I Thought About You ..... Etta Jones

[@DRWJD]

Etta Jones one the most overlooked and underated jazz singers.She had great phrasing and timing.

[@larrydean4433]

January 1961, a 10 year old kid was up late, out in the shop, listening to 'Meisterbrow Showcase Theater' clear channel, I heard Etta, i called from Iowa to Chicago, I wanted to talk to the DJ, they said 'no problem'. I said, I want to hear more of Etta Jones, he said , me too, he played the whole album side.

[@janella4561]

Back in 2000 my sister and I went to NY for a long weekend, ( we live in uk) and we went to Greenwich Village and saw both Etta and Huston play in a tiny Jazz place. It was my first time to hear both and they blew me away. After the show they came and spoke to me and my sister. We felt so good walking out from there. They truly made our weekend. Simply Fab both of them and yes I agree very underrated both of them.

[@Aprilhojazz]

what a concert that was! very lucky you.

[@balinsky214]

the Blue Note

[@mecchocolat]

I truly believe Etta Jones is THE most underrated Jazz singer. Her vocals are superb. Sarah Vaughan remains my top choice but if I were thrown on an island with an ipod consisting only of Etta Jones, I''d take the long vacation in stride.

[@HB-rx1le]

The most underrated artist of any genre. There are a lot of hidden, incredibly talented artists out there who didn’t make it bigger for whatever reason, but I personally think this lady tops the list.

[@Ahmedvision99]

Listen, I just discovered Etta Jones and now think my whole life before that was a waste 😂

[@sylviacarlson3561]

One of my favorite female singers by far! So excellent, so underrated. Sometimes popularity has nothing to do with talent.

[@ningxiabird]

Yes, more often than we'd like to think unfortunately.

[@this_is_journey_life4041]

Etta Jones; a wonderful, wonderful singer, that I came to discover here on KZbin. Every few months, I come back to listen to Ms. Jones, a gem amongst singers; really!

[@paulamendell]

Etta singing behind the beat. so cool.

[@Taz882]

I think about Etta Jones whenever I think of great music.

[@TheJazsinger]

She had my vote after I first heard her sing " Don't go to Strangers."

[@Brazconj]

Sylvia Carlson Yes me too

[@JulieBluestoneMusic]

@@Brazconj Me too

[@musicology2510]

She just swings so fucking hard! 😍

[@alexmurray1987]

The greatest rendition, I agree with previous comments, I could sit in this jazz club forever, a great group of musicians from vocalist to bass, every moment enjoyable! 🎷

[@meritofapproval]

🎶

[@spencer0000000]

I love Etta Jones! She really speaks to me, love her rich voice, love her talent. She knew jazz so well.

[@bigeman25]

Etta sure could sing.

[@jazzguy2k]

I think when I die, I'd just like to walk into this club.

[@alexmurray1987]

jazzguy2k same here, what a great lineup and atmosphere, I could listen to this concert over and over....

[@jazz410]

Wonderful jazz vocalist....she places the lyrics against the rhythm line in just the right place and make the song hers.

[@juniorbailey6686]

I saw Eta two times in Jamaica at the Ocho Rios jazz Festival and she won my heart. She sang like she alone could,her style, her presence was like no one else that I can remember. I can't forget talking to her after the show, that was extra extra special.

[@ginamarie6977]

Wow, that was awesome! And I just heard Ella and Dinah sing it! Lady Etta, you are now my best friend!

[@giagiagii]

AAAHHH ETTA YOU MY QUEEN IM GLAD I FOUND YOOUUUUU

[@DianeHoffmanJazz]

A great singer and a beautiful person. Love her!

[@2ndEndingVintage]

If she and Houston didn't get their due in the heyday of Jazz vocalists, they did have a hella, hella run in the 80's-90's. Perhaps delayed appreciation is a better term. They were pretty big in the last decade-plus they performed together. Deserved kudos in their golden years....

[@dottielabelle3828]

I Love Ms. Jones' rendition of this tune. After I heard her rendition of "If I Had You" I was hooked. I haven't heard anyone sing that song quite like her. Unforgettable Lady with an Unforgettable Voice.

[@ortodossa]

Roma Alexanderplatz jazz club -- Grazie Etta sei Fantastica ..!!

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

This is a favorite of mine that I also used to perform. Etta sings it with her remarkable style that no one could imitate! She and Houston Person worked together for about 30 years, that's why they are so good together. And Stan Hope on the piano, the rest of her group -- just fabulous, which comes from performing together for so long.!

[@sylviatracey]

I see pictures! Her phrasing is awesome init. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! X I just discovered Etta, she was sent from the Gods! I totally agree with DRWJD, why is this the first time I'm hearing her, fuck me I'm 41! Love it , feel it, groove it, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@stephenita1]

I also had the privilege of hearing Etta Jones and Houston Person in Seattle many years ago at Italian supper club near the University if Washington. I invited them to my table for a drink. It was awesome . I wish someone would post "Please Mr. person."

[@mjlejer3241]

I'm back to hear Etta Jones, a favorite, sing this song again, it reminds me of a train-trip I took under the same circumstances years ago, and hearing it again is a painful memory of that day but I also sang it performing so I try to remember that happy time instead!

[@rebel2rebel]

Truly one of the best...

[@shanedeleon5376]

She shouldn't have had to stand in anyone's shadow. She had many of the best qualities of her contemporaries as well as her own distinct style, and yet never really broke through. It's a real shame.

[@michaellewis3193]

This is a real artist

[@kathrynmcmorrow7170]

All great tributes to Etta Jones here, and all dead on.

[@Aprilhojazz]

feel so good...so good. I don't think about him any more. I think more about the music now.

[@davidholiday4494]

absolutely wonderful

[@enjoy7024]

Very well done! Thank you!!

[@sylviatracey]

I see pictures! Her phrasing is awesome init. I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! X I just discovered Etta, she was sent from the Gods! I totally agree with DRWJD, why is this the first time I'm hearing her, fuck me I'm 41! Love it , feel it, groove it, Elaborate! Twat xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[@gitarwoman2]

Thank you for posting. Love Etta w Houston!

[@PamelaChiarappa2]

that's amazing...her timing is perfect and so fun!

[@HannaPK]

Wow. This is great. Thanks for sharing this video.

[@EttaScott-vr4bs]

I love these people history of them would do something you don't know the artist. They are a embody b r live mè. Mom I lovr

[@ZoydWheeler]

That is just the bomb!

[@Tchaikovsky31]

Que belíssima voz!!!

[@samchell2320]

Etta Jones was the closest to Billie Holiday of the dozens of pretenders. In fact, on the day of her death in Oct. 2001 her last recording was released, on which she "channels" Lady Day on "Fine and Mellow." Sacred ground, and only Etta has any business standing on it.

[@joao-geraldodamasceno1581]

Massa!!!

[@norajohnson3325]

great jazz singer.....good version of Johnny Hartman's classic

[@nancystewart8853]

Saxophone player pretty dam good too…

[@Taz882]

Someone did post "Don't Go to Strangers," but it was removed by the record company. Time to get her definitive version back on KZbin.

[@4everprue]

It's obvious she was inspired by Dinah Washington. I like that she took the best of Dinah Washington like her phrasing and diction and made it her own.

[@jazzman110393]

@caponsacchi not to mention houston person is highly underated as well

[@DrDubious1]

Yes, that's Houston Person on tenor.

[@calwaite]

Is that Houston Person on tenor?? Man can he play!

[@caponsacchi]

The most underrated great jazz singer, despite a recorded career that was 1944-2001 (October, when she released a Billie Holiday tribute album the day of Etta's death). In the 40s she was with Bud Johnson, in the 50s and 60s it was Oliver Nelson and Jug (her best period), then in the 70s to the end, Houston Person. I caught her toward the end at Chicago's Jazz Showcase--not a good P.A. for vocalists.

[@errcoche]

Hard swinging. Etta makes me think of a female Lou Rawls with the bluesy quality of her voice.

[@4bigdawgs4]

Would love to know who is accompanying on piano and bass. Great rendition!

[@drummondrick7]

Peter Martin Weiss - Bass

[@sidneygribetz1621]

Stan Hope at the paino

[@Arron413]

@Whatisthescore What do you mean?

[@4bigdawgs4]

Does anyone know what album, CD this was from?

[@sidneygribetz1621]

This a video from a concert at a Japanese jazz club. Not an album or CD

[@jazzguy2k]

i wrote this a long time ago, about something i read, now all that's posted is this line, leads to nothing. it was in defence of a classic overlooked underrated singer, as others have posted.

[@nogdude23]

I really like this one..Although "Just friends" was not one of her best songs...

[@2ndEndingVintage]

Just wanna add, besides what I said below, that this is a pretty boring Jazz standard...I mean, it doesn't have a lotta dynamism to the tune itself...yet Etta made it sound fabulous....they really cooked on it ! That is the sign of a real creative talent !

[@reid2hai]

Is that Houston Person on tenor?

[@ashjimenez4795]

Timless

[@fernmont22]

Who are the players in the band?

[@sidneygribetz1621]

Stan Hope piano Peter Martin Weiss bass Cecil Brooks III drums

[@BeulahMaeBlues]

timing to "beat the band"!

[@froogs165]

That bassist is really bouncing!

[@MJLeger-yj1ww]

He always bounces like that -- unnecessary, and a bit distracting.

[@alexmurray1987]

M.J. Leger enjoying the music that’s all! Who wouldn’t

[@blueyedboymrdeath]

Dudes, it's Etta JAMES.

[@alexmurray1987]

Barry Levine no no this is Etta jones!

[@michaeldavis9509]

Are you sure this is Etta?

[@joesalazar8476]

Magic ❤