Mark Stryker Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Long profile from today's Detroit Free Press http://www.freep.com/article/20120108/ENT04/201080393/Detroit-born-jazz-singer-Sheila-Jordan-can-still-bring-listeners-tears?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|Entertainment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazaro Vega Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Beautiful. Good work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Great article. Thanks, Mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david weiss Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 I actually changed planes in Detroit on my way home today and bought the paper in the airport to read on the plane. Beautiful piece and it was nice to see something like this get so much space in the paper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medjuck Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 This is an exchange I had with an old friend on FAcebook: Kay: Last night I saw Sheila Jordan sing about her life & all the jazz greats she knew and loved. 82 years old & looking great.Ultra fashionable black/red nailpolish. She had total control of the band (local piano & base), got Jane Bunnett to come in for one song for a killer unscripted sax/vocal duet, and sang full tilt for over an hour. Joe Medjuck Wow! Lucky you. Where'd you see her? April 3, 2011 at 12:09pm · Like Kay Armatage It was a little gallery in the Sorauren warehouse district called Gallery 345 Sorauren - they probably have a website. They have a jazz series. She was here for the weekend & gave a singing workshop all day today (I didn't go as I don't sing). But she was fantastic. I found myself crying a couple of times, not because she was singing a sad song or anything, but because of the complexity & beauty of the aesthetic experience - jazz history, her own autobiography, infinitely generous anecdotes (imitiating Billie Holiday calling out to Miles at the Village Vanguard - she sang it: "Miles, Miles" - in Holiday's voice), all sung - 'making it up as she went along,' as she said, & then the incredible performances of the songs she introduced with each story. Funny, smart, voice bending all over the place, & this wonderful 'sung' autobiography. Apparently she comes to Toronto fairly often to give singing workshops, & the person who organized this has studied with her. It was just superb. DVD's 2 for $30 - all $$ to her, so are they discontinued? I don't know. Great event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victor Christensen Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 She is so good, I only have two records with her "Portrait Of Sheila" and "The Crossing", love both of them. I can tell you that Duke Jordan was an a....., not a nice person, I knew him a little while he lived (and died) here in Copemhagen. I remember one occasion, at Herluf Kamp Larsen's 80th birthday, there was a big party at Copenhagen Jazz House, and all the muscians played for nothing to pay tribute to Herluf, But Duke Jordan, no no, he was standing in the bar and I asked him if he was not going to play, his answer was "Only If I get paid". Herluf did not have any money, we had all paid for ourselves to be there. Vic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 Expect to see her in a couple of days at Lincoln Center. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllenLowe Posted January 8, 2012 Report Share Posted January 8, 2012 she's great; Duke was a tough one. He scared me a little bit. Very volatile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enterprise Server Posted January 10, 2012 Report Share Posted January 10, 2012 Never was much of a Sheila Jordan fan. Couldn't get into Abby Lincoln either. Oh well...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russes01 Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 loved the article and love Sheila - only question is when is she going to be in Maine? I go every summer and would love to time it to see her. I saw her in the spring in chicago with my 15 yr old daughter who loved her and it would make the trip home even more worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Saw her tonight at Iridium, as well as last night at the festivities. What wonderful spirit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stryker Posted January 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 Saw her tonight at Iridium, as well as last night at the festivities. What wonderful spirit. Nicely put. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete C Posted January 12, 2012 Report Share Posted January 12, 2012 I'll add my kudos on an excellent article. I agree with your Betty Carter reference, as I've been known to describe her style as something like a cross between Betty Carter and Anita O'Day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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