Salena Jones - But Not For Me - 4 april 1974 • World of Jazz

Salena Jones (born Joan Elizabeth Shaw, January 29, 1938, is an American jazz and cabaret singer. She started performing with her original name Joan Shaw in the late 1940s. She performed in various styles including jazz and R&B. Salena started practising singing in the church and school. At the age of fifteen she started performing in clubs. After some time performing at night clubs in Florida and elsewhere she began touring with an R&B band. Salena faced with a lot of racism in the Us and decided to change her name to Salena Jones. She said: "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.' It wasn’t until she moved to England that she started performing with her new name. This footage came from the TV-program: Music All In. The whole performance have been very well preserved by the AVROTROS and digitized by InnArchive. Watch more World of Jazz videos ► https://goo.gl/Z28cxv Join us. Subscribe now! ► https://goo.gl/n2FHaL Thanks for all your support, rating the video and leaving a comment is always appreciated! Please: respect each other in the comments. This is the official YouTube channel of World of Jazz.

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