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AP obit
Soror, here's an obit from the Associated Press.
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Associated Press, October 18, 2001
NEW YORK -- Etta Jones, the prolific jazz vocalist whose soulful,
blues-influenced recordings over more than a half century won her
acclaim and two Grammy nominations, died Tuesday of complications
from a bout with cancer. She was 72.
Jones' style was described as a cross between Billie Holiday, her
idol, and Dinah Washington. She died the same day her last
recording, "Etta Jones Sings Lady Day," hit music stores.
Born in Aiken, S.C., Jones was a teen-ager when she was discovered
while competing in a contest at the famed Apollo Theater in Harlem.
Jones collaborated with such greats as Oliver Nelson, Earl "Fatha"
Hines, Kenny Burrell and Cedar Walton, both in concert and on
recordings. She recorded prolifically for RCA, Prestige, Muse and
more recently Highnote Records.
Jones earned a gold record for her 1960 recording "Don't Go to
Strangers," and received a Grammy nomination in 1981 for "Save Your
Love For Me." She got a second Grammy nomination in 1999 for a
collection of songs: "My Buddy -- Etta Jones Sings the Songs of Buddy
Johnson."
Jones was the recipient of many awards, including the prestigious
Eubie Blake Jazz Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the
International Women in Jazz Foundation.
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Etta Jones, not Etta James
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