Jill Jones

Jones was born in Lebanon Ohio on July 11 1962 Her mother a fashion model is of African American and Native American heritage and her father a jazz drummer is Italian1 Jones was raised mostly by her grandparents until relocating to Los Angeles when her mother remarried1 She began a singing career at age 15 as a backup vocalist for Teena Marie whom her mother managed Today she maintains her own fan pages on Myspace and Facebook Highlights from her early career include various collaborative works with Prince in the 1980s and 1990s including a collaborative debut released under her own name Since 2001 she has released three acoustic and dance albums with 2009s Living for the Weekend being her most recent album