Jones LeslieAnn

American multiple Grammy Award-winning recording engineer working as Director of Music Recording and Scoring at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm, Ltd. company. She is a past Chair of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Board of Trustees, the organization that awards Grammys, and in 2018 was inducted into the TEC Awards Hall of Fame. She is the daughter of novelty drummer, percussionist and bandleader Spike Jones and his wife, singer Helen Grayco, and the younger sister of Spike Jr., a producer of live events and television broadcasts. As a woman working in a field long dominated by men, Jones has participated in many firsts. She was the first woman assistant engineer to be hired at ABC Studios in Los Angeles. She was the first female National Officer of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. Jones has produced a number of recordings that feature women musicians, from small regional groups like Montclair Womens Big Band to major artists associated with feminism, activism or womens music such as Holly Near, Cris Williamson, Margie Adam and Ronnie Gilbert. Jones co-produced one of Jane Fondas follow-up workout videos in 1984 and she received a platinum record for the album of the same name. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less