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 Musikverein in Vienna has been home to the music publisher Universal Edition since 1914. That arrangement has now come to an end, reports Axel Brüggemann. The publisher has (been) given notice to leave by […]
It has been confirmed today by giverning mayor Kai Wegner that Sarah Wedl-Wilson will be the new Senator for Culture, succeeding Joe Chialo, who resigned at the weekend. Wedl-Wilson, 55, originally from Watford, went to […]
We have met Musica Gloria on a number of occasions, most recently in live performance in Edinburgh, Scotland. Here, on the Etcetera label, they offer a selection of North German Cantatas from around 1700. This […]
