Charlie Parker called her ‘the lady with the million dollar ears’. Sheila Jordan, who was white, married a member of Parker’s quintet and became a familiar figure on stage in New York’s golden years of jazz, riffing away with the best.
She died in NY yesterday.
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The New York Times reported approvingly the other day that Atlanta Opera’s turnaround chief Tomer Zevulun made a handsome $700,000 in the company’s last financial year, parlayed down to $550,000 by some anxious PR. Zevulun […]
After a aseason of auditions, the Israel Philharmonic orchestra has chosen Nitzan Bartana as its next concertmaster, the first woman to occupy that post. Bartana is presently second Konzertmeisterin at Basel Chamber Orchestra in Switzerland. […]
Word from the West Coast: Important Concert Update: Due to illness, both Michael Tilson Thomas and Yuja Wang must cancel their appearances on February 1 with the LA Phil. OK, that’s unfortunate, these tbhings happen. […]
