Vocalist • Educator • Writer • Lyricist • Producer • Actor
MUSIC PROJECTS
New Recording: Coming in 2012!
Form and formless CD featuring:
Larry Koonse and John Stowell
VOCAL TRAINING
Jazz Vocal Classes offered this summer at The Jazzschool in Berkeley, CA. More information coming soon!
Online Singing Consultation & Critiques offered for people anywhere in the world who want help with auditions, performances, or vocal technique.
WRITING PROJECTS
Sheila Jordan Biography:
Jazz Child: The Sheila Jordan Story is still in process.
We are currently seeking help in finding grants, foundations or donors to help us complete this project.
Reviews:
featured on www.jazzhistoryonlline.com
DON BRADEN/KARL LATHAM: "BIG FUN(K) LIVE " Recorded live at Cecil's in West Orange, New Jersey, Big Fun(k) Live is the latest album by saxophonist Don Braden and Karl Latham. Ellen Johnson provides an enthusiastic review, hearing the group's roots in the music of Weather Report, Miles Davis and Grover Washington, Jr.
SHEILA JORDAN: THE BASS/VOICE DUETS (Part 1) Sheila Jordan once said, "I think I may have been a bass player in a previous life. My favorite way to sing is with the bass". Jordan's duo recordings with bass accompaniment have been some of her finest work. This month, Jordan's biographer Ellen Johnson, offers the first part of a two-part Historical Essay on these seminal recordings.
SHEILA JORDAN: THE BASS/VOICE DUETS (Part 2) After the end of her partnership with Harvie S, Sheila Jordan continued to explore the possibilities of the bass/voice duo with Cameron Brown. In the second part of her Historical Essay, Ellen Johnson examines the music Jordan recorded with Brown and other bass players.
CHARLES MINGUS: "PRE-BIRD" (aka "MINGUS REVISITED")
The music of Charles Mingus was always ahead of its time, and on his album Pre-Bird he presents compositions that he wrote before hearing Charlie Parker. In this Retro Review, Ellen Johnson discusses all of the music and how it related to Mingus' life.