Sheila Jordan – Steve Kuhn Duet live at Jazzfest Berlin 2009

Photo © Christina Bleier

Sheila Jordan · vocals
Steve Kuhn · piano

recorded live at Haus der Berliner Festspiele, Main Stage, November 8, 2009

1. Hum Drum Blues (Oscar Brown Jr.)
2. It´s You Or No One (Jule Styne / Sammy Cahn)
3. Bird Alone (Abbey Lincoln)
4. Dat Dere (Bobby Timmons/ Oscar Brown Jr.)
5. Autumn In New York (Vernon Duke /Yip Harburg)
6. Emily (Johnny Mandel)
7. The Night Has a Thousand Eyes (Jerome Brainin/ Buddy Bernier)
8. Lonely Town/ Oceans in the Sky (Leonard Bernstein/ Steve Kuhn)
9. The Zoo (Steve Kuhn)
10. Farewell Blues (Sheila Jordan/ Steve Kuhn)

A vocalist beloved by jazz musicians and audiences alike, Sheila Jordan sings with spontaneous, exploratory depth while paying keen attention to the emotions that lyrics convey. Turned on to a career in music after discovering Charlie Parker, Jordan is the rare singer who does not quite sound like anybody else. She is tasteful but fearless and has performed with such imposing accompanists as Carla Bley, Roswell Rudd and pianist Steve Kuhn, who will once again share the stage with his old friend. Kuhn is finally receiving the long overdue attention he deserves, through recent recordings on the ECM and Blue Note labels. Mostly Coltrane, a superlative 2009 tribute to one of Kuhn’s early mentors, has received worldwide critical acclaim.
Together they released several recordings, a.o. "Jazz Child" 1999 on High Note.