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  1. Sheila Jordan. Sheila Jordan (born Sheila Jeanette Dawson; November 18, 1928) [ 1] is an American jazz singer and songwriter. She has recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to recording her own albums.

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    May 15, 2024 · Sheila Jordan is a Detroit-born, New York-based American jazz singer and songwriter who works in bebop and free jazz. More than 60 years in the biz and she’s still swingin’. Charlie Parker often introduced Jordan as "the lady with the million-dollar ears."

  3. Dec 1, 2023 · Jazz singer Sheila Jordan, then 84, performs at the 21st annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in New York City's Tompkins Square Park on Aug. 25, 2013. Vocalist Sheila Jordan is the definition of a ...

  4. Nov 18, 2022 · Sheila Jordan was born Sheila Jeanette Dawson on 18 th November 1928, in Detroit, Michigan. Her mother, just seventeen, struggled to raise her young daughter and turned to alcohol. Sheila was sent to live with her grandparents in Pennsylvania where she grew up with nine other siblings who were really her aunts and uncles.

  5. Nov 14, 2023 · Sheila Jordan was raised in Pennsylvania but would return to her birthplace of Detroit to be part of its vibrant jazz community, which included the likes of trumpeter Donald Byrd, pianist Tommy ...

  6. May 3, 2009 · Sheila Jordan, who was born Nov. 18, 1928, says she still loves nothing better than singing for her fans. But on an evening last November, it was their turn to sing for her, at a birthday party in ...

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  8. By the 1980s, Sheila Jordan was finally performing jazz on a full-time basis and gaining the recognition she deserved 20 years earlier. She recorded as a leader (in addition to the Blue Note session) for East Wind, Grapevine, SteepleChase, Palo Alto, Blackhawk, and Muse, resurfacing in 1999 with Jazz Child. ~ Scott Yanow.

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