Inez Jones
Inez Jones (born 1912 or 1913 in Memphis (Tennessee) ; † May 1995 ) was an American jazz singer .
Live and act
Jones moved to Kansas City before the outbreak of World War II. There she met the saxophonist Paul Jones and married him. From 1940 to 1945 she stayed there and sang in local clubs after work. In 1952 she stayed in New York and recorded four pages for RCA Victor , "Take a Back Seat Mister Jackson", "They Say", a title by Edward Heyman , also "I Want a Man to Gimme Some Luck" and " Proud of You ”. Inez Jones and her husband Paul then lived in the Bay Area in Oakland.
Jones spent much of her career as a singer and pianist in clubs in the San Francisco Bay Area, particularly the Harem Club and the Rainbow Inn . In May 1957 she recorded her only album, Have You Met Inez Jones? With guitarist Oscar Moore , pianist Carl Perkins , bassist Curtis Counce and drummer Bill Douglass . , which appeared on the local Omega label and was re-released on Riverside Records . On the album she interpreted jazz standards such as "Moonlight in Vermont", "Where or When" and "Until the Real Thing Comes Along"; "Since I Fell For You" and " Too Marvelous for Words " were also released as a single. It was still on the Jim Jones Trio's Sky High album . Jones died in May 1995 at the age of 82.
According to Marc Myers, Jones had a warm, intimate voice in the "Happy-Go-Lucky-Form" of Sarah Vaughan and Maxine Sullivan .
Web links
- Marc Myers: Have You Met Inez Jones? Jazzwax, January 7, 2020, accessed on January 1, 2020 .
- Inez Jones at Allmusic (English)
- Inez Jones at Discogs (English)
- Discographic notes
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed January 7, 2020)
- ^ Billboard November 9, 1959, p. 6
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Inez |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 or 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Memphis (Tennessee) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1995 |