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WBGO Archive (2017): Salon Sessions: Sheila Jordan

By Sheila Anderson
Published December 20, 2017 at 9:49 AM EST
Sheila Jordan
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Sheila Jordan

WBGO's Sheila Anderson spoke with legendary singer Sheila Jordan in 2017 as part of her Salon Sessions series.

Jazz singer Sheila Jordan, then 84, performs at the 21st annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in New York City's Tompkins Square Park on Aug. 25, 2013.
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Jazz singer Sheila Jordan, then 84, performs at the 21st annual Charlie Parker Jazz Festival in New York City's Tompkins Square Park on Aug. 25, 2013.

NEA Jazz Master Sheila Jordan died on Monday, August 11, 2025 at the age of 96.

Jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan
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Jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan

Her longtime bassist Harvie S told NPR that Jordan died Monday at her apartment in New York City.

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Sheila Anderson
In 1995 Sheila E. Anderson joined the staff of WBGO in Newark, New Jersey where she hosts <i>Weekend Jazz Overnight </i>and <i>Salon Sessions</i>. She has authored four books: <i>The Quotable Musician: From Bach to Tupac</i> (2003), <i>How to Grow as A Musician: What All Musicians Must Know to Succeed</i> (2005) (both published by Allworth Press), <i>The Little Red Book of Musicians Wisdom</i> (Skyhorse Press, 2012) and the 2<sup>nd</sup> edition of <i>How to Grow as A Musician</i> was published in 2019,<br/><br/>In addition to curating jazz at the Newark Museum of Art, Ms. Anderson is a 2017 Columbia University Community Scholar, an inaugural Dan <br/>Morgenstern Fellow by the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers-Newark <br/>(2020), is a graduate of Baruch College and resides in Harlem, NYC.<br/>
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