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'''Jean Starr''' was an actress, dancer, and trumpeter who became a Chicago society figure after marrying Chicago [[numbers racket]] tycoon and Jones brothers, McKissack "Mack" McHenry Jones, and becoming Jean Starr Jones.
'''Jean Starr''' was an American actress, dancer, and trumpeter who became a Chicago society figure after marrying Chicago [[numbers racket]] tycoon and Jones brothers, McKissack "Mack" McHenry Jones, and becoming Jean Starr Jones.


Starr was from Columbus, Ohio.<ref name=deliv/>
Starr was from Columbus, Ohio.<ref name=deliv/>
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She appeared in the theatrical productions ''Raisin' Cain'' (1923)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofmusical0000pete|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/centuryofmusical0000pete/page/286 286]|quote=jean starr dancer.|title=A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans|first=Bernard L.|last=Peterson|date=April 30, 1993|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313266577|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and ''[[Lucky Sambo]]'' (1925).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofmusical0000pete|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/centuryofmusical0000pete/page/221 221]|quote=black sambo 1925 jean starr.|title=A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans|first=Bernard L.|last=Peterson|date=April 30, 1993|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313266577|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
She appeared in the theatrical productions ''Raisin' Cain'' (1923)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofmusical0000pete|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/centuryofmusical0000pete/page/286 286]|quote=jean starr dancer.|title=A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans|first=Bernard L.|last=Peterson|date=April 30, 1993|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313266577|via=Internet Archive}}</ref> and ''[[Lucky Sambo]]'' (1925).<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofmusical0000pete|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/centuryofmusical0000pete/page/221 221]|quote=black sambo 1925 jean starr.|title=A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans|first=Bernard L.|last=Peterson|date=April 30, 1993|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=9780313266577|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>


She married McKissack "Mack" McHenry Jones,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR19450120-01.1.1|title=Indianapolis Recorder 20 January 1945 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program|website=newspapers.library.in.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEIDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&pg=PA41|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=October 29, 1953|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLIDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&pg=PA44|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=December 16, 1954|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7b8DAAAAMBAJ&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&pg=PA46|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=February 11, 1954|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> part of the prosperous Chicago African American Jones family that was involved in the "policy" [[numbers game]] racket before [[Al Capone]] and white mafia figures completed a violent takeover.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-per-flash-policy-kings-0303-20130310-story.html|title=When policy kings ruled|first=Ron|last=Grossman|website=chicagotribune.com}}</ref> After her husband's death in a car accident, she developed their vacation home into the Double J Ranch (referred to as the Pink Mansion) in [[Constantine Township, Michigan]]. The resort was popular with African Americans<ref>http://connection.ebscohost.com/carticles/48968857/double-j-ranch-patterned-after-resorts-mexico {{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref> and also had high profile visitors. The area is now part of [[Three Rivers State Wildlife Management Area]]. She remained close with the Jones family and was the subject of society page notices in African American magazines.
She married McKissack "Mack" McHenry Jones,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR19450120-01.1.1|title=Indianapolis Recorder 20 January 1945 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program|website=newspapers.library.in.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rEIDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&pg=PA41|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=October 29, 1953|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YLIDAAAAMBAJ&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&pg=PA44|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=December 16, 1954|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7b8DAAAAMBAJ&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&pg=PA46|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=February 11, 1954|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> part of the prosperous Chicago African American Jones family that was involved in the "policy" [[numbers game]] racket before [[Al Capone]] and white mafia figures completed a violent takeover.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-per-flash-policy-kings-0303-20130310-story.html|title=When policy kings ruled|first=Ron|last=Grossman|website=chicagotribune.com|date=March 10, 2013 }}</ref> After her husband's death in a car accident, she developed their vacation home into the Double J Ranch (referred to as the Pink Mansion) in [[Constantine Township, Michigan]]. The resort was popular with African Americans<ref>http://connection.ebscohost.com/carticles/48968857/double-j-ranch-patterned-after-resorts-mexico {{dead link|date=March 2020}}</ref> and also had high profile visitors. The area is now part of [[Three Rivers State Wildlife Management Area]]. She remained close with the Jones family and was the subject of society page notices in African American magazines.


She is recorded on the album ''Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective'' on the song "Moonlight On Turham Bay" with [[L'Ana Hyams]] and other female performers. She was also recorded as part of the [[International Sweethearts of Rhythm]], a group she joined in 1940,<ref>{{cite book|title=Helicon Nine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zzvuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet|year=1987|publisher=Helicon Nine, Incorporated}}</ref> including on the song "Tuxedo Junction". She also performed with the [[Jimmie Lunceford]] Band<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cJHuaH5M5oC&q=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&pg=PA168|title=Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras|first=D. Antoinette|last=Handy|date=April 30, 1998|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810834194|via=Google Books}}</ref> and played with the [[Benny Carter]] Orchestra.<ref>{{cite book|author=Linda Dahl|title=Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sq4eXS-IbngC&pg=PA86|year=1989|publisher=Limelight Editions|isbn=978-0-87910-128-2|page=86}}</ref> In her later years, she was part of [[Eddie Durham's All-Star Girl Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://policykings.com/kings-excerpt5.html|title='KINGS' Excerpt 5|website=policykings.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VcOk9mrFGJMC&q=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&pg=PA199|title=Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture|first=Lewis A.|last=Erenberg|date=October 30, 1999|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226215174|via=Google Books}}</ref>
She is recorded on the album ''Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective'' on the song "Moonlight On Turham Bay" with [[L'Ana Hyams]] and other female performers. She was also recorded as part of the [[International Sweethearts of Rhythm]], a group she joined in 1940,<ref>{{cite book|title=Helicon Nine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zzvuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet|year=1987|publisher=Helicon Nine, Incorporated}}</ref> including on the song "Tuxedo Junction". She also performed with the [[Jimmie Lunceford]] Band<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cJHuaH5M5oC&q=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&pg=PA168|title=Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras|first=D. Antoinette|last=Handy|date=April 30, 1998|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810834194|via=Google Books}}</ref> and played with the [[Benny Carter]] Orchestra.<ref>{{cite book|author=Linda Dahl|title=Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sq4eXS-IbngC&pg=PA86|year=1989|publisher=Limelight Editions|isbn=978-0-87910-128-2|page=86}}</ref> In her later years, she was part of [[Eddie Durham's All-Star Girl Orchestra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://policykings.com/kings-excerpt5.html|title='KINGS' Excerpt 5|website=policykings.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VcOk9mrFGJMC&q=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&pg=PA199|title=Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture|first=Lewis A.|last=Erenberg|date=October 30, 1999|publisher=University of Chicago Press|isbn=9780226215174|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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==Discography==
==Discography==
*"Seven Riffs with the Right Woman", All Women Groups<ref>{{cite book|title=Stereo Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpY9AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet|date=July 1978|publisher=CBS Magazines}}</ref> Women in Jazz : All Women Groups Volume 1<ref>{{cite book|url=http://catalog.bucknell.edu/title/all-women-groups/oclc/554262978|title=All women groups|date=April 30, 1978|publisher=Stash Records}}</ref>
*"Seven Riffs with the Right Woman", All Women Groups<ref>{{cite book|title=Stereo Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpY9AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet|date=July 1978|publisher=CBS Magazines}}</ref> Women in Jazz : All Women Groups Volume 1<ref>{{cite book|url=http://catalog.bucknell.edu/title/all-women-groups/oclc/554262978|title=All women groups|date=April 30, 1978|publisher=Stash Records|access-date=April 30, 2019|archive-date=April 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430032329/http://catalog.bucknell.edu/title/all-women-groups/oclc/554262978|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*"Radio Papa", 1929 [[Okeh Records]]
*"Radio Papa", 1929 [[Okeh Records]]
*"Don't Get it Twisted"<ref>{{cite book|title=Stereo Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JFUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+blues|year=1978|publisher=CBS Magazines}}</ref>
*"Don't Get it Twisted"<ref>{{cite book|title=Stereo Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4JFUAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+blues|year=1978|publisher=CBS Magazines}}</ref>
*"Find Out What They Like (And How They Like It)" (1929), duet with [[Johnny Lee (actor)|Johnny Lee]], Okeh Records<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171005052401/http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse/1929-11-08|title = Recordings Made on Friday, November 8, 1929 - Discography of American Historical Recordings}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933|url=https://archive.org/details/moaninlowdiscogr00lair|url-access=registration|quote=Jean starr blues.|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29241-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/moaninlowdiscogr00lair/page/525 525]}}</ref>
*"Find Out What They Like (And How They Like It)" (1929), duet with [[Johnny Lee (actor)|Johnny Lee]], Okeh Records<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse/1929-11-08|title=Recordings Made on Friday, November 8, 1929 - Discography of American Historical Recordings|access-date=August 19, 2020|archive-date=October 5, 2017|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20171005052401/http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/date/browse/1929-11-08|url-status=bot: unknown}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933|url=https://archive.org/details/moaninlowdiscogr00lair|url-access=registration|quote=Jean starr blues.|year=1996|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29241-5|page=[https://archive.org/details/moaninlowdiscogr00lair/page/525 525]}}</ref>
*"Tuxedo Junction" with the [[International Sweethearts of Rhythm]]
*"Tuxedo Junction" with the [[International Sweethearts of Rhythm]]


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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://womenshistory.si.edu/spotlight/international-sweethearts-of-rhythm International Sweethearts of Rhythm Collection Spotlight, Because of Her Story, Smithsonian Institution]


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Latest revision as of 03:59, 26 May 2024

This article is about the actress and musician. For the poet and educator, see Jean Starr Untermeyer.

Jean Starr was an American actress, dancer, and trumpeter who became a Chicago society figure after marrying Chicago numbers racket tycoon and Jones brothers, McKissack "Mack" McHenry Jones, and becoming Jean Starr Jones.

Starr was from Columbus, Ohio.[1]

She appeared in the theatrical productions Raisin' Cain (1923)[2] and Lucky Sambo (1925).[3]

She married McKissack "Mack" McHenry Jones,[4][5][6][7] part of the prosperous Chicago African American Jones family that was involved in the "policy" numbers game racket before Al Capone and white mafia figures completed a violent takeover.[8] After her husband's death in a car accident, she developed their vacation home into the Double J Ranch (referred to as the Pink Mansion) in Constantine Township, Michigan. The resort was popular with African Americans[9] and also had high profile visitors. The area is now part of Three Rivers State Wildlife Management Area. She remained close with the Jones family and was the subject of society page notices in African American magazines.

She is recorded on the album Jazz Women: A Feminist Retrospective on the song "Moonlight On Turham Bay" with L'Ana Hyams and other female performers. She was also recorded as part of the International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a group she joined in 1940,[10] including on the song "Tuxedo Junction". She also performed with the Jimmie Lunceford Band[11] and played with the Benny Carter Orchestra.[12] In her later years, she was part of Eddie Durham's All-Star Girl Orchestra.[13][14]

She led the Bronzeville socialite group the Royalites.[15]

She was expected to marry Clarence H. Cobbs of the First Church of Deliverance.[1]

Josephine Baker was her sister-in-law.[16]

Discography

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Further reading

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Indianapolis Recorder 20 January 1945 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". Newspapers.library.in.gov. January 20, 1945. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
  2. ^ Peterson, Bernard L. (April 30, 1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 286. ISBN 9780313266577 – via Internet Archive. jean starr dancer.
  3. ^ Peterson, Bernard L. (April 30, 1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, Or Involving African Americans. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 221. ISBN 9780313266577 – via Internet Archive. black sambo 1925 jean starr.
  4. ^ "Indianapolis Recorder 20 January 1945 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  5. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (October 29, 1953). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (December 16, 1954). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  7. ^ Company, Johnson Publishing (February 11, 1954). "Jet". Johnson Publishing Company – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  8. ^ Grossman, Ron (March 10, 2013). "When policy kings ruled". chicagotribune.com.
  9. ^ http://connection.ebscohost.com/carticles/48968857/double-j-ranch-patterned-after-resorts-mexico [dead link]
  10. ^ Helicon Nine. Helicon Nine, Incorporated. 1987.
  11. ^ Handy, D. Antoinette (April 30, 1998). Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810834194 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Linda Dahl (1989). Stormy Weather: The Music and Lives of a Century of Jazzwomen. Limelight Editions. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-87910-128-2.
  13. ^ "'KINGS' Excerpt 5". policykings.com.
  14. ^ Erenberg, Lewis A. (October 30, 1999). Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226215174 – via Google Books.
  15. ^ Thompson, Nathan (April 30, 2003). Kings: The True Story of Chicago's Policy Kings and Numbers Racketeers : an Informal History. Bronzeville Press. ISBN 9780972487504 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ Jean-Claude Baker; Chris Chase (2001). Josephine: The Hungry Heart. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-8154-1172-7.
  17. ^ Stereo Review. CBS Magazines. July 1978.
  18. ^ All women groups. Stash Records. April 30, 1978. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
  19. ^ Stereo Review. CBS Magazines. 1978.
  20. ^ "Recordings Made on Friday, November 8, 1929 - Discography of American Historical Recordings". Archived from the original on October 5, 2017. Retrieved August 19, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  21. ^ Moanin' Low: A Discography of Female Popular Vocal Recordings, 1920-1933. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1996. p. 525. ISBN 978-0-313-29241-5. Jean starr blues.
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