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November's We Remember Shirley 2005

1) 'Horn's taste is impeccable, her conviction contagious, and when she sings a lyric--we accept it as pure gospel,' quoted. . .

The New Yorker
Vanity Fair
Jazz Times
People Magazine

2) Shirley Horn’s most successful association has been with this label, skyrocketing her to intense popularity.

Concord
Columbia
Verve
Blue Note

3) He orchestrated and produced Shirley Horn’s best selling album, “Here’s to Life.”

Quincy Jones
Wynton Marsalis
Joe Henderson
Johnny Mandel

4) Which of the following was Shirley Horn’s first album released in 1961?

Come Dance with Me
You Won't Forget Me
Only the Lonely
Embers and Ashes

5) He invited her to open for him at the Village Vanguard, catapulting her into a limelight she never sought.

Maynard Ferguson
Miles Davis
Dizzy Gillespie
Benny Golson

6) Horn won France's prestigious Academie Du Jazz's Prix Billie Holiday for her 1990 album. . .

Close Enough for Love
Travelin' Light
May the Music Never End
Violets for Your Furs

7) Her highly acclaimed album, 'I Thought About You,' was recorded live at this location.

Hollywood’s Vine Street Bar & Grill
New York City’s Carnegie Hall
London’s Pizza Express
Yoshi's in Oakland, California

8) Shirley Horn won five WAMMYs from her hometown area’s music industry award in this city.

Washington D. C.
St. Louis
New York City
Chicago

9) At age 18, Shirley Horn was awarded a music scholarship to this prestigious school, but financial difficulties kept her at home.

Juilliard School of Music
Howard University
Academie Du Jazz, Paris, France
Berkeley School of Music

10) Horn can be heard singing on the 1968 movie soundtrack of ‘For Love Of Ivy’ and. . .

A Dandy in Aspic
The Five Pennies
'Round Midnight
Pennies From Heaven

11) Seven times nominated, Shirley Horn won her GRAMMY award for Best Jazz Vocal Performance for this album.

A Time for Love
Light Out of Darkness (A Tribute to Ray Charles)
I Remember Miles
Loving You

12) The exceptionally talented and revered jazz master, Shirley Horn, died at age 71 on this date, following an extended battle with diabetes.

November 11, 2004
October 20, 2005
June 6, 2005
December 22, 2004

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