![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Instead she entered a special music studies class at Howard, leaving after several years to work full time in Washington D.C. Unfortunately her family was unable to afford her money for living conditions in New York. ![]() Just 12 years of age Horn studied composition at Howard University and at 18 was awarded a scholarship to study at Julliard in New York. She became so obsessed with the piano that her mother offered her bribes in an attempt to get her away from the instrument so she would play with the neighborhood children. Although she could swing as strongly as any straight-ahead jazz artist, Horn's reputation rode on her exquisite ballad work.Ī child prodigy, Shirley Horn began playing piano at age 4 and the next year started formal musical training. 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". Horn collaborated with many jazz greats including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen McRae, Wynton Marsalis and others. – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz singer and pianist. Shirley Valerie Horn (in Washington, D.C. ![]()
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