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A video was filmed for the track [[Boom, Boom (Can't U Feel The Beat Of My Heart)]] which was intented as the lead-off single, but the album could not be completed, as [[Prince]] and [[Jill Jones]] disagreed on the direction of the album; [[Jill Jones]] wanted to sing more mature songs than [[Prince]] was providing. | A video was filmed for the track [[Boom, Boom (Can't U Feel The Beat Of My Heart)]] which was intented as the lead-off single, but the album could not be completed, as [[Prince]] and [[Jill Jones]] disagreed on the direction of the album; [[Jill Jones]] wanted to sing more mature songs than [[Prince]] was providing. | ||
− | Her contract with [[Paisley Park Records]] was due to expire in april 1993. However, she worked with non-Prince camp artists during | + | Her contract with [[Paisley Park Records]] was due to expire in april 1993. However, she worked with non-Prince camp artists during the remainder of it. |
Jill collaborated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers Nile Rodgers] on a song for the "Earth Girls Are Easy" Soundtrack and with Japanese avant-garde musician [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Sakamoto Ryuichi Sakamoto] on the track "You Do Me," for his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_(Ryuichi_Sakamoto_album) Beauty], released in 1989. | Jill collaborated with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile_Rodgers Nile Rodgers] on a song for the "Earth Girls Are Easy" Soundtrack and with Japanese avant-garde musician [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Sakamoto Ryuichi Sakamoto] on the track "You Do Me," for his album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty_(Ryuichi_Sakamoto_album) Beauty], released in 1989. | ||
− | |after working w/prince = After leaving the [[Prince]] camp, Jill returned to England to work on demos with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Simenon Tim Simenon] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_the_Bass | + | |after working w/prince = After leaving the [[Prince]] camp, Jill returned to England to work on demos with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Simenon Tim Simenon] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_the_Bass Bomb The Bass] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reynolds_(musician) John Reynolds]. |
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+ | Later, Jill sang backing vocals on "Oil For The Lamps Of China", the debut single by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Listening_Pool The Listening Pool], an English band comprised of three former members of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)], which subsequently appeared on their debut album "Still Life". | ||
'''Collaborative efforts''' | '''Collaborative efforts''' | ||
− | Jill’s friendship with Tim Simenon led her to front an English band called Baby Mother, which was a collaborative effort with two former members of | + | Jill’s friendship with Tim Simenon led her to front an English band called "Baby Mother", which was a collaborative effort with two former members of Liverpool band "The River City People". The group became very popular throughout the club scene in England and was offered recording contracts from several record labels. |
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+ | "Baby Mother" decided to sign with London Records, but the group disbanded without releasing a single. Jill was busy in New-York helping her mother to fight cancer and asked to be released from the project. | ||
− | Jill co-wrote and produced | + | Jill co-wrote and produced "The Great Pretender" for Lisa Lisa’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL77 LL77] album and worked on a song with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paolo_Rustichelli Paolo Rustichelli] for his album "Mystic Man" (featuring contributions by Carlos Santana, Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock); Paolo Rustichelli also co-wrote and co-produced the club-friendly song "Bald", her only single released under her own name in the nineties. |
− | In 1996, she toured with Chic as co-lead vocalist | + | In 1996, she toured with Chic as co-lead vocalist. The last show, featuring Bernard Edwards who died the following day, was released three years later on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Budokan_(Chic_album) Live at the Budokan]. |
− | The following years, Jill Jones started to work with Chris Bruce (a bassist and guitarist who had previously work with Wendy & Lisa) on a record that would be published in 2001, called Two (under the name Jill Jones & Chris Bruce) | + | The following years, Jill Jones started to work with Chris Bruce (a bassist and guitarist who had previously work with Wendy & Lisa) on a record that would be published in 2001, called "Two" (under the name Jill Jones & Chris Bruce). |
− | |current work = In 2016, Jill released a club-music oriented album called | + | In 2004, she formed the duo "The Grand Royals" with Ian Ginsberg and released the album "Wasted" on Peace Bisquit label. |
+ | |current work = In 2016, Jill released a club-music oriented album called "I Am" on Peace Bisquit label, her second solo album since 1987. | ||
− | After | + | After [[Prince]]’s passing, she wrote a tribute song to him called "I Miss You". |
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|first live appearance = [[04 December 1980|04 December 1980, Buffalo, Shea's Buffalo]] as the support act with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie] | |first live appearance = [[04 December 1980|04 December 1980, Buffalo, Shea's Buffalo]] as the support act with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teena_Marie Teena Marie] |
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