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"you rehearse until you're hitting everything on the head, and here comes a
band like the Savoy Sultans, raggedy, fuzzy sounding, and they upset everything.'What am I doing here?' you wonder. But that's the way it is. That's jazz.
If you get too clean, too precise. you don't swing sometimes, and the fun
goes out of the music." - Trombonist Dicky Wells |
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Sheila Jordan And Roswell Rudd Birthday Celebrations, November 17-18 at The Iridium |
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Written by Ronaldo Oregano
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Friday, 09 November 2007 |
”Roswell Rudd is my favorite trombone player ever and also one of my very favorite human beings - kind, gentle, caring, funny and a great creative musician. It is an honor to work with him. I feel Roswell and I connect spiritually and soulfully. What a great birthday present to do music with Roswell.” - Sheila Jordan
 Sheila Jordan And Roswell Rudd © Nina Melis
“We have a 47 year connection and I feel fortunate and excited about these two nights coming up at the Iridium. Knowing Sheila Jordan since 1960 , I’ve always considered her the greatest living jazz singer.” -Roswell Rudd
On November 17th and 18th, two of the most original voices in jazz will celebrate their birthdays at the Iridium in New York. Jazz vocalist Sheila Jordan, an artist's artist with a world-wide cult following, celebrates her 79h birthday on November 18th. Trailblazing avant-garde Trombonist Roswell Rudd celebrates his 73rd birthday on November 17th. With sets at 8:00 and 10:00 each night, they will perform some of the songs they have recorded over the years, as well as drawing from the rich repertory of standards which they both love. The rhythm section will include Lafayette Harris on piano, Cameron Brown on bass, and Barry Altschul on drums. Special guests are scheduled to sit in, you won't want to miss this extraordinary event.
 Sheila Jordan
Sheila Jordan (Nov 18, 1928, Detroit, MI) and Roswell Rudd (Nov 17, 1935, Sharon, CT) have a long history of performing and recording together dating back to their collaboration on the Black Lion recording Flexible Flyer. In 1975 they toured Europe and also recorded on Rudd’s Numatik Swing Band, JCOA Records (1973) and Blown Bone, (Phillips1976) and then again in 1999 for Broad Strokes, Knitting Factory. Jordan moved to New York in the 1950s, was married to Duke Jordan (1952-62), studied with Lennie Tristano, and worked in New York clubs. George Russell used her on an unusual recording of "You Are My Sunshine" and she became one of the few singers to lead her own Blue Note album (1962). However, it would be a decade before she appeared on records again, working with Carla Bley, Roswell Rudd, and co-leading a group with Steve Kuhn in the late '70s. Sheila is the recipient of numerous awards most recently the 2008 Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz for Lifetime of Service.
 Roswell Rudd went straight from being a tailgate trombonist in a Dixieland band to co-founding the ultra avant-garde New York Art Quartet, with very few stops in between. Rudd exploited the trombone's natural proclivities to the fullest. In his hands, the horn became less a note-playing machine than a kind of human-powered analog synthesizer. His collaborations with Archie Shepp, Steve Lacy, Carla Bley and Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra are well-documented on record . In 2000 he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in composition. In 2003, 2004, and 2005 he was voted Trombonist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association Most recently he’s had successful collaborations with West African (MALIcool/Sunnyside) and Mongolian musicians (BLUE MONGOL/Sunnyside). His new Quartet for trombone, piano, bass and vocals recently premiered at the Newport Jazz Festival. He is about to record his Trombone Shout CD.
IRIDIUM JAZZ CLUB
1650 BROADWAY (Corner of 51st)
NEW YORK, NY 10023
RESERVATIONS: 212-582-2121
http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com/
Sets At 8:00 & 10:00PM
For more information visit www.sheilajordanjazz.com and www.roswellrudd.com.
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