Jazz Child A Portrait of Sheila Jordan [Hardcover]

[Jordan's] tale is one that needed to be told in full detail and we are fortunate that she has found in Ellen Johnson the ideal writer for this task. . . .[T]his is an excellent book about a wholly admirable singer and should be read not only by those interested in jazz singing, but also by jazz fans eager to share in an inside story of the early days of bebop. Beyond the jazz world, a wider audience will be fascinated and inspired by the life led by a truly remarkable woman.The eagerly anticipated biography, Jazz Child : a Portrait of Sheila Jordan, as written by Ellen Johnson, offers a tantalizing peek into Jordan's musical and personal adventures, complete with the depiction of her struggles with poverty and alcohol, exulting in her ultimate triumph over those circumstances. It is a truly American success story, with its heroine finally giving up the 'day job,' in her fifties, to live a life totally entrenched in her jazz.The recently published?Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan?provides a wealth of details and stories that gird the clear picture of Jordan that emerges if youve enjoyed just a few songs or a set from the completely transparent, adventurous and engaging artist. Written by Ellen Johnson, herself a vocalist and friend of Jordan, the biography?is extremely sympathetic and filled with admiration for its subject.Jordan displays the same modesty about her newly released biography: Jazz Child: A Portrait of Sheila Jordan, by Ellen Johnson. I never thought about doing a book. I didn't have that much to say; I'm not that interesting, Jordan alleges. Ellen just got on it. She wouldn't let me off the hook, bless her heart. I'm shocked that someone would take seven years of her life to write a book about me. I'm honored by what she's done. The book delves into details beyond the Sheila's Blues lyrics, into childhood hardship, racial prejudice, Jordan's experiences as a single mother of a biracial child, addiction and almost 30 years as a typist forl3!