Albums by Sheila Jordan
ALBUMComes Love: Lost Session 1960Sheila Jordan
ALBUMStraight AheadSheila Jordan & ESP Trio
ALBUMStraight AheadChristian Stock Trio, Sheila Jordan & Adrian Mears
ALBUMWinter SunshineSheila Jordan
ALBUMBelieve en JazzSheila Jordan & Serge Forté Trio
ALBUMLittle SongSheila Jordan
ALBUMFrom The HeartSheila Jordan
ALBUMSheila’s Back In Town (feat. Modern Ensemble)Sheila Jordan & ESP Trio
ALBUMJazz ChildSheila Jordan
ALBUMSheilaSheila Jordan
Artist Playlists
Sheila Jordan Essentials
A great jazz improviser whose instrument is the voice.
Artist Biography
With a lilting, gently seductive voice, known for practically surreal sudden pitch changes, and boasting a positively preternatural connection to jazz's history, Sheila Jordan earned a sizeable fanbase from the 1950s on. She started out in the late-1940s, still in her early-teens, working semi-professionally in Detroit clubs, before jetting to New York where she studied under Charles Mingus and Lennie Tristano. By the 1960s, Jordan was regularly releasing classics such as the classic PORTRAIT OF SHEILA on the revered Blue Note imprint. The epitome of cabaret combined with the smokey gin joints, Jordan prolifically performed well into her eighties, forming a long-term partnership with bass player Harvie Swartz in 1983.
Hometown
Detroit, MI, United States
Genre
Jazz