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Jones, Etta

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Personal name headingJones, Etta
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1928-11-25
Death date2001-10-16
Place of birthAiken (S.C.)
Place of deathMount Vernon (Westchester County, N.Y.)
Field of activityJazz vocals
AffiliationBlack & White (Musical group) Prestige Records (Firm) Jazz Messengers
Profession or occupationSingers Jazz musicians Rhythm and blues musicians
Found inHer Fine and mellow [SR] p1987: label (Etta Jones, singer)
New Grove dict. of jazz (Jones, Etta; b. Nov. 25, 1928, Aiken, SC; singer)
New York Times, Oct. 19, 2001 (Etta Jones, 72, jazz singer; d. Oct. 16, 2001, Mount Vernon, N.Y.)
African American National Biography, accessed April 22, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Jones, Etta; rhythm and blues musician, singer; born 25 November 1928 in Aiken, South Carolina, United States; recorded on Black & White label (1944) and Prestige Records (1960-1965); toured Far East (1970) with Jazz Messengers; received Grammy nominations for Save Your Love for Me (1980) and My Buddy: The Songs of Buddy Johnson (1999); received Eubie Blake Jazz Award and Lifetime Achievement Award from International Women in Jazz Foundation; last recording, Etta Jones Sings Lady Day, was nominated for a Grammy Award (2003); died 16 October 2001 in Mount Vernon, New York, United States)