Shirley Horn

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human jazz pianist jazz singer recording artist

Shirley Horn was an acclaimed American jazz singer and pianist known for her intimate, slow-tempo interpretations and collaborations with artists like Miles Davis.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Shirley Horn canonical 15
Shirley Valerie Horn 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz pianist ⓘ
jazz singer ⓘ
recording artist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 2000s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950s ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement ⓘ
surface form: Academy of Achievement Golden Plate Award

Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance, Female ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance

NEA Jazz Masters Award ⓘ
surface form: National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship
birthName Shirley Horn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shirley Valerie Horn
burialPlace National Harmony Memorial Park ⓘ
causeOfDeath complications of diabetes ⓘ
collaboratedWith Carmen McRae ⓘ
Johnny Mandel ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
Toots Thielemans ⓘ
Wynton Marsalis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1934-05-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2005-10-20 ⓘ
genre jazz ⓘ
vocal jazz ⓘ
influencedBy Ahmad Jamal ⓘ
Miles Davis ⓘ
instrument piano ⓘ
knownFor intimate, slow-tempo interpretations ⓘ
subtle phrasing and dynamic control ⓘ
name Shirley Horn self-link ⓘ
notablePerformanceVenue Montreux Jazz Festival ⓘ
Village Vanguard ⓘ
notableSongInterpretation A Time for Love ⓘ
surface form: "A Time for Love"

Here's to Life ⓘ
surface form: "Here's to Life"

I Thought About You ⓘ
surface form: "I Thought About You"

"You Won't Forget Me" ⓘ
notableWork album "Close Enough for Love" ⓘ
album "Here's to Life" ⓘ
album "I Thought About You" ⓘ
album "Softly" ⓘ
album "You Won't Forget Me" ⓘ
occupation pianist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfDeath Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Mercury Records ⓘ
SteepleChase Records ⓘ
Verve Records ⓘ
style intimate club-style performances ⓘ
minimalist accompaniment ⓘ
slow ballad interpretations ⓘ
vocalType contralto ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lover (jazz standard) → hasNotablePerformer → Shirley Horn ⓘ
Johnny Mandel → collaboratedWith → Shirley Horn ⓘ
How Long Has This Been Going On? → hasNotablePerformer → Shirley Horn ⓘ
Nice Work If You Can Get It → hasNotableRecordingBy → Shirley Horn ⓘ
Time After Time → hasNotablePerformer → Shirley Horn ⓘ
I Fall in Love Too Easily → notablePerformer → Shirley Horn ⓘ
But Beautiful → hasNotablePerformer → Shirley Horn ⓘ
Imagination → hasPerformer → Shirley Horn ⓘ
I Thought About You → hasNotableRecordingBy → Shirley Horn ⓘ
The Good Life → notablePerformer → Shirley Horn ⓘ
The Good Life → recordedBy → Shirley Horn ⓘ
The End of a Love Affair → hasNotableInterpreter → Shirley Horn ⓘ
Glad to Be Unhappy → hasNotablePerformer → Shirley Horn ⓘ
Shirley Horn → name → Shirley Horn self-link ⓘ
Shirley Horn → birthName → Shirley Horn self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shirley Valerie Horn
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To → hasNotableRecordingBy → Shirley Horn ⓘ