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Jazz child : a portrait of Sheila Jordan
- Title
- Jazz child : a portrait of Sheila Jordan / Ellen Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, Ellen, 1954-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 234 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, music; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan is the complete biography of the first female jazz vocalist to record on the prestigious Blue Note record label. In this book, biographer Ellen Johnson reveals the challenges Jordan confronted to become an influential recording artist and performer, working with many famous jazz luminaries of the era.
- Series Statement
- Studies in jazz
- Uniform Title
- Studies in jazz ; no. 71.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- God blessed the child -- Little song -- Detroit days -- A helluva town -- Autumn in New York -- Better than anything -- The Bird -- I've grown accustomed to the bass -- White in a black world -- The crossing -- Reel time mentor -- Where you at?
- Call Number
- JNE 14-173
- ISBN
- 9780810888364
- 081088836X
- 9781442277762
- 1442277769
- LCCN
- 2014012541
- OCLC
- 875037732
- Author
- Johnson, Ellen, 1954-
- Title
- Jazz child : a portrait of Sheila Jordan / Ellen Johnson.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Studies in jazzStudies in jazz ; no. 71.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JNE 14-173