Sheila Jordan
Sign in to saveAmerican jazz singer (1928–2025)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The China in the sea
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1928-11-18
- Active to
- 2025-08-11
jazzvocal jazz
Discography
- Portrait of Sheila1962
- Sheila1977
- Old Time Feeling1983
- The Crossing1984
- Body and Soul1987
- Lost and Found1990
- Songs From Within1993
- One for Junior1994
- Heart Strings1994
- Jazz Child1999
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 31,319
- Total plays
- 147,935
Tags
jazzfemale vocalistfemale vocalistsvocal jazzjazz vocals
Sheila Dawson (born Sheila Jeannette Dawson in Detroit, Michigan, on 18 November 1928; died 11 August 2025) was an American jazz singer whose career spanned six decades. She recorded as a session musician with an array of critically acclaimed artists in addition to recording her own albums. Jordan pioneered a bebop and scat jazz singing style with an upright bass as the only accompaniment. Raised in poverty in Pennsylvania’s coal-mining country <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sheila+Jordan
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jeanette
- Family name
- Dawson
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Detroit
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Duke Jordan
- Occupation
- singer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- NEA Jazz Masters
- Genre
- free jazz
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- ECM Records
- Official website
- www.sheilajordanjazz.com
- Image
- Sheila Jordan in 1985.jpg
- Number of children
- 1
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- Commons category
- Sheila Jordan
- date of birth
- 1928-11-18
- date of death
- 2025-08-11
- name in native language
- Sheila Jordan
- birth name
- Sheila Jeanette Dawson
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