Discography

The Friends Of Distinction - Grazin
1969 - Rca Victor LSP-4149. incl.: I Really Hope You Do




The Friends Of Distinction - Highly Distinct
1970 - Rca Victor LSP-4212




The Friends Of Distinction - Real Friends
1970 - Rca Victor LSP-4313. incl.: Lady Mae, My Mind Is A Camera




The Friends Of Distinction - Friends & People
1971 - Rca Victor LSP-4492




Earth, Wind & Fire - Last Days And Time
1972 - Columbia KC 31702. incl.: I'd Rather Have You




Earth, Wind & Fire - Head To The Sky
1973 - Columbia KC 32194




Don Everly - Sunset Towers
1974 - Ode Records SP 77023




Gene Harris - In A Special Way
1976 - Blue Note




Funkadelic - Tales Of Kidd Funkadelic
1976 - Westbound W227




Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies
1976 - WB




Bobby Hutcherson - Highway One
1978 - Columbia 35550




The Brides Of Funkenstein - Never Buy Texas From A Cowboy
1979 - Atlantic




Fred Wesley - Say Blow By Blow Backwards
1979 - Atlantic SD 19254




Funkadelic - Uncle Jam Wants You
1979 - Warner Bros BSK 3371




Parliament - Gloryhallastoopid
1979 - Casablanca




Parliament - Trombipulation
1980 - Casablanca




Philippe Wynne - Jammin
1980 - Uncle Jam




Cousin Ice - Cousin Ice
1980 - Urban Rock




David Gamson - Sugar Sugar/Honey Honey
1981 - Rough Trade 12"




Funkadelic - Electric Spanking Of War Babies
1981 - Warner Bros




George Clinton - Computer Games
1982 - Capitol




Raw Silk - Do It To The Music
1982 - West End WES 22148




Raw Silk - Just In Time
1983 - West End WES 22159




Contemporary Composers' Orchestra - VOL.1
1984 - WMC. incl.: I Got It Bad




Dolby's Cube - May The Cube Be With You
1985 - Parlophone 7"




George Clinton - R&B Skeletons In The Closet
1986 - Capitol




INCorporated Thang Band - Lifestyles Of The Roach And Famous
1988 - Warner Bros




Thomas Dolby - Aliens Ate My Buick
1988 - EMI-Manhattan




George Clinton - The Cinderella Theory
1989 - Paisley Park




George Clinton - Presents Our Gang Funky
1989 - MCA 42048. incl.: Hooray For Our Team [Jessica "Ultra Zon" Cleaves]




Trey Lewd - Drop The Line
1992 - Reprise




George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - Go Fer Yer Funk
1992 - P-Vine [Jap]. incl.: Send A Gram [rec.1980-81]




George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - Plush Funk
1992 - P-Vine [Jap]. incl.: I Really Envy The Sunshine [rec.1980]




George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - P Is The Funk
P-Vine [Jap]. incl.: My Love [rec.1981]




George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - Testing Positive 4 The Funk
1993 - P-Vine [Jap]. incl.: Off The Wall [rec.1978]




George Clinton & The P-Funk All Stars - A Fifth Of Funk
1993 - P-Vine [Jap]. incl.: Eyes Of A Dreamer [rec.1981]




George Clinton - Hey Man, Smell My Finger
1993 - Paisley Park




Parliament/Funkadelic/P-Funk All Stars Presents - Dope Dogs
1994 - P-Vine [Japan]




George Clinton And His Gangsters Of Love
2008 - Shanachie. incl.: As In [hidden track, rec. ?]

Memories & Testimonials

Memorial Service

"...her friends and family will celebrate her life this Friday (05-09-14) at 3pm in memorial services aboard the SS Lane in San Pedro, CA, according to Kelly Shapiro, an associate/friend of Cleaves."

www.eurweb.com


too bad i live in italy :-(... please, bring her a rose for me.
thank you so much!

Pictures

1969

1969

Friends Of Distinction, 1969.

Friends Of Distinctions, 1970.

#74272272 / gettyimages.com

Goodbye Jessica.

Jessica Cleaves with Jim Brown, 1969.

Press

JET, May 15, 1969

Billboard, May 24, 1969

JET, July 24, 1969

Biography

- 1948, December 10. Beverly Hills, California. Jessica born to Mary Gladys Wilkerson and Lane C. Cleaves.

- 1966. Join Harry Elston, Floyd Butler and Barbara Jean Love into "Distinctive Friends" changed to "Friends of Distinction" later.

- 1969-71. Recorded four albums with Friends Of Distinction.

- 1972-73. Join The Earth, Wind & Fire and rec. "Last Days & Time" and "Head To The Sky"

- 1973, January 10. Perform Live With Earth, Wind & Fire at the "Soul!" Show.

- 1974-76. Recorded with Don Everly, Gene Harris,...

- 1976. Join Funkadelic and recorded a couple of albums.

- 1978-80. Rec. with Bobby Hutcherson, Fred Wesley, Brides Of Funkenstein, Funkadelic and Parliament.

- 1980-82. Rec. with Parliament, Cousin Ice, Philippe Wynne, David Gamson, Funkadelic and George Clinton (I Really Envy The Sunshine, Send A Gram, My Love, Eyes Of A Dreamer)

- 1982-84. Join Raw Silk and rec. a couple of 12".

- 1985. Rec. the single "May The Cube Be With You" with Thomas Dolby.

- 1986-88. Rec. with George Clinton, Incorporated Thang Band and Thomas Dolby.

- 1987. Act with George Clinton P-Funk in "The Night Before" movie.

- 1989-90. Rec. with George Clinton.

- 1992. Rec. with Trey Lewd.

- 1993-94 Rec. the last (?) two albums with George Clinton/Parliament/Funkadelic/P-funk All Stars.

- 2012. "Cleaves' godson filmmaker Armand Araujo is scheduled to begin filming her life story "Jessica Cleaves, My Friends of Distinction" in 2013." (from WikiPedia)

- 2014, May 2. Los Angeles, CA. Jessica dies at age 65.