At 95, jazz icon Sheila Jordan still eats, drinks and breathes the music

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Vocalist Sheila Jordan is the definition of a living jazz legend. She mingled and performed with Charlie Parker and Charles Mingus, Lennie Tristano and Max Roach, to name a few. She was one of the first singers to appear on Blue Note Records. And her imagination brought the unusual format of voice and bass to the forefront, making it a thing.

Her journey in jazz began when she was only 14 years old. She heard Charlie Parker's "Now's the Time" on the jukebox while growing up in Detroit and never looked back. Bird became a lifelong obsession. At 95 years old, she wants to make sure the Bird lives on, along with jazz itself.