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Cameron Brown & Sheila Jordan Duo at The Falcon
Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on March 31, 2014
Where
The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970
When
Sun, May 18, 2014
7:00 pm
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Musicians
Cameron Brown
bassSheila Jordan
vocalsAbout
In 2012 SHEILA JORDAN was named by The National Endowment for the Arts, NEA Jazz Master, honoring her lifetime of extraordinary work...and her extraordinary life!
One of the most consistently creative jazz singers of all time, Sheila Jordan is a superb scat singer, and an emotional interpreter of ballads. George Russell used her on an unusual recording of "You Are My Sunshine" and Jordan was one of the few singers to lead her own Blue Note album (1962). It would be a decade before she appeared on records again, working with Carla Bley, Roswell Rudd, and co-leading a group with Steve Kuhn in the late '70s. Jordan recorded a memorable duet album with bassist Arild Andersen for SteepleChase in 1977, and has since teamed up with bassist Harvie Swartz. ...