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Val Imani Jones

Poet..Edutainer..Stage Performer..Hip Griot!

About Me


To find out more about me or to purchase "Portrait Of a Muse Unsheathed" - the CD, go to IAMVALJONES.COM .
To see more of my writing style, check out my MySpace pages at VALJONESEDUTAINMENT or JAZZITUDE .
And check out my HOT show "Jazzitude" where we embrace the eclectic soul vibe, mixed in a nice jazz stew and spiced up with some spoken word, Monday nights from 7-10pm EDT online at WFSS.ORG or find out more at JAZZITUDE aka SOUL SCHOOL CAFE.
By the way, I'm also an audio production specialist. I write and/or produce commercials, parodies, promos, imaging packages, etc. Small business friendly with exceptional quality at a low budget. "Why Not a Woman?!" To see a rate card and find out more about Val Jones Creative Services, go to IAMVALJONES.COM .
So how does ONE person keep up with so many pages?! Practice, baby, practice! (^_^)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/1/2006
Band Website: iamvaljones.com
Band Members: The one and only Val Jones...occasionally accompanied by my bongos and always accompanied by my creativity and wit. I'm a freakin' production genius and can edit the wings off a fly. Whadya think about that, BOYS?!
Influences: Langston Hughes...The Last Poets, Gil Scott-Heron, Dick Gregory, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Malcolm X, Dr. Khalid Muhammad, Oscar Brown Jr, Sonia Sanchez...Nikki Giovanni...ME...Mom...Dad...LIVING!
Sounds Like: ME...in full "attitude child" mode with a dose of luv!

Purchase "Portrait Of A Muse Unsheathed" today! 17 powerful tracks of poetic pride and perservance.

Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

JAZZITUDE...hosted by Val Jones

A whole lot of jazz with a little dose of attitude! Monday Nights at 7pm EST on 91.9 WFSSStreaming online at www.wfss.org *listen up for some of my MySpace fam in rotation and peep their profiles on w...
Posted by Val Imani Jones on Mon, 19 Feb 2007 09:27:00 PST

Requiem for Hot Ice In The Afternoon

I've lost my mojoWhere did it goI've lost my museI'm lost and confuseI remember a time when the ground brokeWith the sound I playedMusic to make EVERYBODY'S dayIf you were in a bad wayYou wouldn't be ...
Posted by Val Imani Jones on Wed, 14 Feb 2007 10:59:00 PST

Portrait Of A Muse Unsheathed...ON SALE NOW!

17 tracks of powerful poetic pride and perserverance.  Go to www.iamvaljones.com for details. And thanks in advance for helping a sista to eat.  If ever you're in 'da Ville, stop on by Big ...
Posted by Val Imani Jones on Sat, 30 Dec 2006 08:23:00 PST

Statues...Streets...and Apologies...

That's all some seem to offer or all some of us seem to need. WELL, NOT ME DAMMIT!!!!              APOLOGY NOT ACCEPTED (val jones 11/21/06)...
Posted by Val Imani Jones on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 07:06:00 PST

FREE AS&JAZZ

I am free& Free as a bird in the sky And like the notes off of Charlie Parker's trumpet I am flying carefree and so high Spreading my wings catching the rays of the Sun And I don't have to answer to a...
Posted by Val Imani Jones on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:24:00 PST

The Dark Secret...and Truth

The Dark Secret (aka The Black Matrix)   written 6/21/03 by val jones   I am the deep dark secret you never wanted to come to light I am that "twinge" of consciousness" that jerks you u...
Posted by Val Imani Jones on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 11:19:00 PST

All Hail, Queen Cleopatra!

...And she WOULD be a JONES!  Safe passage, Queen~   SISTA SWIRL (val "imani" jones 5/18/06) Sista sista sistaYou are my Sista sista sistaAnd I don't ever want to miss yaBecause one da...
Posted by Val Imani Jones on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 12:36:00 PST