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Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. [1] She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis , Dizzy Gillespie , Toots Thielemans , Ron Carter , Carmen McRae , Wynton Marsalis and others.
The discography of American jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn includes seventeen studio albums, eight live albums, eight compilations, two video albums, ...
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) [3] on this album. The title track "Here's to Life" became Horn's signature song.
But Beautiful: The Best of Shirley Horn is a greatest hits album by American jazz singer and pianist Shirley Horn, released on October 11, 2005, by Verve Records. [5] The album, among other things, also contains three live recordings made at the Au Bar in New York in January 2005.
In his review for AllMusic, Ken Dryden called it "a fine studio set" additionally commenting: "An always effective vocalist who provided her own top-notch accompaniment on piano, Horn's almost conversational style of singing works very well whether she is swinging an oldie like 'I'm Old Fashioned' or delivering a lush, infectious interpretation of a ballad like 'A Lazy Afternoon'."
Shirley Horn – piano, vocals; Alex Acuña – percussion; George Mesterhazy – guitar, keyboards, piano, MIDI orchestrations; Steve Novosel – double bass; Steve Williams, Terrence "Bearwolf" Williams – drums
The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell stated: "Mandel's orchestrations are paragons of subtlety, sometimes creeping almost imperceptibly like a slow moving fog upon Horn's trio. Like his singer, Mandel respects the value of silence and space; they're a well matched pair, their different ideas of timing dovetail together neatly.
Shirley Horn chronology; I Love You, Paris (1994) The Main Ingredient (1996) Loving You (1997) The Main Ingredient is a 1995 album by Shirley Horn. [1] Reception.