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Sheila Jordan: I've Grown Accustomed to the Bass

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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 ...

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Sheila Jordan: I've Grown Accustomed To The Bass

Read "I've Grown Accustomed To The Bass" reviewed by AAJ Staff

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 ...

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Jazz Child

By Sheila Jordan

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1999

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Lost And Found

By Sheila Jordan

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1990

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Old Time Feeling

By Sheila Jordan

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1989

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The Crossing

By Sheila Jordan

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1986

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Sheila

By Sheila Jordan

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1985

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Confirmation

By Sheila Jordan

Label: Blue Note
Released: 1975

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