New York, Aug. 13 -- Jazz singer Sheila Jordan, who helped pioneer a bebop and scat jazz singing style, as well as a bass-voice duo in the genre, has died at age of 96.
Jordan died peacefully on Monday, Aug. 11, in New York City, her daughter Tracey Jordan confirmed in an Instagram post, reports PEOPLE.
"Her friend Joan Belgrave was playing her a bebop tune called Bill for Bennie, by her late husband Marcus Belgrave.my mom fell asleep listening to the music she loved and helped define," Tracey wrote in the Instagram post.
"... the money raised on her GoFundMe page will be used to pay off medical debt and secure a plot for her at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Jazz Corner. a memorial service will be planned in the future at Saint Peter's Church...