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Helen Elizabeth Jones Woods (October 9 or November 14, 1923 – July 25, 2020)

August 9, 2020

96-year-old Helen Jones Woods, member of an all-female jazz group is dead

Helen Jones Woods was an African-American jazz musician who toured the country in the 1930s and ’40s, including in the Jim Crow South. This touring could be the start of a familiar story of racism on the road. But Woods’ journey has some distinctive wrinkles. Woods played trombone in the

96-year-old Helen Jones Woods, member of an all-female jazz group is dead

August 9, 2020

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Helen Jones Woods was an African-American jazz musician who toured the country in the 1930s and ’40s, including in the Jim Crow South. This touring could be the start of a familiar

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96-year-old Helen Jones Woods, member of an all-female jazz group is dead

96-year-old Helen Jones Woods, member of an all-female jazz group is dead

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