Sheila Jordan March 19, 2007

Singer Sheila Jordan's sound is both classic and cutting edge. One of the most consistently creative of all jazz singers, Jordan 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. After making his mark as a sideman with John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Chet Baker, Art Farmer and others, pianist Steve Kuhn grew beyond the powerful influence of Bill Evans into a unique stylist with incredible technique and sense of dynamics and lyricism.