CALLOWAY JONES, BLANCHE

CALLOWAY JONES, BLANCHE. Jazz-band leader (2 February 1902 in Baltimore, Maryland; 16 December 1978 in Baltimore). She came from a musical family: her mother was a church organist and two brothers, Cabell (Cab) and Elmer, became professional musicians. As a child she studied piano and voice with Llewelyn Wilson. She also sang in a church choir. She obtained her musical education from Morgan State College in Baltimore, Maryland. She began her professional career in the early 1920s, singing with the...