Sheila Jordan: Portrait Of Sheila-1967 Blue Note Liberty on Label Stereo LP

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1967 "a Division of Liberty Records" on Label Autograph Stereo Reissue of Classic 1962 Blue Note Release of Bandleader/Jazz Vocalist Sheila Jordan Entitled Portrait of Sheila Jordan, Produced by Alfred Lion, Recording by Rudy Van Gelder, Cover Design by Reid Miles, Liner Notes by Nat Hentoff - "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. She is one of the few vocalists who can improvise logical lyrics (which often rhyme), she is a superb scat singer, and is also an emotional interpreter of ballads. Yet despite her talents, Jordan spent much of the 1960s and '70s working at a conventional day job. She studied piano when she was 11 and early on, sang vocalese in a vocal group. 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. George Russell used her on an unusual recording of "You Are My Sunshine" and she became one of the few singers to lead her own Blue Note album (1962). However, 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 on many occasions. 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." - "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. Her interpretations of Oscar Brown, Jr.'s "Hum Drum Blues" and 11 standards (including "Falling in Love With Love," "Dat Dere," "Baltimore Oriole," and "I'm a Fool to Want You") are both swinging and haunting. Possibly because of her originality, Sheila Jordan would not record again for over a dozen years, making this highly recommended set quite historic." - Sensational Personnel for the Quartet Features the Legendary Sheila Jordan with Vocals, the Talented Barry Galbraith on Guitar, the Brilliant Steve Swallow on Bass and the Amazing Denzil Best on Drums! - Selections on Side 1 Are the Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart Standard Falling in Love with Love, If You Could See Me Now, Am I Blue, the Bobby Timmons Classic Dat Dere, When the World Was Young & Irving Berlin's Let's Face the Music and Dance - Tracks For Side 2 Consist of Laugh Clown Laugh, Who Can I Turn to Now, Baltimore Oriole, I'm a Fool to Want You, the Oscar Brown Jr. Song Hum Drum Blues and Ann Ronell's Willow Weep for Me - Used Copy, Cover Is Faded & Splotchy with a Medium Surface Ring & a Slightly Bent Bottom Left Corner, Back Cover Has Scribbling in Black Ink, Record Has a Few Light Marks - Stereo Recording, Autograph Says, "Dear Carl, Thank You for Liking This Album-Sheila Jordan", Product Code BST 89002 - California Residents Add 10.25% Sales Tax - International S & H Extra -