Salena Jones 1944年1月29日，出生在美国弗吉尼亚州的新港。从小就醉心于爵士乐歌唱的她，还是个黄毛丫头的时候就在自己的家乡开始了歌唱生涯。Salena Jones有着一副似乎是烟熏火燎过的暗淡但又极具磁性的独特嗓子，宽厚而共鸣丰富的嗓音真是魅力独具！在乐坛驰骋30多年的她，对各种音乐风格无疑都是能够驾驭自如的，无论是演唱具有神秘韵致的新创歌曲，还是予人超凡美感的情歌，甚至是摇摆化的节奏歌曲，她都能以自己真诚、亲切的诠释风格赢得大家的喜爱。  　　Born in Newport News, VA, in 1944, Salena Jones (real name: Joan Elizabeth Shaw) would -- over the course of a 60-plus-year career -- become one of the leading vocalists of swing music, performing in a number of countries in Europe and Asia and recording a number of albums. Jones got her first break at the famed Apollo Theater in New York, winning a talent contest that resulted in a record deal. She spent the early part of her career touring and performing with such leading lights as Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, and Duke Ellington. Her first forays overseas, to Spain and the U.K., were in the mid-'60s and were to begin a life spent mostly outside the rather fickle confines of the United States. In 1978, she made her first appearance in Japan and performed there on an annual basis. By the first decade of the 21st century, she had performed on most continents, recorded more than 40 albums, and sang at the 2006 Shanghai International Jazz Festival.