Mimi Jones (born March 25, 1972 in
New York City
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)
is an American bassist, vocalist, composer, bandleader, education and founder of Hot Tone Music.
Background
Mimi Jones was born Miriam Sullivan
in New York City and was raised in
the Bronx
The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...
. She attended
The Harlem School of the Arts
Harlem School of the Arts (HSA) is an art school in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City.
Harlem School of the Arts was founded in 1964, by soprano Dorothy Maynor. Maynor was succeeded by mezzo-soprano Betty Allen as President in 1979, when a new 3 ...
,
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, often referred to simply as LaGuardia, is a public High school (North America), high school specializing in teaching visual arts and performing arts, located near Lincoln Ce ...
and graduated with a Bachelor of Music Performance from the
Manhattan School of Music
The Manhattan School of Music (MSM) is a private music conservatory in New York City. The school offers bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in the areas of classical and jazz performance and composition, as well as a bachelor's in mu ...
conservatory in New York.
Career
Jones founded the record labe
Hot Tone Musicin 2009.
References
External links
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Hot Tone Music
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American bandleaders
American session musicians
Living people
Musicians from Jersey City, New Jersey
American women jazz musicians
Women bass guitarists
Guitarists from New Jersey
Guitarists from New York City
1972 births
Jazz musicians from New York (state)
21st-century American women musicians
21st-century American bass guitarists