Her voice really cooks but what is the recipe for the way Sheila Jordan picks songs and transforms them into something special and swinging? Well, you take a quarter Cherokee child raised in poverty in Pennsylvania's coal-mining country, you add to it the definitive influence of a genius, Charlie Parker, and mix it all with a hard life, a great and creative voice able to express the soul through melodies and lyrics and... Sheila is ready to serve you plenty of good jazz and meaning.
AAJ Contributor Joao Moreira dos Santos spoke with Jordan recently about her long and varied career, and how Parker has been so significant in shaping her approach to singing.
Check out Sheila Jordan: A Life of Honest Expression at AAJ today!
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