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From the late-1960s to the late 1970s, she was semi-retired from music, staying in Washington, D.C., to raise her daughter Rainy with her husband, Sheppard Deering (whom she had married in 1955), and largely limiting her music to local performances.
Shirley Valerie Horn (* 1. Mai 1934 [1] in Washington D.C.; † 20. Oktober 2005 in Cheverly, Maryland) war eine US-amerikanische Jazzpianistin und Sängerin. Sie war bekannt für eine der langsamsten Vortragsweisen im Jazz und eine ungewöhnliche Art der Phrasierung, bei der sie bestimmte Worte betonte und andere wegfallen ließ. [2]
Ms. Horn's survivors include her husband, Sheppard Deering, of Upper Marlboro, Md.; her daughter, Rainy Smith, of Maryland; and several grandchildren.
At the urging of her husband Sheppard Deering, a Metro mechanic, Horn only played gigs in the D.C.-Baltimore area. She too wanted to remain close to home and family so she could raise her daughter, Rainy. Between 1963 and 1978, Horn only made two records:
3. Apr. 2024 · “The Great City” Shirley loved D.C. because D.C. was home. It was her husband and her family. She stopped singing for a while so that she could take care of her family. And after everyone was...
Oktober 2005 starb in ihrer Heimatstadt Washington, DC, an den Folgen eines Schlaganfalls die Sängerin und Pianistin Shirley Horn. Ihr Tod kam nicht eben überraschend, war sie doch schon seit einigen Jahren durch Krankheit an den Rollstuhl gefesselt und musste aufs Klavierspielen verzichten. Auf ihrem letzten veröffentlichten Studioalbum ...
1. Mai 2024 · Shirley Horn (born May 1, 1934, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died Oct. 20, 2005, Cheverly, Md.) was an American jazz artist whose ballads, sung in a breathy contralto to her own piano accompaniment, earned her both critical acclaim and popular renown.
