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American recording engineer

For other people with the same name, see Leslie Jones (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Lesley-Ann Jones.

Leslie Ann Jones is an American multiple Grammy Award-winning^[1]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.^[2] She is the daughter of novelty drummer, percussionist and bandleader Spike Jones and his wife, singer Helen Grayco.

Early influences

Jones has had an interest in music since her early childhood in the Los Angeles, California-area TV and music scene. Through her father she was exposed to a wide variety of musical styles. Through her mother, Helen Grayco (who sang with her father's band), she grew to appreciate fine vocal