Sheila Jordan

[Mark Stryker]

Close friends of Sheila Jordan are reporting on social media that she has died at age 96. I'm not putting R.I.P. in the title of this post because I haven't seen confirmation from family or other official source, but I have no doubt that it is true. One of the all-time great Detroiters. There was only one of those ...

 

 

[jazzbo]

I am afraid it is probably true as I heard she was in hospice and had not been heard from in days. Sigh. 96 is great. . .and so was she.

[optatio]

She is immortal ...

[medjuck]

I saw her perform when she was in her 80s and to me she sounded just like she did on her records from the '60s.  I loved it.  (Of course now that I'm in my '80s I'm not as impressed with her age-- just her singing and personality. )

[John L]

It seems that she is the last of her generation, somebody who actually hung out and performed with Bird et al in the 1940s.

She was also a fabulous, enormously talented artist and wonderful person.  I had the pleasure to meet her and talk to her for a while.  It was unforgettable. 

RIP 

 

[cliffpeterson]

People who know people that know Sheila's daughter indicate that Sheila died.

I last saw Sheila in 2021 in Kingston, NY with Alan Broadbent on piano and Harvie S on bass.  Good show. First time I saw her was at an Elk's Lodge in Cobleskill NY circa 1993. Numerous times in between.  

[jazzbo]

Sad news.

Sheila Jordan, a singular voice in jazz, has died

https://www.npr.org/2025/08/11/847306270/sheila-jordan-obituary