Jazz Articles about Shirley Horn

Shirley Horn at Scullers

by Ken Franckling
June 18, 2004

Scullers Boston, MA June 11, 2004

When Shirley Horn is deep in the groove, it is clear that she is getting used to – and in fact downright enjoying – the singular art of singing, even though the hyphenated role of singer-pianist had been her musical forte for all but this twilight of her stellar career.

Due to medical circumstances, Horn leaves the piano work to others for the most part, yet the groove was there ...

Benny Golson: One Day, Forever

by AAJ Staff
May 1, 2001

Benny Golson’s latest Arkadia release, One Day, Forever, arose from a taping of some of Golson’s previous band members from the Jazztet: Art Farmer and Curtis Fuller. At the end of a European tour, they were so rushed they that they didn’t record long enough to fill an entire CD. Arkadia owner Bob Karcy kept the tape in the can, and he and Golson kept that recording in mind, in the intervening five years, during which Farmer passed. After Golson ...

Shirley Horn: You're My Thrill

by Robin Lickel
March 1, 2001

It's always a thrill when Shirley Horn releases a new album. She's the kind of living legend that you would and should make every effort to see perform live. Imagine being a jazz fan when Louis Armstrong was alive and touring.

Shirley Horn: I Remember Miles

by C. Michael Bailey
September 1, 1998

A Labor of Love. Shirley Horn's 1991's You Won't Forget Me was one of the last recordings Miles Davis made. More significant was the broken promise that Miles had made a number of years previous that he would not return to the standards. A gratefully broken promise. He appeared on the title piece, a titan straddling the whole of jazz.

Shirley Horn opened for Miles at the Village Vanguard after Miles had heard her first recording, Embers and Ashes. He ...