Salena Jones
	However, Salena was keen to come to London to develop her career and she arrived in 1966: but only after escaping the clutches of the Spanish club owner who wanted Salena to contractually sign her life away, and after inadvertently living (and, she emphasises, innocently) in a brothel in Calais, whilst waiting for her permit to enter Britain!
	Salena has made her home in England ever since. One of her early London dates was at Ronnie Scott's where her initial booking was extended to seven consecutive weeks: still believed to be the record for this world famous jazz club.
	Salena has appeared at most leading concert halls and venues throughout Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Spain, Holland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Turkey, Austria and Bulgaria. She has also made numerous television and radio broadcasts in Britain, and throughout Europe, often supported by the BBC Big Band. Further afield, Salena has performed in Australia, Africa, South America, China, Canada, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and Japan. Since her first visit to Japan in 1978 she has returned at least annually, appearing in concert halls, on television, radio and regularly at the Blue Note Jazz Clubs in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka.
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