1. Sheila Jordan was born on Sheila Jeanette Dawson; November 18,1928 and is an American jazz singer and songwriter.
15 Facts About Sheila Jordan
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Sheila Jordan has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to recording her own albums.
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Sheila Jordan's mother was only 17 when Sheila was born and struggled to raise a child, unfortunately turning to alcohol as a means of coping.
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Sheila Jordan was sent to live with her grandparents in the small coal mining town of Summerhill, Pennsylvania in the Allegheny Mountains.
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Sheila Jordan grew up with nine siblings who were really her aunts and uncles.
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Sheila Jordan returned to Detroit, living with her mother, in 1940 or 1942.
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Sheila Jordan sang and played piano in jazz clubs in Detroit.
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Sheila Jordan was a member of the trio Skeeter, Mitch, and Jean, which wrote lyrics to music by Charlie Parker.
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In 1951, Sheila Jordan moved to New York City and studied harmony and music theory with Lennie Tristano and Charles Mingus, but concentrated on the music of Charlie Parker.
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Sheila Jordan withdrew from clubs for much of the '60s to raise her daughter, and sang in church instead.
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Later that year she recorded the album Portrait of Sheila Jordan released by Blue Note.
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Sheila Jordan's long working relationship with Steve Kuhn began in the early 1960s.
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Sheila Jordan played with Don Heckman, Lee Konitz, and Roswell Rudd.
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Sheila Jordan has taught at University of Massachusetts at Amherst and the Vermont Jazz Center, Interplay Jazz and Arts, as well as teaching international workshops.
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Sheila Jordan is a songwriter who works in bebop and free jazz.