If You Could See Me Now

Sheila Jordan · 1962 · Ballade de Tadd Dameron, voix et contrebasse en avant

Context

Second track of Portrait of Sheila, Jordan's first album, recorded at Van Gelder Studio in 1962. The page cites a ballad by Tadd Dameron, with Barry Galbraith on guitar, Steve Swallow on bass and Denzil Best on drums.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese. Among the origins and influences of Vocal jazz, scat, vocalese: Classic blues (women singers), Swing, big bands, Bebop (Minton's, Monroe's).

By the same artist

• Dat Dere (Sheila Jordan) (1962)
• When the World Was Young (1962)
• Hum Drum Blues (1962)
• Willow Weep for Me (Sheila Jordan) (1962)

Sources

• EN: Portrait of Sheila

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