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Leslie Jones (other)
Leslie Jones may refer to: * Leslie Jones (conductor) (1905–1982), English lawyer and conductor * Leslie Jones (cricketer) (1891–1962), English cricketer * Leslie Jones (footballer) (1911–1981), Welsh footballer * Leslie Jones (comedian) (born 1967), American comedian and actress * Leslie Jones (film editor), American film editor * Leslie Ronald Jones (1886–1967), American photographer * Leslie Ann Jones, American record producer See also * Les Jones (other) * Lesley-Ann Jones (born 1956), English journalist and author {{hndis, Jones, Leslie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Jones (conductor)
Leslie Jones (23 November 1905 – 18 October 1982) was a British lawyer and Conducting, conductor.Roger Wimbush: "Leslie Jones". ''The Gramophone'', November 1965, p. 236 Early career Jones played saxhorn in the local Salvation Army band in his home town. At age eleven, he became an organist and learned to play trombone. He took music lessons from the composer Theophilus Hemmings, and eventually became a Trinity College London, Trinity's Licentiate (LTCL), an Associate of the Royal College of Organists (ARCO), and an Associate of the Royal College of Music (ARCM). Jones also studied law, became a solicitor, and set up his own practice which he ran for thirty years. Before World War II, Jones formed the Newcastle-under-Lyme String Orchestra (today ''Newcastle Strings'') and after the war he founded the Stoke-on-Trent Symphony Orchestra. Later, he created his own ''Leslie Jones Orchestra'', led by Martin Milner (violinist), Martin Milner, a leader of The Hallé Orchestra, using pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |