Jazz Articles about Sheila Jordan

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Sheila Jordan: I've Grown Accustomed to the Bass

by Mathew Bahl
September 1, 2000

Sheila Jordan is one of the most creative, intelligent and original singers that jazz has ever produced. Like Carmen McRae, she has the ability to deconstruct a song harmonically without sacrificing the coherence of a lyric. When she dispenses with words, Jordan's scat singing is fluid, inventive and often quite playful.

Her latest recording happily finds Sheila Jordan back in the musical format of which she is the acknowledged master--the bass/voice duo. Her partner on this outing, recorded ...

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Sheila Jordan: I've Grown Accustomed To The Bass

by AAJ Staff
September 1, 2000

From a mid-1950's duo encounter with Charles Mingus, Sheila Jordan has retained an infatuation with the sound of the bass throughout her on-again, off-again career of almost five decades. At the time, the vocal/bass duo was an innovative concept, years before Peggy Lee recorded “Fever". Jordan's vision--or rather, her aural conception-was fulfilled with a 1977 album with bassist Arild Andersen. Jordan moved on to a classic series of duo albums with Harvie Swartz. When Swartz lost interest in the concept, ...