Salena Jones (born Joan Elizabeth Shaw, January 29, 1944 in Newport News, Virginia) is an American jazz and cabaret singer. Born Joan Elizabeth Shaw in Newport News, Virginia, same home town as Ella Fitzgerald. "I loved Sarah Vaughan so much and adored Lena Horne's elegance, I put them together as āSalena.ā It looked good. And I kept Joan in āJones.āā And that's how Salena Jones was born." Jones began singing in church, school and began club work at the age of fifteen. Read more on Last.fm