An excellent singer who is always worth hearing, Etta Jones grew up in New York and at 16, toured with Buddy Johnson. She debuted on record with Barney Bigard's pickup band (1944) for Black & White, singing four Leonard Feather songs, three of which (including "Evil Gal Blues") were hits for Dinah Washington. She recorded other songs during 1946-1947 for RCA and worked with Earl Hines (1949-1952). Jones' version of "Don't Go to Strangers" (1960) was a hit and she made many albums for Prestige during 1960-1965. Jones toured Japan with Art Blakey (1970), but was largely off record during 1966-1975. However, starting in 1976, Etta Jones (an appealing interpreter of standards, ballads, and blues) began recording regularly for Muse, often with the fine tenor saxophonist Houston Person. She died from complications of cancer on October 16, 2001, the day her last album, Etta Jones Sings Lady Day, was released.

“Those unfamiliar with Antoinette just have to think Etta Jones, only sassier. She wraps herself around an Ellington or Jerome Kern evergreen just as ...

... Love for Me,” written by Buddy Jones, which has been sung by some of the best pop singers of the century — Nancy Wilson, Etta Jones, Bobby (Blue) Bland. ...

Buddy Catlett, left, and Quincy Jones at the Trianon Ballroom in Seattle in 1949. 8 pm Sunday, Historic University Theater, 5510 University Way NE, Seattle; ...

The jazz band plays a rendition of Etta James's "Manhattan," a song that itself could be considered an antique (and that I recently just heard on an episode ...