NEW YORK — Shirley Horn, the jazz pianist and vocalist who got her start opening for Miles Davis and became revered as a master interpreter of American standards, has died at the age of 71, her record label said yesterday.
Horn died Thursday night in her native Washington, D.C., after a long illness, according to a statement released by Verve Records.
Horn was often compared to Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae, and considered one of the last great jazz vocalists of her era. She told The Associated Press in a 1991 interview she didn't think “there's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste."
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Horn died Thursday night in her native Washington, D.C., after a long illness, according to a statement released by Verve Records.
Horn was often compared to Sarah Vaughan, Ella Fitzgerald and Carmen McRae, and considered one of the last great jazz vocalists of her era. She told The Associated Press in a 1991 interview she didn't think “there's a category for me. I like to be referred to as a good singer of good songs in good taste."
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