Sheila's Blues

Flowers for jazz-vocal giant Sheila Jordan, gone at 96

Sheila Jordan died this afternoon, at her home in Manhattan. She was 96, and her passing was widely expected. But that fact hardly lessens the sting, especially for those of us — more of us than often go counted — who regard her as an impishly imposing jazz-vocal titan. The NPR obituary by Neda Ulaby covers the broad outline well, hailing her in the led…