Sheila Jordan has been one of the most revered and utterly unique voices in jazz for decades. Beginning with her debut album, 1963’s ‘Portrait of Sheila,’ she pioneered a bebop-inflected approach to singing. We talked about this, and much more, in our 2021 All That’s Jazz episode. 

 

With her recent passing, we decided to resurrect our conversation one more time so that you could hear the extraordinary stories she shared in her own words.