Shirley Horn
Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. She was most noted for her ability to accompany herself with nearly incomparable independence and ability on the piano while singing, something described by arranger Johnny Mandel as "like having two heads", and for her rich, lush voice, a smoky contralto, which was described by noted producer and arranger Quincy Jones as "like clothing, as she seduces you with her voice". Although she could swing as strongly as any straight-ahead jazz artist, Horn's reputation rode on her exquisite ballad work.
Biography
Shirley Horn was born and raised in Washington, D.C.. Encouraged by her grandmother, an amateur organist, Horn began piano lessons at the age of four. Aged 12, she studied piano and composition at Howard University, later graduating from there in classical music. Horn was offered a place at the Juilliard School, but her family could not afford to send her there. Horn formed her first jazz piano trio when she was twenty. Horn's early piano influences were Erroll Garner, Oscar Peterson and Ahmad Jamal, and moving away from her classical background, Horn later said that "Oscar Peterson became my Rachmaninov, and Ahmad Jamal became my Debussy." She then became enamored with the famous U Street jazz area of Washington (largely destroyed in the 1968 riots), sneaking into jazz clubs before she was of legal age.
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- Travelin’ Light / Horn of Plenty released: 2012
- Embers and Ashes / Where Are You Going released: 2012
- The Swingin’ Shirley Horn released: 2009
- Live at the 1994 Monterey Jazz Festival released: 2008
- But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn released: 2005
- May the Music Never End released: 2003
- You’re My Thrill released: 2001
- Come a Little Closer released: 1999
- Jazz 'Round Midnight released: 1998
- I Remember Miles released: 1998
- Loving You released: 1997
- The Main Ingredient released: 1996
- Travelin' Light released: 1994
- I Love You, Paris released: 1994
- Light Out of Darkness released: 1993
- Here’s to Life released: 1992
- You Won’t Forget Me released: 1991
- Loads of Love / Shirley Horn With Horns released: 1990
- Close Enough for Love released: 1989
- Violets for Your Furs released: 1981
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- The Garden of the Blues released:
- I Thought About You: Live at Vine Street released:
Travelin’ Light / Horn of Plenty
Released 2012- Travelin' Light
- Sunday in New York
- I Could Have Told You
- Big City
- I Want to Be With You
- Some of My Best Friends Are the Blues
- (Have You Tried to Forget) Someone You've Loved
- Don't Be on the Outside
- You're Blasé
- Yes, I Know When I've Had It
- Confession
- And I Loved Him
- On the Street Where You Live
- The Great City
- That Old Black Magic
- Mack the Knife
- Come Dance With Me
- Let Me Love You
- After You've Gone
- Wouldn't It Be Loverly
- Go Away Little Boy
- I'm in the Mood for Love
- The Good Life
- In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
Embers and Ashes / Where Are You Going
Released 2012- Like Someone in Love
- He Never Mentioned Love
- Siftly as in a Morning Sunrise
- I Thought About You
- Mountain Greenery
- God Bless the Child
- Blue City
- Day by Day
- If I Should Lose You
- Wild Is the Wind
- Come Rain or Come Shine
- Just in Time
- Where Are You Going
- Something Happens to Me
- Come on Home
- Do It Again
- The Eagle and Me
- Taste of Honey
- L.A. Breakdown
- Consequences of a Drug Addict Role
The Swingin’ Shirley Horn
Released 2009- Don’t Be on the Outside
- Mack the Knife
- The Great City
- I Got Plenty o’ Nuttin’
- That’s No Joke
- Big City
- Hit the Road Jack
- This Can’t Be Love
- Hard Hearted Hannah
- Peel Me a Grape
- Fever
- Come Fly With Me
- Sunday in New York
- How Am I to Know
- There’s a Boat That’s Leavin’ Soon for New York
- Come Dance With Me
- Let Me Love You
- The Best Is Yet to Come
Light Out of Darkness
Released 1993- Hit the Road, Jack
- Just a Little Lovin’
- You Don’t Know Me
- Drown in My Own Tears
- Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp of Savannah)
- Georgia on My Mind
- Makin’ Whoopie
- Green (It’s Not Easy Being Green)
- Bye Bye Love
- The Sun Died
- How Long Has This Been Going On
- If You Were Mine
- I Got a Man
- Just for a Thrill
- Light Out of Darkness
Loads of Love / Shirley Horn With Horns
Released 1990- Wild Is Love
- Loads of Love
- My Future Just Passed
- There's a Boat That's Leavin' Soon for New York
- Ten Cents a Dance
- Only the Lonely
- The Second Time Around
- Do It Again
- It's Love
- That's No Joke
- Love for Sale
- Who Am I
- On the Street Where You Live
- The Great City
- That Old Black Magic
- Mack the Knife
- Come Dance With Me
- Let Me Love You
- After You've Gone
- Wouldn't It Be Loverly
- Go Away Little Boy
- I'm in the Mood for Love
- The Good Life
- Wee Small Hours
Ultimate
- Come Dance With Me
- Come a Little Closer / Wild Is the Wind
- Hard-Hearted Hannah, the Vamp of Savannah
- Only the Lonely
- Something Happens to Me
- I Fall in Love Too Easily
- Foolin' Myself
- A Time for Love
- Get Out of Town
- Do It Again
- (Being) Green
- The Eagle and Me
- Summer (Estaté)
- Baby, Baby, All the Time
- I Wanna Be Loved
- Hit the Road, Jack
Born: 1934-05-01
Died: 2005-10-20
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Travelin' Light
by: Shirley HornI give him all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love him too
And I love him
He gives my everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
He brings to me
And I love him
A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me
Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
will never die
And I love him
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