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 talent contest in New York's Apollo Theater, singing "September Song". She began making demonstration records for Peggy Lee and Lena Horne, acquired her own contract. Her first disc was 1949's "He Knows How to Hucklebuck", with the Paul Williams Orchestra—and she toured and sang throughout the 1950s with Louis Armstrong, Arthur Prysock, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Big Maybelle—sharing bills with fellow Newport News natives the The Five Keys as well as LaVern Baker, before touring in Spain (1965) and Britain (1966), where she appeared for an extended season at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club. Since then she has appeared at most leading concert halls and clubs in Europe, Africa, South America and Asia, and appeared regularly on radio and TV, with her own series in the United Kingdom. Since visiting Japan for the first time (1978) she appeared there annually, memorably in the Unesco Save The Children Telethon (1988),[2] and on a concert tour with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1992). In 1964, Down Beat jazz critic Leonard Feather chose Salena Jones as one of the female vocalists of the year, alongside Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald and Nancy Wilson.
Salena has also appeared throughout Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Holland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Turkey, Austria and Bulgaria. She has also made numerous television and radio broadcasts in Britain, and throughout Europe, often supported by the BBC Big Band. Also performed in Australia, Africa, South America, China, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and Japan. Since her first visit to Japan in 1978 she has returned at least annually, appearing in concert halls, on television, radio and regularly at the Blue Note Jazz Clubs in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.
In her career to date Salena has recorded over forty albums, covering nearly five hundred songs, and sold over 500,000 albums worldwide and her album entitled "My Love" recorded in Tokyo won her an award in Japan for outstanding sales.[5] Salena's musical biography includes many distinguished musicians, band leaders and other artists with whom she has performed or recorded. These include such performers as King Curtis, Herman Foster, Arthur Prysock, Tom Jones, The Coasters, Count Basie Orchestra, Adelaide Hall, Art Farmer, Brook Benton, Barney Kessel, Art Themen, Sarah Vaughan, Hank Jones, Maynard Ferguson, Dudley Moore. . . . and many more.
In Rio de Janeiro not long before Antonio Carlos Jobim's death she recorded Salena Sings Jobim With The Jobims (1994) (licensed from Japanese Victor by Vine Gate Music UK), Jobim's hits sung in English, with Paulo Jobim on vocals, flute and guitar, grandson Daniel Cannetti Jobim on piano and the composer himself on two duets, Kenny Burrell on one track: 14 Jobim songs plus Michael Franks's tributes "Antonio's Song (The Rain- bow)" and "Abandoned Garden", and including two duos with Antonio Carlos "Tom" Jobim himself. A beautiful recording and one of her best. In the 1990s Salena made a sequence of six albums all consisting of standards and, incidentally, completed in six weeks, including mixing. Some of these albums, including Dream with Salena, Journey with Salena, Broadway and Hollywood are themed with songs appropriate to the titles.
Early 2000 saw Salena starring at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Idaho, backed by the Hank Jones Quartet including such current luminaries as Russell Malone, Lewis Nash, and also featuring trumpeter Roy Hargrove, singer Dianne Reeves and Freddie Cole. January 2001 saw Salena return to Israel for eight sell-out shows, and she took her trio to Japan in May for two weeks appearing for Cartier, the exclusive jewellers, at their prestigious trade fairs throughout the country. In May 2006, Salena was thrilled to sing again in China opening the Shanghai International Jazz Festival (opened in 2005 by Diana Krall). Salena opened with Lee Ritenour, and Tower of Power.
She is now based in the United Kingdom.
Every Breath You Take
Salena Jones Lyrics
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Юные дамы и богатые мужчины.
Любовь продается, любовь покупается...
Кого-то отпустят, а те, кто останутся,
Из золушек обернуться в принцесс,
Часы пробьют 12, и сказку сменит секс,
Вечер чудес сменит ночь в отеле,
И все раствориться в холодной пастели.
Выберут клуб для охоты за принцем.
В столице он лучший, в России он первый,
Концерты, слава, деньги, карьера.
Очередную леди возьмет на уикенд он,
Услышит от нее лесть, комплименты,
И в ответ у моря на своей вилле,
Еще одну love-story утопит в текилле.
Малиновые сны, с капелькой слезы,
она покинет клуб, в объятиях звезды.
В объятиях луны, отдаст ему себя -
он для нее герой, она одна из его ста...
Она одна из ста, сотая из тысячи,
Очередная пассия популярной личности.
Ей наплевать на мораль и устои,
Жаль, ведь овчинка выделки не стоит.
Смоет все дождь...
В начале витрины рисуют силуэты проходящих мимо.
И его не видно, он всего лишь слезы,
Той, что в секрете держит свои грезы.
Такие, как она после каждой пати,
Мечтают оказаться у него в кровати.
В новом мозератти отдать честь и волю,
Ради сладкой жизни раны сыпать солью.
Провести на острове жаркий уикенд,
Пропустив в его адрес лесть, комплименты,
А он в ответ у моря, на своей вилле,
Еще одну love-story утопит в текилле.
Малиновые сны, с капелькой слезы,
она покинет клуб, в объятиях звезды.
В объятиях луны, отдаст ему себя -
он для нее герой, она одна из его ста...
Ты плачешь и смеешься рядом с ним,
А в сердце у него, увы, не ты...
И не понять тебе нутро звезды...
Нам ведь тоже снятся малиновые сны.
Малиновые сны, с капелькой слезы,
она покинет клуб, в объятиях звезды.
В объятиях луны, отдаст ему себя -
он для нее герой, она одна из его ста...
По городу грехов мчатся машины,
In the city of sins, the cars are racing
Юные дамы и богатые мужчины.
Young ladies and wealthy men.
Любовь продается, любовь покупается...
Love is sold, love is bought...
Кого-то отпустят, а те, кто останутся,
Some will be let go, while those who remain,
Из золушек обернуться в принцесс,
Will turn from Cinderellas into princesses,
Часы пробьют 12, и сказку сменит секс,
The clock will strike 12, and the fairy tale will turn into sex,
Вечер чудес сменит ночь в отеле,
The evening of wonders will turn into a night in a hotel,
И все раствориться в холодной пастели.
And everything will dissolve in a cold tangle.
А светские львицы, гламурные жрицы
And secular lionesses, glamorous priestesses
Выберут клуб для охоты за принцем.
Will choose a club for their hunt for a prince.
В столице он лучший, в России он первый,
In the capital he is the best, in Russia he is the first,
Концерты, слава, деньги, карьера.
Concerts, fame, money, career.
Очередную леди возьмет на уикенд он,
He will take another lady for the weekend,
Услышит от нее лесть, комплименты,
He'll hear flattery and compliments from her,
И в ответ у моря на своей вилле,
And in response, by the sea, at his villa,
Еще одну love-story утопит в текилле.
He'll drown another love story in tequila.
Малиновые сны, с капелькой слезы,
Raspberry dreams, with a drop of tears,
она покинет клуб, в объятиях звезды.
She'll leave the club, in the arms of a star.
В объятиях луны, отдаст ему себя -
In the arms of the moon, she'll give herself to him -
он для нее герой, она одна из его ста...
He's a hero to her, she's just one of his pack...
Ты плачешь и смеешься рядом с ним,
You cry and laugh next to him,
А в сердце у него, увы, не ты...
But in his heart, unfortunately, it's not you...
И не понять тебе нутро звезды...
And you won't understand the star's heart...
Нам ведь тоже снятся малиновые сны.
But we also dream of raspberry dreams.
Writer(s): PAUL HUTSCH, GORDON SUMNER
Contributed by Allison I. Suggest a correction in the comments below.