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Salena Jones

Salena Jones has been played on NTS shows including House Call, with I´ve Got The Blues first played on 5 March 2023.

Salena Jones (born Joan Elizabeth Shaw, January 29, 1944 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American jazz and cabaret singer.

Born Joan Elizabeth Shaw in Newport News, Virginia, same home town as Ella Fitzgerald. "I loved Sarah Vaughan so much and adored Lena Horne's elegance, I put them together as ‘Salena.’ It looked good. And I kept Joan in ‘Jones.’” And that's how Salena Jones was born."

Jones began singing in church, school and began club work at the age of fifteen. After winning a…

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I´ve Got The Blues
Salena Jones
Decca1967
I´ve Got The Blues
Salena JonesDecca1967
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