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JazzTimes June 2006 issue

SHEILA LANDIS/RICK MATLE Driven (Shelan)

Listening to the Sheila Landis’ latest recording with guitarist Rick Matle, I’m reminded of Simon Rodia, the architectural genius who spent three decades creating the fabled Watts Towers in Los Angeles. For it is that same entrepreneurial energy and ingenuity—the ability to build marvelous musical sculptures using whatever materials are at hand—that seems to drive the incredibly prolific (20 plus self-produced discs since 1981), Detroit-based singer-percussionist Sheila Landis.

Exhibiting the same assured yet easygoing professionalism as fellow Midwesterner Ann Hampton Callaway, she can swing through Goodman (“Don’t Be That Way”) and Ellington (“Caravan”), wander wordlessly through a gently scatted “Fool on the Hill” and unearth the sexual heat hidden within Hank Williams’ “Hey, Good Lookin’.” But Landis impresses most when, never straying too far from her Michigan roots, she serves up such delights (co-penned with Matle) as “Brotherhood of the Wheel” (a nod to truckers constructed to sound like an 18-wheeler snaking its way through local burgs), “Ma’s Coffee Pot” (about a roadside waitress who’s eager to vend more than just eggs and toast) and the deeply personal “She’s in My Bones,” a sweet, warm hug of an homage to her grandmother.

-Christopher Loudon

The Sheila Landis Trio with "beat" era poetry-jazz-improv

Sarah Vaughn, Joni Mitchell, Astrud Gilberto, Flora Purim, Billie Holliday, Tuck and Patti, Steely Dan, Carmen McRae, The Beatles, Betty Carter, Stevie Wonder, Herbie Hancock

Record LabelSheLan Records USA
Type of LabelIndie





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   About Sheila Landis
Born and raised in Detroit, vocalist Sheila Landis knew singing was to be her career as she listened to the soundtrack of Lady Sings the Blues. The great Billie Holiday songs from that film galvanized her attention and emotions. Later, while an English major at Oakland University, she hung out at the Performing Arts Building meeting such Detroit jazz artists as Marcus Belgrave. So the stage was already set as far as music as a career was concerned when she entered the fray in 1973 with a Top 40 group called the Vineyards. In 1981, Landis formed her own record company, Shelan, and has been issuing an album on that label virtually every year since then. Much of her early work on LP is still available.

She met her musical soul mate, guitarist Rick Matle, in 1990. They have worked together ever since in a variety of combinations, duo, trio, and their six to eight member band Brazilian Love Affair. The latter is the main instrument to express Landis’ long-standing romance with Brazilian music, bossa nova, and samba, captured on such albums as Where Jazz Lives and Colors of Brazil. Landis uses the trio, which includes Matle plus percussionist, to delve into the realm of jazz poetry. Two of her albums incorporating this technique are The Bird Inside and Where Jazz Lives.

Click above for Brazilian Love Affair with "Summertime"

Landis has an extraordinarily flexible voice and an uncanny ability to use it to great advantage. She scats, sings ballads, loves Latin rhythms, and can swing. She does jazz, rock, bebop, as well as Latin with absolute equanimity. This multifaceted musical elasticity allows her to take part in any jazz scenario with ease and with excellent results. Landis has chosen to consider herself a Detroit artist, doing most of her work in and around the Motor City. In appreciation of this loyalty as well as for her talent, she has been the recipient of many area awards, including being named outstanding jazz vocalist for seven different years by Detroit Music Awards. She is a regular participant in Detroit music festivals, including the Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival, and performs regularly at a number of spots in the Detroit area. Although having been on stage for more than 30 years, Landis has never fallen into a rut. Her work continues to exude vitality, excitement, diversity, and originality. ~ Dave Nathan, All Music Guide

Metro Times review from November 2006

Sheila Landis and Rick Matle "Blues in the Night"

An emphasis on bluesy and rootsy material on this collection, half new and half culled from the last dozen years of work by the vocal-guitar duo. They do "Fever" and Willie Nelson’s "Crazy," but there’s still room for whiplash hard bop, some jazz-meets-poetry material and a rockin’ take on "At Last." Landis’ 21st album is the place to start if you’ve been sleeping on this lightning bolt of a singer and her simpatico seven-string guitarist. —WKHeron


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K Anderson Matthews





Jul 4 2008 9:29 AM

Love your Dylan song... Happy 4th! Hope to see you soon. Love, K
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Jul 2 2008 6:47 AM

Thanks for adding us!
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Jun 29 2008 8:40 AM

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May 18 2008 10:57 PM

Hi Sheila! Thanks for the add! Respect & Kisses from Montenegro
:)
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May 6 2008 10:03 PM

"Summtime" is awesome ;)

LG
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Mar 11 2008 1:58 AM

Thanks Sheila! Thank you for your Friendship! Peace and Blessings to you...
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Feb 15 2008 6:09 AM

Nossa Alma anta Radio Show Playlist @ 13.02.08

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part 1:

combo experience yellow bossa (good ear)
nossa alma canta i belong to you (good ear cd-r)
bungalove aphrodisiaco (funky juice)
nossa alma canta sign your name (good ear cd-r)
donati rosa vaidosa (cool d:vision)
bossasonic too much (first floor promo)
nossa alma canta what i am (good ear cd-r)
soulstance special one (shcema)
tape five cancun (chin chin/prominence)
nossa alma canta in your eyes (good ear cd-r)
fascinations fascinated groove (cool d:vision)
sheila landis nightwalkin’
elaiza romero sei shagliaro e non lo sai
domu/pete simpson come back around (cool d:vision cd-r)
oh!penelope i’m gonna miss you

part 2:

pulp something changed
prefab sprout cars and girls
nossa alma canta/remix desire (good ear cd-r)
aaron jerome angel lady (bbe)
bcahama soul club late night bossa (cd-r)
club de belugas frankie (chin chin/prominence)
matelno chiguagua (resense cd-r)
los tres bros marble latin theme (cast-a-blast)
palov & mishkin ambiente tropical (resense cd-r) TRACK OF THE MONTH
marc rae medicine (jalapeno/prominene/cool d:vision cd-r)
bnc like that & like this (cast-a-blast d-r)
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Marita Pauli





Feb 6 2008 8:56 AM

Like your sound and page, sheila!

It is so nice that we are friends--thank you

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Feb 5 2008 2:31 PM

Thanks for the add ! It's maybe time for a French "Jazz rendez-vous"...:)
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Feb 3 2008 9:33 AM

Hey Sheila,

You've got slinky style! I like your musical personality!

Chip :-)
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Jan 23 2008 4:10 PM

Thanks for the add.
Your version of Summertime is great!
Fantastica!
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Rosa Temprano





Jan 21 2008 4:20 AM

Hi Sheila
Your music and voice...I love it!
Thank you very much for the invitation, is great to meet you.
A warm hug,

Rosa.
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Jan 18 2008 8:14 AM

Thank you for adding me!
You have a great voice and beautiful songs on your page!

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Jan 12 2008 8:59 AM

Thanks for the friend Request!!

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Jan 11 2008 3:17 PM

Hi Sheila, thanks for the add! It looks like we have a lot of friends in common, I hope to meet you soon!

Happy New Year!
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Dec 16 2007 11:20 PM

Thanks Sheila for the request....

you have an amazing voice....

cheers to you, and all your upcoming shows....

peace and hugs
Maureen
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Dec 5 2007 4:53 PM

thanx for the req!

very nice sounds....

have a good day<3

atamaz haru
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Dec 3 2007 5:19 PM


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Dec 3 2007 12:58 PM

Hello! I can't wait to hear the new album! Love from all of us, xoxoxo
ian





Dec 2 2007 3:04 AM

Hi Sheila .... just to say thank you for adding me , love your music , you have a special gift .
Take care , love and respect ....... Ian
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Nov 23 2007 6:35 PM

Hi Sheila-- thanks for adding us.

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AAW is an excellent choice for kids that are into the arts. We are always looking for talented new students. AAW students all have an arts major, and enjoy an excellent academic program as well.

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Oct 9 2007 10:26 AM

fantastic
Celia Baron





Sep 28 2007 4:35 PM

Hi Sheila

great stuff, playing & voice !

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HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND !

Funky greetings

Celia
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Sep 7 2007 1:25 PM

Shiela,

Congrats on the success of Parenthe-Seizure. People are talking this music up. We are super happy for you and always love it when Gilles Peterson plays our friends from Detroit. Keep swinging....

Rodney Reeves
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Sep 7 2007 12:48 PM

Great to see that parenthe seizure is coming back out...geez my vynyl of it is treadbare from playin it so much lol...makes me think of the baker's days (i miss baker dont you?)
Tom Fosselman





Sep 6 2007 1:47 PM

Thanks for adding me to your friends list. I love Brazilian music and you do an outstanding job with it.
Rick Matle