita a cantare il jazz ma lo vive. In questo concerto italiano, accompagnata da eccellenti partner, la Jordan si conferma ...

Radio & Podcasts

Big Noise New York

by Mary Foster Conklin
February 2, 2019

The first broadcast of 2019 included a preview of some of the many artists performing in New York at the Winter Jazzfest and APAP annual convention, with new releases by Simone Kopmajer, Something Blue and Stacy Sullivan, plus birthday shout outs to Myra Melford, Carol Sudhalter, James Shipp, and vocalist Christine Tobin, among others. Playlist Monika Herzig “Ode to a New Year" from Peace on Earth (Owl Studios) 00:00 Simone Kopmajer “Struttin' With Some Barbecue" from Spotlight on ...

Live Review

Sheila Jordan at Mezzrow

by Tyran Grillo
January 27, 2019

Sheila Jordan Mezzrow New York, NY January 10, 2019 If the art of song is only as vibrant as the colors from which one draws, then Sheila Jordan perhaps has the broadest palette of any living jazz vocalist. At the tender age of 90, she is blessed with a patience that imbues every syllable with wisdom and experience. Sandwiched between the headliners during New York City's 2019 Winter Jazzfest, her unaffiliated performance in a sardine-packed ...

Radio & Podcasts

Thanksgiving Birthdays and Holiday Jazz

by Mary Foster Conklin
December 8, 2018

An assortment of Thanksgiving-inspired jazz to whet your appetite and get your gratitude on, with birthday shout outs to Mose Allison, Rickie Lee Jones, Johnny Mercer and Sheila Jordan, plus a preview of who's performing in NYC for the holidays. Playlist Jen Hodge “The Swamp Bucket Challenge" from All's Fair in Love and Jazz (Self released) 00:00 Mose Allison “I Can't See for Lookin'" from Your Mind Is on Vacation (Atlantic) 05:02 Abigail Rockwell “Voodoo Swing" from Autumn ...