Sheila Jordan - Portrait Of Sheila

180-gram LP

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio from the original master tape

Plated and pressed at RTI

The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.

Detroit-born singer Sheila Jordan moved to New York City in 1951 and became a fixture on the jazz scene, befriending Charlie Parker and studying with the likes of Charles Mingus and Lennie Tristano. Jordan presented her inimitable vocal stylings on her 1962 debut Portrait Of Sheila, one of only two vocal albums recorded for Blue Note during that era.

Accompanied by a trio with Barry Galbraith on guitar, Steve Swallow on bass, and Denzil Best on drums, Jordan delivered delightful versions of songbook and jazz standards including swinging takes on Rodgers & Hart's "Falling In Love With Love" and Irving Berlin's "Let's Face The Music And Dance"; expressive ballad singing on Frank Sinatra's "I'm A Fool To Want You" and Tadd Dameron's "If You Could See Me Now"; and a tour-de-force voice-bass duo version of Bobby Timmons' soulful hard bop classic "Dat Dere."

 

 

Side A

1. Falling In Love With Love

2. If You Could See Me Now

3. Am I Blue

4. Dat Dere

5. When The World Was Young

6. Let's Face The Music And Dance

Side B

1. Laugh! Clown! Laugh!

2. Who Can I Turn To Now

3. Baltimore Oriole

4. I'm A Fool To Want You

5. Hum Drum Blues

6. Willow Weep For Me

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