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	Songbirds: Sheila Jordan
		Jordan's devotion to jazz began when, as a pre-teen, she visited her family in Detroit and heard a neighbor playing a Count Basie record.
		Jordan's interpretations of these masterpieces of Great American Song are lovingly and with some delicacy made fresh and new again, just when we thought it couldn't be done.
		Jordan is joined on this recording by the promising young jazz singer from Germany, Theo Blackman, who shares her love of improvisation.
	www.mrlucky.com /songbirds/html/jul99/c_sjordan.html (982 words)

	Songbirds: Sheila Jordan
		While it's a cliché to say of a vocalist, "She was born to sing," in Jordan's case it's undoubtedly true, and certainly not for purely technical reasons.
		Jordan's style has always been strictly bebop, as I'm sure it will always be - there were no "Sheila Goes Disco" albums in the late 1970s - and, at 70, thanks to genetics, among other things, her tone still has an amazing freshness.
		Jordan mostly remains in her very confident and controlled middle register, though occasionally she jumps like a little green frog toward her high register, and stays there happily for a few bars.
	www.mrlucky.com /songbirds/html/jun99/c_sjordan.html (548 words)

	Sheila Jordan - Biography - AOL Music
		One of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers, Sheila Jordan has a relatively small voice, but has done the maximum with her instrument.
		Jordan moved to New York in the 1950s, was married to Duke Jordan (1952-62), studied with Lennie Tristano, and worked in New York clubs.
		By the 1980s, Sheila Jordan was finally performing jazz on a full-time basis and gaining the recognition she deserved 20 years earlier.
	music.aol.com /artist/sheila-jordan/6861/biography (308 words)

	Sheila Jordan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sheila Jordan (born Sheila Jeanette Dawson November 18, 1928 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American Jazz singer and songwriter.
		Sheila Jordan grew up in Summerhill, Pennsylvania before returning to her birthplace in 1940/41 playing the piano and singing semi-professionally in Detroit clubs.
		Sheila Jordan is also a songwriter and is able to work in both bebob and free jazz.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sheila_Jordan (453 words)

	Full Biography for Sheila Jordan
		Sheila's work experience, the professional organizations to which she belongs, her record of community service, her publications, and the presentations she makes mirror her vision, her values and her commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of children and families.
		Sheila's priorities include the development of sustainable local and regional collaborations supporting literacy, math and science education, civic engagement, and equal outcomes for children, as well as assisting Alameda County's 18 school districts navigate the impact of state budget cuts and the new state and federal mandates.
		Sheila Jordan was born on March 18 1945 in the Bronx, New York.
	www.smartvoter.org /2006/06/06/ca/alm/vote/jordan_s/bio.html (1190 words)

	The Music Show - 07/12/2002: Sheila Jordan
		Andrew Ford: The great Sheila Jordan, and she was last on the show six years ago, and it’s a great pleasure to welcome her back; thanks for coming on the show, Sheila Jordan.
		Sheila Jordan: Well I was doing it when I was a kid because you know I’m a quarter Cherokee, so a lot of that comes from making melodies when I was a little kid.
		Sheila Jordan: Yes, I do that and then we have a good time you know, learning songs and everybody gets a chance to sing a little bit, and it works out to be pretty nice.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/music/mshow/s784230.htm (1863 words)

	441records: Sheila Jordan
		Raised in poverty in Summerhil in Pennsylvania's coal-mining country, Jordan began singing as a child and by the time she was in her early teens was working semi-professionally in Detroit clubs.
		After moving to New York in the early 50s, she married Parker's pianist, Duke Jordan (they have since divorced), and studied with Charles Mingus and Lennie Tristano, but it was not until the early 60s that she made her first recordings.
		In the mid-60s Jordan's work encompassed jazz liturgies sung in churches and extensive club work, but her appeal was narrow even within the confines of jazz and she continued to hold down a day job as a typist in an advertising agency.
	www.441records.com /artist.asp?id=32 (391 words)

	Sheila Jordan
		Sheila spielte den Song regelmässig bei ihren Duo-Auftritten mit Herbie Swartz in den 1980er Jahren.
		Sheila Jordan wird zwar in jazz singers nicht vorgestellt, dennoch ist der Band jedem Jazzfan zu empfehlen.
		Sheila Jordan steuert in den vier Songs Autumn In New York von Vernon Duke, Barbados von Charlie Parker, Sail Away von Tom Harrell und Song of Joy von Billy Preston Gesang und Scats bei.
	www.cosmopolis.ch /cosmo30/sheila_jordan.htm (1231 words)

	Jazzitalia - Articles: Sheila Jordan interview
		Sheila Jordan, Eleonora D'Ettole, Nadia Pazzaglia, Eva Simontacchi, Patrizia Sonego
		Raised in poverty in Pennsylvania's coal-mining country, Sheila Jordan began singing as a child, and by the time she was in her teens, she was working semi-professionally in Detroit clubs.
		Sheila Jordan has been working all day, studio, sound check and here she is, as fresh and smiling as can be.
	www.jazzitalia.net /articoli/int_sheilajordan_eng.asp (6738 words)

	Vermont Jazz Center - Sheila Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1962, she made her acclaimed first recordings, including "Portrait of Sheila," an album on Blue Note.
		After touring with trombonist Roswell Rudd in the late '70s, Jordan became a founding member of the Steve Kuhn Quartet.
		Jordan travels extensively, both here and abroad, performing as soloist, with her quartet and as co-leader of the Sheila Jordan/Harvie Swartz duo.
	www.vtjazz.org /bios/jordan.html (138 words)

	A Celebration of Sheila Jordan
		Reflecting on her life as a child in one of the most poverty-stricken regions of America, Jordan says, “Being raised in the coalmines and mountains taught me to keep doing what I loved and not become caught up with what was accepted and not accepted.
		Jordan’s dedication to the music means that she has never allowed commercial influences or concerns to guide her music, even when gigs were few and far between and she had a daughter to raise.
		Jordan should actually sing more of Steve Kuhn’s songs (especially “The Saga of Harrison Crabfeathers”, aka “Poem for No. 17”) in her duo setting, as well as with Kuhn.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=19626 (1392 words)

	Sheila Jordan : Features : One Final Note (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sheila Jordan’s appearance at Murphy’s Place was something of a surprise—announced a few days before with a paragraph in a Toledo paper, sending at least this jazz lover into paroxysms of delight that bemused his co-workers.
		Jordan then demonstrated for the Murphy’s crowd what she imagined Feather would have liked—a decidedly square, not unpleasant, but comic reading of the tune.
		She played coy in the opening lines about the date of her birth, and yet in the end as she testified that it was the music that saved her, she announced that’s why she’s still singing for us at 76.
	www.onefinalnote.com /features/2005/jordan-sheila (909 words)

	Karin Plato talks to Sheila Jordan
		I interviewed jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan the evening after her concert at the Centennial Theatre in North Vancouver.
		She is hailed the queen of be-bop and is a disciple of the Charlie Parker "school of music".
		Once when Charlie Parker visited Sheila in her loft and became tired he lay down on the couch to have a rest while Sheila busied herself in the kitchen.
	vancouverjazz.com /inview/plato_jordan.shtml (1309 words)

	Sheila Jordan - smh.com.au
		Now an impressive 74, Jordan fell under the spell of Charlie Parker in her teens, developing her ears by singing his solos.
		In 1962 she recorded one of the albums of vocal jazz, Portrait of Sheila (Blue Note), on which she delighted in the flexibility allowed by quite spartan backing.
		Sunny and goofy throughout, Jordan closed with an improvised autobiographical blues.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/12/05/1038950147853.html (312 words)

	Amazon.com: Confirmation: Music: Sheila Jordan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sheila Jordan waited more than a decade for an opportunity to sing the kind of songs she likes with the musicians she liked to perform with.
		This was Sheila Jordan's second album, released when she was 47-years-old.
		Sheila Jordan has one of the most interesting singing voices in all non-classical music.
	www.amazon.com /Confirmation-Sheila-Jordan/dp/B0007ZSHGM (842 words)

	Jazz Vocalist Sheila Jordan
		Sheila Jordan has always expressed the full range of her emotions with her voice.
		With Jordan, the virtuoso plays in a highly melodic style, often playing lead while she darts in and out of the tune's structure.
		Jordan has been a pioneer of the bass/voice sound since she first worked with Steve Swallow in the mid-'50s.
	tomc.home.mindspring.com /jordan.htm (1017 words)

	Billy Taylor's Jazz \| Guest Artist
		Although born in Detroit, Michigan, Jordan spent the majority of her childhood being raised by her grandparents in Summer Hill, Pennsylvania.
		When an audience member asks Jordan about Charlie Parker, the singer immediately responds by calling Bird her "teacher." Teaching, we learn, plays a huge role in Jordan's life.
		When another audience member asks Jordan about the life as a woman in the world of jazz, the singer responds with aplomb: "It was really tough." Interestingly, Jordan points out that although she faced tremendous male chauvinism along the way, the jazz musicians themselves always treated her with dignity.
	www.npr.org /programs/btaylor/archive/jordan_sheila.html (697 words)

	Sheila Jordan
		Raised in poverty in Pennsylvanina’s coal-mining country, Jordan began singing as a child and by the time she was in her early teens working semi-professionally in Detroit clubs.
		After moving to New York in the early 50s, she married Charlie Parker’s pianist Duke Jordan, and studied with Charles Mingus and Lennie Tristano, but it was not until the early 60s that she made her first recordings.
		Both sets display her unique musical trademarks, such as the frequent and unexpected sweeping changes of pitch which still tend to confound an uninitiated audience.
	www.institut-fuer-bildnerisches-denken.de /jordan.htm (410 words)

	The City College of New York :: Sheila Jordan MAC Award
		Jordan, who lives in Manhattan, said she was so shocked when she heard the news that she fell off her chair.
		Jordan has been a very important part of the world jazz vocal scene,” said Professor Stephen Jablonsky, Chair of The City College Music Department.
		Jordan has been hailed as one of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers by All Music Guide, the world’s largest digital archive of music.
	www1.ccny.cuny.edu /advancement/pr/Sheila-Jordan-MAC-Award.cfm (381 words)

	Sheila Jordan \| Confirmation
		Sheila Jordan has the purity of heart of a child expressed through adult experience.
		In lesser hands such a mélange of songs might be just a gimmick, but Jordan crafts her projects with care.
		Realizing that this is not a gospel song, but, rather, a plaintive jazz ballad of independence informed by pain, Jordan carries the sting on soaring, held tones that descend into smoky, melismatic phrases.
	www.allaboutjazz.com /php/article.php?id=17720 (426 words)

	Sheila Jordan : Portrait of Sheila Jordan - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Sheila Jordan's debut recording was one of the very few vocal records made for Blue Note during Alfred Lion's reign.
		Accompanied by the subtle guitarist Barry Galbraith, bassist Steve Swallow, and drummer Denzil Best, Jordan sounds quite distinctive, cool-toned, and adventurous during her classic date.
		Possibly because of her originality, Sheila Jordan would not record again for over a dozen years, making this highly recommended set quite historic.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,112192,00.html (187 words)

	Sheila Jordan News
		News about Sheila Jordan continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Like her close friend Sheila Jordan, she is an artist for whom the music is front and center.
		Famed bebop pianist Duke Jordan died last week in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby, Denmark, at the age of 84.
	www.topix.net /who/sheila-jordan (535 words)

	Sheila - Sheila Jordan - Song Listings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		This was a breakthrough recording for Sheila Jordan.
		She recorded a superb album for Blue Note in 1962 and then was off records (and only working in jazz on a part-time basis) up until the mid-'70s.
		The communication between the two often borders on the miraculous and it is a pleasure to hear Sheila Jordan's fresh and original interpretations of such songs as "Lush Life," "On Green Dolphin Street," "Don't Explain" and "Better than Anything." ~ Scott Yanow, All Music Guide [-] Continue
	www.mp3.com /albums/109128/summary.html (444 words)

	Re-Elect Sheila Jordan Superintendent of Schools
		Sheila won re- election with 62.6 per cent of the vote.
		Pleasanton Mayor Jennifer Hosterman, Livermore Vice Mayor Marjorie Leider Endorse Sheila
		Sheila At Student Achievement Ceremony at Hayward Campus of Cal State East Bay
	www.sheilajordan.org (241 words)

	Phil and Sheila Jordan
		In particular, we are impressed with the college's strong sense of community and capacity to help students learn and grow in the liberal arts tradition.
		President Jordan's experiences at two other colleges, Connecticut College and Kenyon College, have prepared him for his new position at Colby-Sawyer.
		Both of these colleges underwent transitions from single-sex to coeducational institutions, just as Colby-Sawyer did in 1990, and both colleges are rooted in strong liberal arts traditions similar to Colby-Sawyer's.
	www.colby-sawyer.edu /currents/news/PhilandSheilaJordan.html (466 words)

	Jazz Child, MP3 Album Music Download at eMusic
		Making the supposition that she's an acquired taste, those who enjoy Jordan's unique singing will be thrilled with this release.
		Getting next to Jordan's artistry should not be too difficult for the open minded.
		Others can discover Jordan at the peak of her powers and revel in the deep blue, mysterious tones she conjures like no one else.
	www.emusic.com /album/10599/10599159.html (345 words)

	Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown
		Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown perform at Westbrook Recital Hall, Lincoln, Neb., March 8, 2003.
		Cameron Brown, Bill Wimmer, Sheila Jordan and Tom Ineck at the Green Gateau in Lincoln.
		Sheila Jordan visits the BMF museum with host Butch Berman.
	www.bermanmusicfoundation.org /artjordan.html (40 words)

	SHEILA JORDAN/THE VERY THOUGHT OF TWO CD - elusivedisc
		A vocalist of uncompromising originality, Sheila, has been on the jazz scene since the 1950s, having had many an opportunity to sing with the legendary Charlie Parker in the NYC lofts.
		Harvie, a most accomplished bassist, has been playing with Sheila since the early 80s.
		Performing both standards and originals, neither pianist nor drummer is missed as together they create a musicality that must be heard to be believed.
	www.elusivedisc.com /prodinfo.asp?number=MACD-005 (150 words)

	Sheila Jordan discography
		Sheila Jordan & Harvie Swartz-The Very Thought Of Two
		Sheila Jordan and E.S.P. Trio-Sheila's Back in Town
		Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown-I've Grown Accustomed to the Bass
	www.mindspring.com /~scala/jordan.htm (1875 words)

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