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Jazz child : a portrait of Sheila Jordan / Ellen Johnson.
- Title
- Jazz child : a portrait of Sheila Jordan / Ellen Johnson.
- Author
- Johnson, Ellen, 1954-
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2014]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | ML420.J7775 J64 2014 | Off-site |
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- 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 ; 70
- Uniform Title
- Studies in jazz ; no. 70.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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?
- ISBN
- 9780810888364 (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 081088836X (hardcover : alk. paper)
- 9780810888371 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- 0810888378 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- ^^2014012541
- OCLC
- 875037732
- SCSB-10214524
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library