Joan Watson-Jones grew up in New York City - close to show business but never a part of it. Before settling, her mother had been a dancer and boxer at the 1920.s Moulin Rouge, Paris. http://www.youtube.com/user/momworeboxingtrunks . As a physician, her father had such famous patients as Billie Holiday and Mercer Ellington and was co-founder of the ground breaking, Upper Manhattan Medical Group in Harlem.
Joan’s credits starts with two CD’s , ’I Thought About You’ , a collection of songs from the Great American Songbook, and “ One More Year” which features a few original songs as well as The Songbook standards.
Watson-Jones is a swinging singer who has a sultry way of expressing herself in the grand tradition of the Jazz Vocalist.
---Cadence Magazine
..A fragile voice doing powerful things
--Green Mountain Messenger
Listen to samples of Joan’s music Click Here
As an advocate for Jazz, Joan hosts an Internet Based Radio Program “The Jazz Room” on cyberstationusa.com. She interviews independent artists and more well-known people such as Michael Feinstein, Ahmad Jamal, Eddie Palmieri and Jon Faddis. Listen to these and other archived interviews at http://www.dqrm.com/showlist/jwj2.htm
“The Jazz Room Live” Cable TV show is a blend showcasing “The Joan Watson-Jones Jazz Ensemble’ and Boston Area Jazz Artists. It is filmed at the prestigious Acton Jazz Café in Acton MA. http://www.youtube.com/user/TheJazzroomlive?feature=mhum. The program is seen on many Community Access stations from Boston and its outlying towns to New York City.
Watson-Jones plans for the future, is the release of her third CD” Conversations” in the late winter of 2012.
For booking information contact Joan at email Click Here.
On these pages you can:
Hear Audio Clips from "I Thought About You" and "One More Year " - Click Here
Learn more about The Jazz Room - Click Here
Learn more about "The Jazz Room Live " - Click Here
