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Sheila Jordan & Cameron Brown Duo at The Falcon

Courtesy of Sally Lynch | Posted on September 18, 2016

Where

The Falcon
1348 Rte 9w
Marlboro, NY
Map
845-236-7970

When

Sun, October 9, 2016
7:00 pm

Musicians

About

It started in Toledo, OH in the early 1950’s. Sheila Jordan was sitting in with Charles Mingus and Lee Konitz:
“But there’s no piano.”, she said. “You don’t need a piano.”, said Mingus.
She sang - and she was hooked - on the sound, the silence, the transparency, the freedom. It became her favorite way to perform.
Nearly twenty years ago, she approached Cameron to join her. It was a dream come true for him. Not only because it was Sheila, not only because he knew how much it would mean to his growth as a musician, not only because of his love for the human voice, but because it fit with his affinity for the transparent sound he had found playing with Don Cherry. ...

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