Mimi Jones: News

Mimi Jones was honored to be invited to the "Festival International de Jazz de Port-Au-Prince" as one of many established and creative musicians from around the globe in 2008.

This year 2010, Mimi Jones was scheduled to participate in the Festival, this time with the Pauline Jean Quintet, featuring Elio Villa Franca on piano, Marcus Shwartz on percussion, Shirazette Tinnin on drums, and vocalist Pauline Jean.

One week prior to the departure date to Haiti, tragedy struck.

In efforts to support the country of Haiti, Mimi Jones and her comrades have done several fund raisers such as:

Sove Ayiti at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe on Jan. 17th 2010

Project S Benefit Concert for Haiti Earth Quake Relief on Jan. 19th 2010

Mizik pou Ayiti (Music for Haiti):
A Benefit Concert for the Reconstruction of Haiti on Jan. 29th 2010

to produce funding for "Doctors Without Borders", "the Red Cross" and other agencies that will hopefully make a difference.

Mimi Jones is featured in Jazziz Magazine and on the JAZZIZ compilation with featuring a track (Fast Lane) from her new release  "A New Day".
Available on news stands and online at:

http://www.jazziz.com/pageflip/issue/Coltrane_Fall_2009/pageflip.html

or Click here to see the latest edition of JAZZIZ.

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Please click the link below to see if we are being played on stations in your area, or if you would like this music to be played on your local stations. We'd love to hear your feed back, Bless!

http://www.crossovermedia.net/index.cfm?fuseaction=projects.map&projectID=345

http://www.allvoices.com/news/3596742/stories

http://news-releases.theurbanmusicscene.com/
http://news-releases.theurbanmusicscene.com/2009/09/03/mimi-jones--a-new-day.aspx




JazzReview.com
Reviewer - not listed
September 2009
Singer-songwriter-bassist Mimi Jones gives modern jazz a spritz of ethnic musical influences with a piping of Latin-soul, smooth funk, and soft jazz arias.  Her latest recording, A New Day, will have you waltzing in the kitchen of your home through the scintillating glides of her bass in “Fast Lane,” and tapping your feet to the swampy guitar pickings of “Watch Your Step” as Jones’ vocals shimmer with a gospel-toned inflection.  Her music inspires an inner peace and a reverence for notes that take their time in pouring out.  A New Day is Mimi Jones’ debut, and it is a fine piece of work for her to make her entrance onto the world stage.

The smooth funk batter of “Spiral” has a velvety bossa nova texture, and the wistful aria of “Mighty Time” has a soulful glow.  The lightning streaks of Ambrose Akinmusire’s blazing trumpet in “Suite Mary” have a nu-bop twinkle, as Marvin Sewell’s guitar cuts wedge up against the rush of flashing whisks.  The reggae beats of “Silva” support Jones’ vocals as she rows along the springy knolls. The album returns to a torchlight flicker along the melodic curves of “Close Your Eyes” and “All Things” creating a ballroom ambience.  The R&B/funk consistency of Miki Hayama’s keyboards produces a euphoric air in “For Granted,” and a refreshing club-feel in the frothy wavelets of “Sista.”  The flurry of guitar strings coursing through “Thank You” are pinched with a Spanish-lilt which showers the listener in a cascade of warm droplets, and the cooing resonance in Jones’ vocals in “We Shall Overcome” deliver an enchanting glint that makes one think of heroine in a romance novel.

The title of the CD, A New Day, expresses hope and optimism, which are an intrinsic part of Mimi Jones’ philosophy on life.  Born Miriam Sullivan, she is the offspring of parents whose descendants are from Barbados and St. Croix.  A graduate of Manhattan School of Music Conservatory, Jones is astute at playing the acoustic bass, the baby bass and the electric bass.  Her music shows flexibility and a sense of worldly influences, which only an international artist would understand how to integrate.  She makes it all look so easy.

In A World of Female Bassists, Mimi Jones Sets the Bar
With Her Debut CD “A New Day”
To Be Released on Hot Tone Music September 15, 2009”

(New York, NY June 29, 2009) With the musical world buzzing about Esperanza Spalding it’s no wonder that the timing is perfect for the release of yet another extraordinary female bassist, composer and vocalist. Introducing Mimi Jones and her debut CD “A New Day” (Hot Tone Music) set for release on September 15th, 2009.  Mimi Jones recently gave a sneak preview of her debut CD during the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival at the prestigious Kennedy Center along with performances featuring the world's top female jazz artists including: Anat Cohen and the Anzic Orchestra, Janis Siegel, Carmen Lundy, the Maria Schneider Orchestra and Esperanza Spalding.

Mimi’s inspiring debut recording,” A New Day” is bursting with original compositions seamlessly melting from one song to another and caressed by the warmth of her sultry voice. The music is a rich assortment of rhythmic statements, musical textures, and compositional variations all flawlessly executed by Mimi Jones (acoustic bass, electric bass, vocals, composer, arranger, and assistant producer), Marvin Sewell (acoustic and electric guitars), Miki Hayama (piano, key board and Wurlitzer), Marcus Gilmore (drums), Lucianna Padmore (drums on tracks 1 and 11) and Ambrose Akinmisure (trumpet). The title of the CD speaks of embracing a changing world with a positive point of view while maintaining the courage to move forward just as the new persona and alter ego, Mimi Jones, was transformed from “side man” Miriam Sullivan in order to fully express her individual messages of change and personal evolution. Songs like “Fast Lane,” “Spiral,” “Watch Your Step” and “Mighty Time” send those messages by allowing the music to take shape without fear of definition and genre restriction. The concept is to cross borders and to reach out to a broader perception of time, space and rhythm.

Mimi’s philosophy is profound, yet simple, “It’s important to me that this music is for everyone. I believe that I have a calling to heal and make people feel good so I want to pass on what comes to me musically. Hopefully this music will make our world a little bit better.” For more information go to http://www.MimiJonesMusic.com or contact Joy Foster at SV Media Relations – SVMediaRelations@gmail.com.

The “Magic Bass Sounds” Of Mimi Jones
At The Kennedy Center’s Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival
Featuring a sneak preview of the debut CD release “A New Day”

(Washington, D.C., May 6 2009) Mimi Jones brings her “magic sounds on the bass” to the Kennedy Center premiering her soon to be released debut CD, “A New Day” as part of the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival. Hosted by Dee Dee Bridgewater, the festival marks its 14th thrilling year with three evenings of star-studded performances featuring the world's top female jazz artists including: Esperanza Spalding, Anat Cohen and the Anzic Orchestra, Janis Siegel, Carmen Lundy, and the Maria Schneider Orchestra. Mimi Jones, a.k.a. bassist and Kennedy Center favorite Miriam Sullivan, brings a top-drawer group with her as she returns to the Mary Lou Williams Women in Jazz Festival following her star turn in the 2004 event. Her much anticipated CD sneak preview performance is slated for Thursday, May 14 at 6:00 PM on the Millennium Stage at 2700 F St., NW, Washington D.C., 20556. She is also the featured bassist in the band that will be accompanying the Fifth Annual Women in Jazz Competition the following day at the Terrace Theater.  The event is free and for more information on Mimi Jones go to: http://www.MimiJonesMusic.com.