Member Since: 5/5/2005
Band Website: joyjones.com
Band Members: Joy Jones on the vocals, Keith "The Soulful Fundamentalist" Harris on the bass, Kevin "cosmic keys" Nicholson, Asa "the animal" Watkins on drums
Influences: fela kuti, john coletrane, thelonius monk, bugz in the attic, celia cruz, cassandra wilson, alice coletrane, the winans, aretha franklin, tito puente, poncho sanchez, roy davis jr., the roots, kurtis blow, commissioned, the clarke sisters (the whole family!), cersaria evora, ella fitzgerald, dinah washington, carmen mccrae, betty cater,sweet honey and the rock, mos def, herbie hancock, mary mary, kim burell, sarah vaughn, sun-ra, earth wind and fire, the police, sting, janis joplin, thelonius monk, zap mama, erykah badu, simon and garfunkle, carol king, take 6, pat benetar, mahalia jackson, michael jackson (early stuff of course), stevie wonder, jill scott, donny hathaway, lalah hathaway, ty, eska, bries, tony allen, julie dexter, kim hill, the mighty clouds of joy, common, curtis mayfield, nina simone...
Sounds Like: AFRO-DIGITAL-SOUL
Record Label: LOVE JONES RECORDINGS
Type of Label: Indie