E'lissa Jones is a professional singer, prolific songwriter, violinist, pianist, and guitarist. She is an exceptionally talented artist who possesses a dark and melancholy voice with a velvety quality reminiscent of jazz singers. Her songs embrace audiences with her powerful melodies and expressive lyrics.

 

Born into a musically gifted family, E'lissa began singing and playing piano around the age of five. Her mother, Robbie Jones, was a professional singer who turned down a recording contract with Motown Records to raise her family and serve as a vocal and piano mentor to her seven children. Her father Billy Jones was a tuba player and is now a retired Air Force serviceman.

"At a very early age, my mother trained her girls to sing harmony and play the piano. At the age of 5 I remember my mother keepng us up late singing in thirds with one another. We were to be the next Jones Girls."

E'lissa wrote her first song at the age of seven and began studying violin at the age of ten. At eleven, she was writing love songs and short classical works for violin and piano. She is musically influenced by a variety of styles ranging from jazz to country music. Her vocal influences include Karen Carpenter, Julie London, Roberta Flack, and Sarah McLachlan.

While classically trained as a violinist, E'lissa is largely self-taught as a songwriter and vocalist. In 1998, E'lissa recorded and produced her first album, "Shadows."  This project inspired her to pursue her art professionally and led to her recent release, "this melodie." 

E'lissa is currently performing and promoting throughout the east coast.  She is in the process of recording her newest CD "Here I am" expected to be released in the spring of 2008.