Etta Jones (1928-2001) and prolific singer very active, had the virtue of nuance in her singing, the art of Billie Holiday, the bluesy influence of Dinah Washington, and the voice of Thelma Carpenter, which gave his voice record Small, friendly, gentle roughness. At sixteen he began his career with the orchestra of rhythm and blues pianist Buddy Johnson and Leonard Feather. The latter, also a jazz critic, called him a number of blues recorded for the label “Black & White” with a group led by the clarinetist Barney Bigard. Like happened with other famous singers (Nancy Wilson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, etc.) won the singing contest at the Barney BigardTheater in Harlem in 1945. In the next two years he worked at the club “Onyx” 52nd Street in New York, with excellent training led by the pianist, Luther Henderson. Between 1949 and 1952, she sang with the sextet of pianist Earl Hines and in 1960, disappeared after some years of studies, recorded with “Prestige”, the magnificent album entitled “Do not Go To Strangers” with a quintet in The protruding, Frank Wes and Roy Haynes. With “Prestige” is from 1963, passes through this seal lets the glory, his collaborations with Oliver Nelson. In 1965, signs contract with the label, “Roulette” and opens with a mediocre album with guitarist. The stage for this label does not stop big plays, and in 1976 he joined the label “Muse” where in all his albums the musical director is his friend, the saxophonist, Houston Person. Notably, the tribute to Billie Holiday on their 1987 album entitled “Fine and Mellow” and the album dedicated to the compositions of Buddy Johnson in 1998 for the label “Hignote” and entitled “My Buddy: Songs of Buddy Johnson . Etta Jones, died on 16 October 2001, with seventy-three, and left an indelible void in African-American vocal music.