| Jill Jones is the first album by Jill Jones, and her only album to feature Prince input.
All of the eight tracks were written by Prince (although he was listed as co-writer only on five, with Jill Jones taking credit for seven of the tracks), and seven of the tracks feature his input musically.
First steps
Prince had first met Jill Jones on the Dirty Mind Tour, where she sang background vocals for the opening act Teena Marie.
Jill Jones also sang background vocals on many studio tracks for Prince beginning with the 1999 album (also joining the live band on the 1999 Tour), and a solo album was planned for many years before its eventual completion and release.
Sessions and compiling
The tracks were recorded between July 1982 and October 1986. Many of them were initially recorded by Prince before lead vocal overdubs by Jill Jones were added.
Mia Bocca was initially recorded by Prince in May 1982. Baby, You’re A Trip followed in July 1982. G-Spot was recorded in August 1983 (and was considered for use in the Purple Rain movie). All Day, All Night was recorded live at Prince’s birthday concert on 7 June 1984.
In May 1985, Prince and Jill Jones recorded My Man together, as work on her album began in earnest. Later in May, Prince and Jill Jones recorded several more tracks for the album: Come Elektra Tuesday, Married Man, Killin’ At The Soda Shop, Polka-Dotted Tiger, Living Doll and For Love, of which For Love is the only track included on the album.
In August 1985, Prince and Jill Jones recorded My Sex for the album, which was at one point considered as a title track for the album, but later rejected, and revised Mia Bocca, G-Spot and Baby, You’re A Trip. Prince worked further on many of the album’s tracks in January 1986. In late January, the first configuration of the album was compiled (see below).
In February 1986, Euphoria Highway was recorded for the album, but was later rejected. Violet Blue was recorded later, in October 1986.
Prince worked on overdubs and mixing in November 1986, with an album sequence compiled on 6 November 1986, with All Day, All Night replacing Boom, Boom (Can’t U Feel The Beat Of My Heart) among other changes. After some overdubs, the album was finalized the following week
Promotion
The album produced three singles, Mia Bocca, G-Spot and For Love, but it failed to chart.
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Personnel
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| Musicians
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- Jill Jones - vocals
- Prince - all instruments, except where noted, on Mia Bocca, G-Spot, Violet Blue, All Day, All Night, For Love, My Man and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Bob Mintzer - saxophone on G-Spot
- Chris Hunter - saxophone on G-Spot
- Roger Rosenberg - saxophone on G-Spot
- Jim Pugh - trombone on G-Spot
- Jon Faddis - trumpet on G-Spot
- Randy Brecker - trumpet on G-Spot
- Eric Leeds - saxophone (uncredited) on Violet Blue, saxophone on For Love
- Atlanta Bliss - trumpet on Violet Blue (uncredited)
- Steve Gadd - drums on With You
- Hugh McCracken - guitar on With You
- Steve Stevens - guitar on With You
- Mike Chase - keyboards on With You
- Rob Mounsey - piano on With You
- Bobby Z. - drums on All Day, All Night (credited as part of Prince and the Revolution)
- Brown Mark - bass guitar on All Day, All Night (credited as part of Prince and the Revolution)
- Wendy Melvoin - guitar on All Day, All Night (credited as part of Prince and the Revolution)
- Lisa Coleman - keyboards on All Day, All Night (credited as part of Prince and the Revolution)
- Dr. Fink - keyboards on All Day, All Night (credited as part of Prince and the Revolution)
- Jellybean Johnson - drums on For Love
- St. Paul Peterson - bass guitar on For Love (uncredited)
| [show]Orchestral Players on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip:
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- David Stone - cello on Mia Bocca
- Harry Sclutz - cello on Mia Bocca
- James Arkatovz - cello on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Raphael Kramerz - cello on Mia Bocca
- Ray Kelleyz - cello on Mia Bocca
- Robert Stonez - cello on Mia Bocca
- Fred Seykora - cello on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Mary Louise Zeyen - cello on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Raphael Kramer - cello on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Brent Fischer - timpani, percussion on Mia Bocca, percussion on Violet Blue
- Bill Watrous - trombone on Mia Bocca
- Garnett Brown - trombone on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Lew McCreary - trombone on Mia Bocca
- Roy Main - trombone on Mia Bocca
- Charles Loper - trombone on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Morris Repass - trombone on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Allen Vizzutti - trumpet on Mia Bocca
- Bob Findley - trumpet on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Hal Espinosa - trumpet on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Larry Ford - trumpet on Mia Bocca
- Bob Bryant - trumpet on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Ray Brown - trumpet on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Henry Ferber - viola on Mia Bocca, violin on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Janet Lakatos - viola on Mia Bocca
- Margot MacLaine - viola on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Marilyn Baker - viola on Mia Bocca and Violet Blue
- Myer Bello - viola on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Norm Forrest - viola on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Jorge Moraga - viola on Violet Blue
- Myra Kestenbaum - viola on Violet Blue
- Virginia Majewski - viola on Violet Blue
- Alan DeVreitch - viola on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Pam Goldsmith - viola on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Assa Drori - violin on Mia Bocca
- Betty Moor - violin on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Bill Hybel - violin on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Don Palmer - violin on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Francine Walsh - violin on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Harold Wolf - violin on Mia Bocca
- Irma Neumann - violin on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Isabelle Daskoff - violin on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Karen Jones - violin on Mia Bocca
- Pat Johnson - violin on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Ron Clark - violin on Mia Bocca and Violet Blue
- Ron Folsom - violin on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Sheldon Sanov - violin on Mia Bocca
- Davida Johnson - violin on Violet Blue
- Diane Brodick - violin on Violet Blue
- Harry Scorzo - violin on Violet Blue
- Irving Geller - violin on Violet Blue
- Joseph Schoenburn - violin on Violet Blue
- Karen Jones - violin on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Norma Leonard - violin on Violet Blue
- Pamela Gates Henderson - violin on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip (as "Pam Gates")
- Teruko Schoenbaum - violin on Violet Blue
- Thelma Beach - violin on Violet Blue
- William Henderson - violin on Violet Blue
- Yoko Matsuda - violin on Violet Blue
- Edward Green - violin on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Janice Gover - violin on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Robert Sushel - violin on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Terry Schoenburn - violin on Baby, You’re A Trip
- William Hymanson - violin on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Bob Tricarico - woodwind on Mia Bocca and Baby, You’re A Trip
- David Edwards - woodwind on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Dick Mitchell - woodwind on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Gene Cipriano - woodwind on Mia Bocca and Violet Blue
- John Lowe - woodwind on Mia Bocca, Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Terry Harrington - woodwind on Mia Bocca
- Gary Gray - woodwind on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Joseph Soldo - woodwind on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- John Mitchell - woodwind on Violet Blue
- Arni Egilson - woodwind on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Gary Foster - woodwind on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Frank Marocco - accordion on Violet Blue
- David Stone - double bass on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- Robert Stone - double bass on Violet Blue
- Arni Egilson - double bass on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Brian O’Connor - French horn on Violet Blue
- David Duke - French horn on Violet Blue and Baby, You’re A Trip
- George Hyde - French horn on Violet Blue
- Todd Miller - French horn on Violet Blue
- James Thatcher - French horn on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Joseph Meyer - French horn on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Marny Johnson - French horn on Baby, You’re A Trip
- Morris Repass - baritone horns on Violet Blue
- Darlene Koldenhoven - soprano vocals on Violet Blue
- Norman Pearsons - tuba on Violet Blue
- John Thomas Johnson - tuba on Violet Blue
- Tommy Johnson - tuba on Baby, You’re A Trip
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| Thanks
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- Thank you: dogs, horses, babies, my Mom, Fuller, my family, music, Lisa & her babies, Uncle Earl, Alan & Gwen, Eric L., Atlanta, Susan R., Coke, Gilbert, John L., David Z., Karen K. and all at PRN, Benny Medina, Michael Ostin, Alberta Rhodes, Linda A., Uncle Eddie G., Teena, Steve, Bob & Joe, Fred M., Lisa J., Jamie, Richard B., everyone at CRF and Moultrie, Don - Peake and Passman, Alicia, Brent, Taime, Madelaine, J.D., Axel, enthusiastic Willy, Simon Fields, Monica, Bianca, Daisy, Yanique, Gianni, Isabel, Kim Champagne, Sophie, Suzie, Skate, Ease, T.K., Jerome, Rocky, Steve R., Kim U., Harry Fields, Lisa N., Autumn, Shawna, Scrangie, Fabio, Sidney & Katherine, Jesse, Kelly💋💋, Frank Moran, Berry G., Grandpa, Koo Koo, Gertie & Elroy
- I Kiss you: God - my first love & last love I’ve got an angel, thank you Prince - tempora non mutamor - my buddy, sister, mother, father, brother ... Jeam Baptiste - I’ll love you forever Ramon ... you brat !⌗?!*!* Screeve Screevens - the bees knees - always xxxxx, Azzedine Alaia - I adored you from the moment we met, XTOF - nothing is by chance. You make me smile, Moni - my sister, Mom - my mirror
- This album is dedicated to the memory of my Grandma - Gertrude Adams. "Sing baby"!
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