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| Type = studio
| Type = studio
| Artist = Sheila Jordan
| Artist = Sheila Jordan
| Cover =
| Cover = Sheila_portrait.jpeg
| Alt =
| Released = 1962
| Recorded = September 19 and October 12, 1962<br><small>[[Van Gelder Studio]], [[Englewood Cliffs]]<ref name="penguin9" />
| Released = {{Start date|1963}}
| Recorded = September–October 1962<ref name="penguin9" />
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| Genre = [[Jazz]]
| Length = {{Duration|m=38|s=59}}
| Length = 39:39
| Label = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]
| Label = [[Blue Note Records|Blue Note]]<br><small>BLP 9002/BST 89002
| Producer = [[Alfred Lion]]
| Producer = [[Alfred Lion]]
| Last album =
| This album = '''''Portrait of Sheila'''''<br>(1962)
| This album = '''''Portrait of Sheila'''''<br />(1962)
| Next album =
| Next album =
}}
}}


'''''Portrait of Sheila''''' was the [[1963 in jazz|1963]] debut album of American jazz singer [[Sheila Jordan]], released by [[Blue Note Records]]. In the 1963 ''[[Down Beat]]'' magazine Critics Poll she was ranked first in the vocal category for "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition".<ref>Enstice, Wayne and Stockhouse, Janis (2004) "Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-One Musicians" [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6rkjw-P-904C&pg=PA163&dq=%22portrait+of+sheila%22+sheila+jordan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_CSpUPeJF7DD0AW7w4DAAw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22portrait%20of%20sheila%22%20sheila%20jordan&f=false ''Indiana University Press'', p. 163.]</ref> She did not record again as a leader for more than a dozen years.<ref name=allmusic>Yanow, Scott "Sheila Jordan – Portrait of Sheila Jordan" [http://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-sheila-jordan-mw0000202415 ''AllMusic''.]</ref>
'''''Portrait of Sheila''''' is the 1962 debut album of American jazz singer [[Sheila Jordan]], released by [[Blue Note Records]]. In the 1963 ''[[Down Beat]]'' magazine Critics Poll, she was ranked first in the vocal category for "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition".<ref>Enstice, Wayne and Stockhouse, Janis (2004) "Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-One Musicians" [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6rkjw-P-904C&pg=PA163&dq=%22portrait+of+sheila%22+sheila+jordan&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_CSpUPeJF7DD0AW7w4DAAw&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22portrait%20of%20sheila%22%20sheila%20jordan&f=false ''Indiana University Press'', p. 163.]</ref> She did not record again as a leader for more than a dozen years.<ref name=allmusic>Yanow, Scott "Sheila Jordan – Portrait of Sheila Jordan" [http://www.allmusic.com/album/portrait-of-sheila-jordan-mw0000202415 ''AllMusic''.]</ref>


==Background==
==Background==
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==Track listing==
==Track listing==
# "[[Falling in Love with Love]]" ([[Richard Rodgers]], [[Lorenz Hart]]) – 2:30
# "[[Falling in Love with Love]]" ([[Richard Rodgers|Rodgers]], [[Lorenz Hart|Hart]]) – 2:31
# "[[If You Could See Me Now (song)|If You Could See Me Now]]" ([[Tadd Dameron]], [[Carl Sigman]]) – 4:30
# "[[If You Could See Me Now (song)|If You Could See Me Now]]" ([[Tadd Dameron|Dameron]], [[Carl Sigman|Sigman]]) – 4:32
# "[[Am I Blue?|Am I Blue]]" ([[Grant Clarke]], [[Harry Akst]]) – 4:05
# "[[Am I Blue?|Am I Blue]]" ([[Grant Clarke|Clarke]], [[Harry Akst|Akst]]) – 4:12
# "[[Dat Dere]]" ([[Bobby Timmons]]) – 2:40
# "[[Dat Dere]]" ([[Bobby Timmons|Timmons]]) – 2:43
# "[[(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young|When the World Was Young]]" (M. Philippe-Gérard, [[Johnny Mercer]]) – 4:36
# "[[(Ah, the Apple Trees) When the World Was Young|When the World Was Young]]" (M. Philippe-Gérard, [[Johnny Mercer|Mercer]]) – 4:43
# "[[Let's Face the Music and Dance]]" ([[Irving Berlin]]) – 1:15
# "[[Let's Face the Music and Dance]]" ([[Irving Berlin|Berlin]]) – 1:14
# "[[Laugh, Clown, Laugh]]" ([[Sam M. Lewis]], [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Joe Young]], [[Ted Fiorito]]) – 3:05
# "[[Laugh, Clown, Laugh]]" ([[Sam M. Lewis|Lewis]], [[Joe Young (lyricist)|Young]], [[Ted Fiorito]]) – 3:11
# "[[Who Can I Turn To?]]" ([[Alec Wilder]], [[William Engvick]]) – 3:20
# "[[Who Can I Turn To?]]" ([[Alec Wilder|Wilder]], [[William Engvick|Engvick]]) – 3:21
# "Baltimore Oriole" ([[Hoagy Carmichael]], [[Paul Francis Webster]]) – 2:30
# "Baltimore Oriole" ([[Hoagy Carmichael|Carmichael]], [[Paul Francis Webster|Webster]]) – 2:34
# "I'm a Fool To Want You" (Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, [[Frank Sinatra]]) – 4:45
# "I'm a Fool To Want You" (Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, [[Frank Sinatra|Sinatra]]) – 4:55
# "Hum Drum Blues" ([[Oscar Brown Jr.]]) – 2:10
# "Hum Drum Blues" ([[Oscar Brown Jr.|Brown Jr.]]) – 2:15
# "[[Willow Weep for Me]]" ([[Ann Ronell]]) – 3:30
# "[[Willow Weep for Me]]" ([[Ann Ronell|Ronell]]) – 3:28
:*Recorded in New York, September 19 and October 12, 1962


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Sheila Jordan]] – voice
*[[Sheila Jordan]] – [[voice]]
*[[Barry Galbraith]] – guitar
*[[Barry Galbraith]] – [[guitar]]
*[[Steve Swallow]] – [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Steve Swallow]] – [[double bass|bass]]
*[[Denzil Best]] – [[drum kit|drums]]
*[[Denzil Best]] – [[drum kit|drums]]

"Dat Dere" features Jordan and Swallow alone.
''"Dat Dere" features Jordan and Swallow alone.''


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Blue Note Records albums]]
[[Category:Blue Note Records albums]]
[[Category:1963 albums]]
[[Category:1962 albums]]
[[Category:Sheila Jordan albums]]
[[Category:Sheila Jordan albums]]

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Portrait of Sheila is the 1962 debut album of American jazz singer Sheila Jordan, released by Blue Note Records. In the 1963 Down Beat magazine Critics Poll, she was ranked first in the vocal category for "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition".[2] She did not record again as a leader for more than a dozen years.[3]

Background

According to the sleeve notes (written by Nat Hentoff), Alfred Lion of Blue Note decided to record Jordan after hearing her sing at the Page Three Club in Greenwich Village, New York, even though the label "had as a policy not recorded jazz vocalists before".[4][3]

Music

Track 4, "Dat Dere", showcases Jordan's predilection for performing voice and bass duets. According to biographer Ellen Johnson, Jordan originally wanted to devote Portrait of Sheila entirely to bass and voice, but the idea was turned down by Blue Note.[5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz
(Core Collection)[1]
Allmusic[3]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz selected the album as part of its "Core Collection" and gave it a rating of four stars (of a possible four).[1] Allmusic gave the album a rating of five stars (of a possible five).[3]

Track listing

  1. "Falling in Love with Love" (Rodgers, Hart) – 2:31
  2. "If You Could See Me Now" (Dameron, Sigman) – 4:32
  3. "Am I Blue" (Clarke, Akst) – 4:12
  4. "Dat Dere" (Timmons) – 2:43
  5. "When the World Was Young" (M. Philippe-Gérard, Mercer) – 4:43
  6. "Let's Face the Music and Dance" (Berlin) – 1:14
  7. "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" (Lewis, Young, Ted Fiorito) – 3:11
  8. "Who Can I Turn To?" (Wilder, Engvick) – 3:21
  9. "Baltimore Oriole" (Carmichael, Webster) – 2:34
  10. "I'm a Fool To Want You" (Jack Wolf, Joel Herron, Sinatra) – 4:55
  11. "Hum Drum Blues" (Brown Jr.) – 2:15
  12. "Willow Weep for Me" (Ronell) – 3:28

Personnel

"Dat Dere" features Jordan and Swallow alone.

References

  1. ^ a b c Cook, Richard (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). New York: Penguin. p. 804. ISBN 978-0-14-103401-0. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ Enstice, Wayne and Stockhouse, Janis (2004) "Jazzwomen: Conversations with Twenty-One Musicians" Indiana University Press, p. 163.
  3. ^ a b c d Yanow, Scott "Sheila Jordan – Portrait of Sheila Jordan" AllMusic.
  4. ^ Nat Hentoff sleeve notes on Portrait of Sheila.
  5. ^ Johnson, Ellen "Sheila Jordan: The Bass/Voice Duets (Part 1)" Jazz History Online.
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