MIMI JONES

Bassist, vocalist, producer, label owner, and filmmaker

Mimi Jones took up the guitar at the age of twelve, studying classical guitar with her first music instructor, James Bartow, at the Harlem School of the Arts. She also studied percussion, songwriting, voice, drums, and dance.

As a Jazz Ambassador, Mimi has toured Africa, Europe, Russia, China, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean for the U.S. State Department. Her vast work as a sidewoman includes gigs with Beyonce, Frank Ocean, Kenny Barron, Lizz Wright, Dianne Reeves, Tia Fuller, Ingrid Jensen, Roy Hargrove, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Nona Hendricks, Kevin Mahogany, Corey Glover, Raymond Angry, Marc Cary, Toshi Reagon, Rachel Z, Tammy McCann, Sean Jones, Cyrille Aimee, Allan Harris, Rudy Royston, Ravi Coltrane, Ralph Peterson, and Terri Lyne Carrington's Grammy Award winning Mosaic Project.

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