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    Sheila Jordan

    Sheila Jordan

    Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

    December 5, 2009

    Avg. Event Rating (4.0 Stars): 4 out of 5 stars rating Add Review/Comment

    With bebop roots displaying her unique musical trademarks—frequent and unexpected pitch changes, uncanny improvisatory abilities, and poignant ballad interpretations—Sheila Jordan has been praised by Blue Note as “one of the jazz world’s best-kept secrets.”

    At a Glance
    • Ticket Info

      Tickets: $32-$38

      Info Phone: 215-893-1999

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    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      December 5, 2009

      Times:
      7:30 pm

    • Venue Info

      Kimmel Center - Perelman Theater

      260 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102

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    • Accessibility Info
      • Wheelchair Access
      • Assisted Listening System
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    • Reviews
      • Event Name: Sheila Jordan
        4 out of 5 stars rating "One of a kind"
        Review posted by: shrewdkate from Philadelphia, PA, Dec 07, 2009

        Sheila Jordan played a long-overdue show at the Kimmel on Saturday night, and at 81, her particular style and skills as a jazz vocalist are still wonderfully evident. She has a penchant for those... Expand

        Sheila Jordan played a long-overdue show at the Kimmel on Saturday night, and at 81, her particular style and skills as a jazz vocalist are still wonderfully evident. She has a penchant for those talky-style first-person intros to jazz standards that can seem a little on the corny side, but her sense of tonality and rhythm are out of this world, and the way her singing style emulates instrumentalists rather than other singers is rare, if not unique. This is a singer who sounds like a trumpet, a tenor sax, an alto, and even at times like a snare drum. And her palpable love of and joy in the music is infectious. Don't miss her next time she's in town. Collapse

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