Awards & Winners

Shirley Horn

Date of Birth 01-May-1934
Place of Birth Washington, D.C.
(United States of America, United States, with Territories, Contiguous United States, Area code 202)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Horn, Shirley, Shirley Horm
Profession Singer, Jazz Pianist, Musician
Shirley Valerie Horn was an American jazz singer and pianist. Horn 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.

Awards by Shirley Horn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Shirley Horn.

1998


Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album
Honored for : I Remember Miles

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Jazz Vocal Album I Remember Miles