[Eighty-six-year-old American jazz singer and songwriter Sheila Jordan talks about her first exposure to jazz in Detroit, growing up dirt poor in Pennsylvania coal country, struggling to feel confident about her work, and being attacked by other white people because she hung out with black musicians and artists].

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Eighty-six-year-old American jazz singer and songwriter Sheila Jordan, subject of the new biography, "Jazz child: a portrait of Sheila Jordan," talks about her first exposure to jazz in Detroit, growing up dirt poor in Pennsylvania coal country, struggling to feel confident about her work, and bein...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: National Public Radio (U.S.)
Other Authors: Jordan, Sheila, 1928- (Interviewee)
Westervelt, Eric (Reporter)
Language:English
Published: [2014]
Subjects:
Jordan, Sheila, > 1928- > Interviews.
Jazz musicians > Interviews.
Jordan, Sheila, > 1928- > Childhood and youth.
Jazz.
Jordan, Sheila, > 1928- > Friends and associates.
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Genre:
Interviews.
Nonfiction radio programs.
Sound recordings.
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (7 min., 47 sec.) : digital, WAV file.
Other Uniform Title:All things considered (Radio program)
Format: Audio Software

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