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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] .
Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis , Dizzy Gillespie , Toots Thielemans , Ron Carter , Carmen McRae , Wynton Marsalis and others.
Here's to Life is a 1992 studio album by Shirley Horn, arranged by Johnny Mandel (also the composer of three of the songs on the album), who received a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s) on this album. The title track "Here's to Life" became Horn's signature song.
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The discography of American jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn includes seventeen studio albums, eight live albums, eight compilations, two video albums, four singles and five promotional singles.
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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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Born May 1, 1934, in Washington, D.C., Shirley attended Howard University's Junior School of Music as a teenager, where she studied classical piano -- particularly the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff and Claude Debussy. But she was eventually seduced by jazz and began listening to pianists like Oscar Peterson and Ahmad Jamal.
Shirley Valerie Horn 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. Auf dem Höhepunkt gewann sie 1999 einen Grammy.
