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Eugenie Jones

Born: February 3

With her lavishly praised 2013 debut album Black Lace Blue Tears under her belt, late-blooming jazz vocalist and composer Eugenie Jones immediately faced questions about whether she was a one-hit wonder or a real contender. Sure, she displayed quick rhythmic reflexes, a silken tone, and real songwriting savvy, but did Jones have what it takes to go the distance, to sustain a career in jazz’s cruelly competitive ring. Her even more impressive second album, Come Out Swingin’, makes a persuasive case for Jones’s status as a heavyweight talent. Seasoned by several years of steady work following the release of Black Lace, the Seattle-area singer displays the rhythmic authority, emotional insight, and melodic invention of an artist who can hold her own in any company. “With Black Lace Blue Tears behind me I wondered, was that a fluke? Do I really have a gift, can I continue? Almost immediately I started writing again,” says Jones, “and put those questions to rest

Popsicle Illusion and Sweet Summer Love

by Mary Foster Conklin
September 7, 2019

This midsummer broadcast Included new releases from vocalists Lori Williams, Barb Jungr and Lisa Rich, pianists George Cables, Hiroe Sekine, and a 10th anniversary reissue from bassist John Miller, with birthday shout outs to Jazz Masters Annie Ross and Joanne Brackeen, plus vocalists Lainie Cooke, Janis Siegel, Nnenna Freelon, Karrin Allyson and Carla Hassett, among others. ...

Come Out Swingin'

By Eugenie Jones

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015

Come Out Swinging

By Eugenie Jones

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: Swing Me; All of Me; A Way About You; Sweet Summer Love; 24/7, I’m Alright/Samba Ending; I Could Get Lost in Your Eyes; Rain Rain Don’t Go Away; Bye Bye Blackbird; Begin the Beguine; Run Devil Run; It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.

Eugenie Jones: Come Out Swinging

by C. Michael Bailey
September 8, 2015

The last we heard from Seattle-based Renaissance woman Eugenie Jones was on her quite excellent debut recording Black Lace Blue Tears (Self Produced, 2013). On that recording Jones demonstrated great accomplishment as a vocalist, composer, and arranger. She was in the process of transitioning from a successful marketing career to a singer. That kind of change ...

Swing Me

August 18, 2015

Album: Come Out Swingin'
By Eugenie Jones
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Duration: 5:17

Seattle Jazz Singer Eugenie Jones To Release "Come Out Swingin'" May 12

April 25, 2015

Eugenie Jones’s widely praised 2013 debut, Black Lace Blue Tears, introduced a late-blooming but fiercely original jazz vocalist and songwriter to the jazz world. Among other honors, the disc was named Earshot Jazz’s Northwestern Recording of the Year. The Seattle-area singer’s response to her warm critical reception was to start writing again and prove that her ...

Black Lace Blue Tears

By Eugenie Jones

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2013
Track listing: A Good Day; Can You Dance?; Take Five; All The Kings’s Men; So Hard To Find; Black Lace Blue Tears; Perfect; I Want One; In A Shot Of Tequila Or Two; My Funny Valentine; Sat’day Night Blues.

Take 5

Featuring the music of Eugenie Jones
Duration: 5:03
September 11, 2013

I Want One

Featuring the music of Eugenie Jones
Duration: 4:48
June 12, 2013