LYNNE JORDAN

Thoughts on creating the shrine:

The word Resilience rang in my head like a gong because Baby, I’m in show business STILL at age 60! If that doesn’t require strength and resilience I don’t know what does! The ups and downs and now my new challenge is losing my mobility. Trying to stay in the game is tough trade let me tell you. But I can’t give up. Performing is my mission - my ministry so it’s not even about just me anymore.

In creating my shrine I decided to bring it all together: my life, my family my band and friends and fans who’ve helped along the way. Image has never been a thing for me. But I’ve always had to show one to the world. You have to have photos to work. I have to have photos around me. Memories and stories is what I do. I am also a storyteller. And a lot of the stories I tell involve my own stories. My life. And that’s what this box represents: stories, memories and images of the people I love. That’s what created who I am and how I survive.

Over 200 photos were printed especially for this project. I Handcut the images (trying not to cut off a limb or cut around feather head dresses in a 4x4 snapshot is hard work!)😂

Most attached by spray on adhesive, and glue gun and tape. Simple.

About LYNNE JORDAN

Chicago.  In a city brimming with classic blues and jazz divas, Lynne Jordan stands apart.  Not only do her soaring vocals dip effortlessly into blues, jazz, funk, rock and even country but her bawdy personality wins over any crowd.  Her talent so dazzled the Second City that the late Chicago film critic Roger Ebert declared her his “favorite diva.”  Backed by her sizzling band The Shivers, Jordan quickly developed into a Chicago institution, playing jazz and blues clubs, swanky lounges, and even the charity circuit throughout the country. She brought her special brand of storytelling, raw humor, and performance to New York, DC, and Atlanta with her sold-out show, “A Musical Tribute To Nina Simone.”

She has recorded with Tom Waits; The Punk group Urge Overkill; Alligator Records Blues artist Toronzo Cannon; featured amongst Taj Mahal, Etta James, and Koko Taylor on Blues Down Deep: A Tribute to Janis Joplin and her own CD’s: Bit o Fun and Holiday Shivers. Lynne performed in Jazz Operas in Europe, performed her own one-woman show, and is a featured vocalist with Corky Siegel’s Chamber Blues.

Lynne has traveled the world with her band the Shivers including a life-changing performance in Kyiv, Ukraine in Freedom Square before an audience of 250,000. Jordan has performed her works at numerous Live lit (storytelling) shows in Chicago, New York, Atlanta, Moscow, Rio, Riga, and Paris and is featured in the book: Chicago Storytellers, From Page to Stage. Because she is a popular entertainer in Chicago, she has honed her storytelling skills with every song, in every concert and event, and created a one-woman show “A Great Big Diva” that includes her wonderful stories and music.

Lynne is a 3Arts Make a Wave Artist, and recipient of the African American Arts Alliance of Chicago: Outstanding Achievement in Music – Rhythm & Blues award in 2017-2018. She is currently enjoying a “Diva Residency” as an artist in residence at the Raue Center for the Performing Arts in Illinois. Lynne is presently working on two new recordings: one includes original material from Corky Siegel, Toronzo Cannon, and John Cameron Mitchell and the other is exclusively classic blues tunes from the ’20s, ’30s, and ’40s.