- Home · 1979
- I've Grown Accustomed to the Bass (Live) · 2000
- Portrait of Sheila · 1963
- Portrait of Sheila · 1963
- Sing a Song of Bird · 2021
- Home · 1979
- Home · 1979
- Portrait of Sheila · 1963
- Celebration (Recorded Live at The Triad, New York) · 2005
- Portrait of Sheila · 1963
- Portrait of Sheila · 1963
- Blue Note Trip Jazzanova: Lookin' Back / Movin' On · 2005
- Home · 1979
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Artist Playlists
- A great jazz improviser whose instrument is the voice.
Singles & EPs
Appears On
- Bruce Middleton
- Bruce Middleton
- Bruce Middleton
- Lines for Ladies
- Bill Kirchner Nonet
About Sheila Jordan
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
- BORN
- November 28, 1928
- GENRE
- Jazz