Yolanda “Yo Jonesy” Jones Musician . Singer . Dancer
Q: What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A: Living a healthy life of Purpose
Q: What is your greatest fear?
A: The people closest to me not evolving
Q: What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
A: Moodiness
Q: What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A: Ungratefulness
Q: Which living person do you most admire?
A: Barack Obama
Q: What is your greatest extravagance?
A: Helping others
Q: What is your current state of mind?
A: Super-powerful state of mind
Q: What do you consider the most overrated
virtue?
A: Love
Q: On what occasion do you lie?
A: When I try not to
Q: What do you most dislike about your appearance?
A: I like everything about my appearance
Q: Which living person do you most despise?
A: I despise no one
Q: What is the quality you most like in a man?
A: Strength
Q: What is the quality you most like in a woman?
A: Poise
Q: Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
A: “Life is good.”
Q: What or who is the greatest love of your life?
A: My mother
Q: When and where are you happiest?
A: In my mind
Q: Which talent would you most like to have?
A: Be a god on any instrument I touch
Q: If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it
be?
A: I'd be the greatest trombonist alive
Q: What do you consider your greatest achievement?
A: Know(ing) my purpose and my obedience and living the life of
my
dream
Q: What's your motto?
A: “Live in peace...it's an individual thing that vibrates
through.”
time out… Q: What do you call a
documentary about trombone
players?
A: A slide show.
…jazz on the coast Thursday, 7.25.19, 7pm GCEHJF An Evening of
Poetry & Jazz Yo 'Jonesy' Jones & The
Crowned Jewelz, Huggy Bear da Poet, The PowerLines Poets History
Museum of
Mobile, 111 Royal St., Mobile, AL $10
Sunday, 7.28.19, 6pm Smooth Summer Jazz Brian Simpson It's
Personal By Sheila,
2610 W. Cervantes St., Pensacola, FL $40 850.377.4692 Friday,
8.2.19, 10:30am GCEHJF Delfeayo Marsalis Jazz Clinic & Awards
Program
History Museum of Mobile, 111 Royal St., Mobile, AL
Friday, 8.2.19, 7pm GCEHJF Delfeayo Marsalis, E. B. Coleman
Orchestra, Karmilla Ali,
Marcus Johnson Summer Jazz Camp Orchestra Laidlaw Performing
Arts Center, USA
Main Campus, Mobile, AL 251. 478.4027 $15-$25
Saturday, 8.3.19, 10am-1pm 3rd Annual Jazz Brunch Scholarship
Fundraiser Roland
Cobb The Admiral Hotel, 251 Government St., Mobile, AL $50
251.533.5230 (FAMU
Gulf Coast Alumni Chapter, hosts)
Sunday, 8.4.19, 5:30pm Summer Evening of Smooth Jazz Kyle
Turner, Michael Ward,
Da Band Via Center, 1717 Dauphin St., Mobile, AL $30-$35
251.428.2352
(BYOB/Food)
Monday, 8.5.19, 6:30pm Jazz Pensacola Jazz Jam The Vineyard
Restaurant, 1010 N.
12th Ave., Pensacola, FL $10-12 Performing musicians, students
& military w/ID, free
Thursday, 8.8.29, 6-8pm Sounds of Summer Concert Series David
Jones & Friends
Pelican Place at Craft Farms, 3800 Gulf Shores Pkwy., Gulf
Shores, AL
Friday, 8.9.19, 8pm Roman Street w/Gino Rosaria Cedar Street
Social Club, 4 N.
Cedar St., Mobile, AL $25
Saturday, 8.10.19, 11am-2pm "Eggs with a Side of Jazz" Brunch
The Jazz
Studio Central ArtSanctuary Bellingrath Hall, Central
Presbyterian Church, 1260
Dauphin St., Mobile, AL $35 (Family Promise of Coastal AL
fundraiser)
Sunday, 8.11.19, 6-8pm Sunset Concert Series The Excelsior Band
West End Beach,
Dauphin Island, AL $5 Under 12, free Bring seating