Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Install
Faster access than browser!
 

Etta Jones

Index Etta Jones

Etta Jones (November 25, 1928 – October 16, 2001) was an American jazz singer. [1]

68 relations: Aiken, South Carolina, All the Way (Etta Jones album), At Last (Etta Jones album), Barney Bigard, Benny Green (pianist), Billie Holiday, Black & White Records, Buddy Johnson, Cancer, Cedar Walton, Christmas with Etta Jones, Chronological Classics, Dandridge Sisters, Don't Go to Strangers, Earl Hines, Easy Living (Etta Jones album), Etta Jones Sings, Etta Jones Sings Lady Day, Exclusive Records, Fine and Mellow (Etta Jones album), Frank Wess, From the Heart (Etta Jones album), Gene Ammons, Georgie Auld, Grammy Award, Harlem, HighNote Records, Hollar!, Houston Person, I Sold My Heart to the Junkman, I'll Be Seeing You (Etta Jones album), If You Could See Me Now (Etta Jones album), Jazz, Johnny "Hammond" Smith, Junior Mance, Kenny Burrell, Leonard Feather, List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (A–D), Lonely and Blue (Etta Jones album), Love Shout, Milt Jackson, Mount Vernon, New York, Ms. Jones to You, Muse Records, My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson, My Gentleman Friend (Etta Jones album), My Mother's Eyes (Etta Jones album), National Records, Oliver Nelson, Pop music, ..., Prestige Records, RCA Records, Reverse the Charges, Rhythm and blues, Roulette Records, Roy Haynes, Save Your Love for Me, So Warm, Something Nice, Soul Summit Vol. 2, Sugar (Etta Jones album), The Melody Lingers On (Etta Jones album), The Real Thing (Houston Person album), The Way We Were: Live in Concert, Together at Christmas, United States, Westbound Records, 32 Records. Expand index (18 more) »

Aiken, South Carolina

Aiken is the largest city and county seat of Aiken County, in the western portion of the state of South Carolina, United States.

New!!: Etta Jones and Aiken, South Carolina · See more »

All the Way (Etta Jones album)

All the Way is an album by vocalist Etta Jones featuring songs by lyricist Sammy Cahn which was recorded in 1999 and released on the HighNote label.

New!!: Etta Jones and All the Way (Etta Jones album) · See more »

At Last (Etta Jones album)

At Last is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1993 and 1995 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and At Last (Etta Jones album) · See more »

Barney Bigard

Albany Leon "Barney" Bigard (March 3, 1906 – June 27, 1980) was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington.

New!!: Etta Jones and Barney Bigard · See more »

Benny Green (pianist)

Benny Green (born April 4, 1963) is an American hard bop jazz pianist who was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers.

New!!: Etta Jones and Benny Green (pianist) · See more »

Billie Holiday

Eleanora Fagan (April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959), better known as Billie Holiday, was an American jazz singer with a career spanning nearly thirty years.

New!!: Etta Jones and Billie Holiday · See more »

Black & White Records

Black & White Records was an American record company and label that was founded by Les Schreiber in 1943.

New!!: Etta Jones and Black & White Records · See more »

Buddy Johnson

Woodrow Wilson "Buddy" Johnson (January 10, 1915 – February 9, 1977) was an American jump blues pianist and bandleader active from the 1930s through the 1960s.

New!!: Etta Jones and Buddy Johnson · See more »

Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.

New!!: Etta Jones and Cancer · See more »

Cedar Walton

Cedar Anthony Walton, Jr. (January 17, 1934 – August 19, 2013) was an American hard bop jazz pianist.

New!!: Etta Jones and Cedar Walton · See more »

Christmas with Etta Jones

Christmas with Etta Jones is a Christmas album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1990 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Christmas with Etta Jones · See more »

Chronological Classics

The Chronological Classics CD series is a collection of 965 compact discs that were compiled by Gilles Pétard in France from 1989.

New!!: Etta Jones and Chronological Classics · See more »

Dandridge Sisters

The Dandridge Sisters were an African-American all-girl singing trio, started in 1934 in Los Angeles, California, and ended in 1940, comprising the sisters Vivian and Dorothy Dandridge together with their friend Etta Jones (not the more well-known Jazz vocalist, Etta James (1928-2011). They had a short period of fame traveling around the United States performing for night clubs, theatres, radio shows, and eventually left the US to tour in Europe. Dorothy Dandridge, however, decided to become a solo artist, so the band split up and each woman then pursued small projects individually.

New!!: Etta Jones and Dandridge Sisters · See more »

Don't Go to Strangers

Don't Go to Strangers is an album recorded in 1960 by jazz vocalist Etta Jones.

New!!: Etta Jones and Don't Go to Strangers · See more »

Earl Hines

Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines (December 28, 1903 – April 22, 1983), was an American jazz pianist and bandleader.

New!!: Etta Jones and Earl Hines · See more »

Easy Living (Etta Jones album)

Easy Living is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 2000 and released on the HighNote label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Easy Living (Etta Jones album) · See more »

Etta Jones Sings

Etta Jones Sings (aka Etta Jones Sings with Junior Mance and Kenny Burrell) is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1965 and released on the Roulette label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Etta Jones Sings · See more »

Etta Jones Sings Lady Day

Etta Jones Sings Lady Day is the final studio album by vocalist Etta Jones, featuring songs associated with Billie Holiday, which was recorded in 2001 and released on the HighNote label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Etta Jones Sings Lady Day · See more »

Exclusive Records

Exclusive Records was a record label established by Leon René, which existed from 1944 to 1950.

New!!: Etta Jones and Exclusive Records · See more »

Fine and Mellow (Etta Jones album)

Fine and Mellow is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Fine and Mellow (Etta Jones album) · See more »

Frank Wess

Frank Wellington Wess (January 4, 1922 – October 30, 2013) was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.

New!!: Etta Jones and Frank Wess · See more »

From the Heart (Etta Jones album)

From the Heart is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in early 1962 and released on the Prestige label.

New!!: Etta Jones and From the Heart (Etta Jones album) · See more »

Gene Ammons

Eugene "Jug" Ammons (April 14, 1925 – August 6, 1974), also known as "The Boss", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist.

New!!: Etta Jones and Gene Ammons · See more »

Georgie Auld

Georgie Auld (May 19, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was a jazz tenor saxophonist, clarinetist, and bandleader.

New!!: Etta Jones and Georgie Auld · See more »

Grammy Award

A Grammy Award (stylized as GRAMMY, originally called Gramophone Award), or Grammy, is an award presented by The Recording Academy to recognize achievement in the music industry.

New!!: Etta Jones and Grammy Award · See more »

Harlem

Harlem is a large neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Manhattan.

New!!: Etta Jones and Harlem · See more »

HighNote Records

HighNote Records is a jazz record company and label founded by Joe Fields with his son, Barney Fields, in 1997.

New!!: Etta Jones and HighNote Records · See more »

Hollar!

Hollar! is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded at three separate sessions between 1960 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label in 1963.

New!!: Etta Jones and Hollar! · See more »

Houston Person

Houston Person (born November 10, 1934) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist and record producer.

New!!: Etta Jones and Houston Person · See more »

I Sold My Heart to the Junkman

'"I Sold My Heart to the Junkman"' is a 1946 recording by The Basin Street Boys featuring Ormonde Wilson, written by Leon René, under the songwriting pseudonym of Jimmie Thomas.

New!!: Etta Jones and I Sold My Heart to the Junkman · See more »

I'll Be Seeing You (Etta Jones album)

I'll Be Seeing You is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1976 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and I'll Be Seeing You (Etta Jones album) · See more »

If You Could See Me Now (Etta Jones album)

If You Could See Me Now is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1978 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and If You Could See Me Now (Etta Jones album) · See more »

Jazz

Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, United States, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and developed from roots in blues and ragtime.

New!!: Etta Jones and Jazz · See more »

Johnny "Hammond" Smith

John Robert "Johnny Hammond" Smith (December 16, 1933 – June 4, 1997) was an American soul jazz and hard bop organist.

New!!: Etta Jones and Johnny "Hammond" Smith · See more »

Junior Mance

Julian Clifford Mance, Jr. (known as Junior Mance, born October 10, 1928) is an American jazz pianist and composer.

New!!: Etta Jones and Junior Mance · See more »

Kenny Burrell

Kenneth Earl Burrell (born July 31, 1931) is an American jazz guitarist known for his work on the Blue Note label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Kenny Burrell · See more »

Leonard Feather

Leonard Geoffrey Feather (13 September 1914 – 22 September 1994) was a British-born jazz pianist, composer, and producer who was best known for his music journalism and other writing.

New!!: Etta Jones and Leonard Feather · See more »

List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (A–D)

No description.

New!!: Etta Jones and List of Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients (A–D) · See more »

Lonely and Blue (Etta Jones album)

Lonely and Blue is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1962 and released on the Prestige label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Lonely and Blue (Etta Jones album) · See more »

Love Shout

Love Shout is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in late 1962 and early 1963 and released on the Prestige label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Love Shout · See more »

Milt Jackson

Milton "Bags" Jackson (January 1, 1923 – October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms.

New!!: Etta Jones and Milt Jackson · See more »

Mount Vernon, New York

Mount Vernon is a city in Westchester County, New York, United States.

New!!: Etta Jones and Mount Vernon, New York · See more »

Ms. Jones to You

Ms.

New!!: Etta Jones and Ms. Jones to You · See more »

Muse Records

Muse Records was a jazz record company and label founded in New York City by Joe Fields in 1972.

New!!: Etta Jones and Muse Records · See more »

My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson

My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson is an album by vocalist Etta Jones featuring songs written by Buddy Johnson which was recorded in late 1997 and released on the HighNote label the following year.

New!!: Etta Jones and My Buddy: Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy Johnson · See more »

My Gentleman Friend (Etta Jones album)

My Gentleman Friend is an album by vocalist Etta Jones and pianist Benny Green which was recorded in 1994 and released on the Muse label in 1996.

New!!: Etta Jones and My Gentleman Friend (Etta Jones album) · See more »

My Mother's Eyes (Etta Jones album)

My Mother's Eyes is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1977 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and My Mother's Eyes (Etta Jones album) · See more »

National Records

National Records was a record label that was started in New York City by Albert Green in 1945 and lasted until early 1951.

New!!: Etta Jones and National Records · See more »

Oliver Nelson

Oliver Edward Nelson (June 4, 1932 – October 28, 1975) was an American jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, arranger, composer, and bandleader.

New!!: Etta Jones and Oliver Nelson · See more »

Pop music

Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form in the United States and United Kingdom during the mid-1950s.

New!!: Etta Jones and Pop music · See more »

Prestige Records

Prestige Records is a jazz record company and label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock in New York City.

New!!: Etta Jones and Prestige Records · See more »

RCA Records

RCA Records (formerly legally traded as the RCA Records Label) is an American record label owned by Sony Music, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America.

New!!: Etta Jones and RCA Records · See more »

Reverse the Charges

Reverse the Charges is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1991 and 1992 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Reverse the Charges · See more »

Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues, commonly abbreviated as R&B, is a genre of popular music that originated in African American communities in the 1940s.

New!!: Etta Jones and Rhythm and blues · See more »

Roulette Records

Roulette Records was an American record company and label founded in 1957 by George Goldner, Joe Kolsky, Morris Levy and Phil Kahl, with creative control given to producers and songwriters Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore.

New!!: Etta Jones and Roulette Records · See more »

Roy Haynes

Roy Owen Haynes (born March 13, 1925) is an American jazz drummer and group leader.

New!!: Etta Jones and Roy Haynes · See more »

Save Your Love for Me

Save Your Love for Me is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1986 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Save Your Love for Me · See more »

So Warm

So Warm is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1961 and released on the Prestige label.

New!!: Etta Jones and So Warm · See more »

Something Nice

Something Nice is an album by jazz vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in late 1960 and early 1961 and released on the Prestige label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Something Nice · See more »

Soul Summit Vol. 2

Soul Summit is an album by saxophonist Gene Ammons with vocalist Etta Jones and organist Jack McDuff recorded in 1961 and 1962 and released on the Prestige label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Soul Summit Vol. 2 · See more »

Sugar (Etta Jones album)

Sugar is an album by vocalist Etta Jones which was recorded in 1989 and released on the Muse label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Sugar (Etta Jones album) · See more »

The Melody Lingers On (Etta Jones album)

The Melody Lingers On is an album by vocalist Etta Jones featuring tributes to jazz vocalists which was recorded in late 1996 and released on the HighNote label the following year.

New!!: Etta Jones and The Melody Lingers On (Etta Jones album) · See more »

The Real Thing (Houston Person album)

The Real Thing is a live double LP album by saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in Detriot in 1973 and released on the Eastbound label.

New!!: Etta Jones and The Real Thing (Houston Person album) · See more »

The Way We Were: Live in Concert

The Way We Were: Live in Concert is a live album by vocalist Etta Jones and saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in Cleveland in 2000 but not released on the Highnote label until 2011.

New!!: Etta Jones and The Way We Were: Live in Concert · See more »

Together at Christmas

Together at Christmas is a Christmas album by vocalist Etta Jones and saxophonist Houston Person which was recorded in 2000 and released on the Highnote label.

New!!: Etta Jones and Together at Christmas · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: Etta Jones and United States · See more »

Westbound Records

Westbound Records is a Detroit-based record label founded by Armen Boladian in 1968.

New!!: Etta Jones and Westbound Records · See more »

32 Records

32 Records was a record label established in 1995 by record producer Joel Dorn and attorney Robert Miller.

New!!: Etta Jones and 32 Records · See more »

Redirects here:

Etta Jones discography.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_Jones

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »