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She appeared in the theatrical productions Raisin' Cain (1923)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAnjPO1E5ewC&pg=PA286&dq=%22jean+starr%22+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb5vKF_vbhAhUOZd8KHSt4DsAQ6AEISzAG#v=onepage&q=%22jean+starr%22+dancer&f=false|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|via=Google Books}}</ref> and [[Lucky Sambo]] (1925).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAnjPO1E5ewC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=black+sambo+1925+jean+starr&source=bl&ots=ydZYJkQtyw&sig=ACfU3U1h_YGaaXWNAjUpPtNotC-MIHc2VA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5xuv9__bhAhWJmuAKHUJkBhEQ6AEwBnoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=black+sambo+1925+jean+starr&f=false|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|via=Google Books}}</ref>
She appeared in the theatrical productions Raisin' Cain (1923)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAnjPO1E5ewC&pg=PA286&dq=%22jean+starr%22+dancer&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjb5vKF_vbhAhUOZd8KHSt4DsAQ6AEISzAG#v=onepage&q=%22jean+starr%22+dancer&f=false|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|via=Google Books}}</ref> and [[Lucky Sambo]] (1925).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yAnjPO1E5ewC&pg=PA221&lpg=PA221&dq=black+sambo+1925+jean+starr&source=bl&ots=ydZYJkQtyw&sig=ACfU3U1h_YGaaXWNAjUpPtNotC-MIHc2VA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5xuv9__bhAhWJmuAKHUJkBhEQ6AEwBnoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=black+sambo+1925+jean+starr&f=false|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|via=Google Books}}</ref>

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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>https://books.google.com/books?id=zzvuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet&dq=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihvebm2vfhAhWIc98KHRrrD-4Q6AEIVjAI</ref> including on the song "Tuxedo Junction". She also performed with the [[Jimmie Lunceford]] Band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cJHuaH5M5oC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&source=bl&ots=b3g8xjDRpf&sig=ACfU3U0qFx4ewSSXNXQ7ufzkSVaTIAD-fg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij4-a82_bhAhVjZN8KHT7nAIYQ6AEwDnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&f=false|title=Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras|first=D. Antoinette|last=Handy|date=April 30, 1998|publisher=Scarecrow Press|via=Google Books}}</ref> She also played with the [[Benny Carter]] Orchestra.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=Sq4eXS-IbngC&pg=PA86&dq="Jean+starr"+trumpet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihvebm2vfhAhWIc98KHRrrD-4Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q="Jean%20starr"%20trumpet&f=false</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 web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VcOk9mrFGJMC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&source=bl&ots=yKuMtwNCt2&sig=ACfU3U1jHht-AwFiwCbtDNVWLjpirtbtag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm3rfA4PbhAhWMhOAKHTEtDqQ4ChDoATABegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&f=false|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|via=Google Books}}</ref>


She married by 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&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=%22jean+starr+jones%22&source=bl&ots=jVVQnoP-OW&sig=ACfU3U0CSaTa5TmHdXcDgjCIQOuCmteuhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih_6K15vbhAhUrhOAKHUZWBdgQ6AEwBXoECAkQAQ|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&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22jean+starr+jones%22&source=bl&ots=zWE3nOfjOp&sig=ACfU3U10X26t3HEzGQnLM7-n0nWx5APZbg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih_6K15vbhAhUrhOAKHUZWBdgQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ|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&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22jean+starr+jones%22&source=bl&ots=NvsMfHMxzf&sig=ACfU3U10yWqCRKd46vp2WeQmoJC_p5ebCg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih_6K15vbhAhUrhOAKHUZWBdgQ6AEwCXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&f=false|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=February 11, 1954|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> part of the proseperous 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 his 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 woth African Americans<ref>http://connection.ebscohost.com/carticles/48968857/double-j-ranch-patterned-after-resorts-mexico</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 by 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&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=%22jean+starr+jones%22&source=bl&ots=jVVQnoP-OW&sig=ACfU3U0CSaTa5TmHdXcDgjCIQOuCmteuhw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih_6K15vbhAhUrhOAKHUZWBdgQ6AEwBXoECAkQAQ|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&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=%22jean+starr+jones%22&source=bl&ots=zWE3nOfjOp&sig=ACfU3U10X26t3HEzGQnLM7-n0nWx5APZbg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih_6K15vbhAhUrhOAKHUZWBdgQ6AEwB3oECAcQAQ|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&pg=PA46&lpg=PA46&dq=%22jean+starr+jones%22&source=bl&ots=NvsMfHMxzf&sig=ACfU3U10yWqCRKd46vp2WeQmoJC_p5ebCg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwih_6K15vbhAhUrhOAKHUZWBdgQ6AEwCXoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&f=false|title=Jet|first=Johnson Publishing|last=Company|date=February 11, 1954|publisher=Johnson Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}</ref> part of the proseperous 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 his 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 woth African Americans<ref>http://connection.ebscohost.com/carticles/48968857/double-j-ranch-patterned-after-resorts-mexico</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.

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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>https://books.google.com/books?id=zzvuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet&dq=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihvebm2vfhAhWIc98KHRrrD-4Q6AEIVjAI</ref> including on the song "Tuxedo Junction". She also performed with the [[Jimmie Lunceford]] Band.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-cJHuaH5M5oC&pg=PA168&lpg=PA168&dq=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&source=bl&ots=b3g8xjDRpf&sig=ACfU3U0qFx4ewSSXNXQ7ufzkSVaTIAD-fg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwij4-a82_bhAhVjZN8KHT7nAIYQ6AEwDnoECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&f=false|title=Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras|first=D. Antoinette|last=Handy|date=April 30, 1998|publisher=Scarecrow Press|via=Google Books}}</ref> She also played with the [[Benny Carter]] Orchestra.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=Sq4eXS-IbngC&pg=PA86&dq="Jean+starr"+trumpet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihvebm2vfhAhWIc98KHRrrD-4Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q="Jean%20starr"%20trumpet&f=false</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 web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VcOk9mrFGJMC&pg=PA199&lpg=PA199&dq=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&source=bl&ots=yKuMtwNCt2&sig=ACfU3U1jHht-AwFiwCbtDNVWLjpirtbtag&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjm3rfA4PbhAhWMhOAKHTEtDqQ4ChDoATABegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=%22jean+starr%22+trumpet&f=false|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|via=Google Books}}</ref>


She led the [[Douglas, Chicago#neighborhood|Bronzeville]] socialite group the Royalites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4gbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&dq=%22jean+starr+jones%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1-7U6PbhAhWkSt8KHV6XAN8Q6AEIOjAE|title=Kings: The True Story of Chicago's Policy Kings and Numbers Racketeers : an Informal History|first=Nathan|last=Thompson|date=April 30, 2003|publisher=Bronzeville Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>
She led the [[Douglas, Chicago#neighborhood|Bronzeville]] socialite group the Royalites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4gbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22jean+starr+jones%22&dq=%22jean+starr+jones%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX1-7U6PbhAhWkSt8KHV6XAN8Q6AEIOjAE|title=Kings: The True Story of Chicago's Policy Kings and Numbers Racketeers : an Informal History|first=Nathan|last=Thompson|date=April 30, 2003|publisher=Bronzeville Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>

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Jean Starr Jones and Jean S. Jones should redirect here

Not to be confused with poet and educator Jean Starr Untermeyer

Jean Starr was an actress, dancer, and trumpeter who became a Chicago society figure after marrying one of the Chicago numbers racket tycoon 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 by McKissack “Mack” McHenry Jones,[4][5][6][7] part of the proseperous 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 his 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 woth 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] She also 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

  • Women in jazz : all women groups Volume 1[17]
  • "Seven Riffs with the Right Woman" All Women Groups
  • Radio Papa, 1929
  • Find Out What They Like, with Johnny Lee, 1929[18]
  • "Don't Get it Twisted"[19]
  • "Seven Riffs"[20]
  • "Tuxedo Junction" with the International Sweethearts of Rhythm

Further reading

References

  1. ^ a b https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&d=INR19450120-01.1.1
  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 – via Google Books.
  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 – via Google Books.
  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. "When policy kings ruled". chicagotribune.com.
  9. ^ http://connection.ebscohost.com/carticles/48968857/double-j-ranch-patterned-after-resorts-mexico
  10. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=zzvuAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet&dq=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihvebm2vfhAhWIc98KHRrrD-4Q6AEIVjAI
  11. ^ Handy, D. Antoinette (April 30, 1998). "Black Women in American Bands and Orchestras". Scarecrow Press – via Google Books.
  12. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=Sq4eXS-IbngC&pg=PA86&dq="Jean+starr"+trumpet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihvebm2vfhAhWIc98KHRrrD-4Q6AEIQjAE#v=onepage&q="Jean%20starr"%20trumpet&f=false
  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 – 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 – via Google Books.
  16. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=UTbpD8EdCFQC&pg=PA279&dq="Jean+starr"+actress&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj32r3K1_fhAhUSd98KHS0kBgMQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q="Jean%20starr"%20actress&f=false
  17. ^ "All women groups". Stash Records. April 30, 1978.
  18. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=YpWIfGgSpR8C&pg=PA525&dq="Jean+starr"+blues&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZvLvf2PfhAhVwkeAKHZheAKwQ6AEISDAF#v=onepage&q="Jean%20starr"%20blues&f=false
  19. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=4JFUAAAAMAAJ&q="Jean+starr"+blues&dq="Jean+starr"+blues&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjXor6u2vfhAhUnh-AKHWzqCXg4ChDoAQgpMAA
  20. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=KpY9AQAAIAAJ&q=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet&dq=%22Jean+starr%22+trumpet&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwihvebm2vfhAhWIc98KHRrrD-4Q6AEIUjAH
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