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Richard M. Jones & His Jazz Wizards - Novelty Blues - 1928
Richard M. Jones , born Richard Marigny Jones (sometimes written Richard Mariney Jones ), (June 13, 1892 – December 8, 1945) was an American jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and record producer. Numerous songs bear his name as author, including " Trouble in Mind ."
He was born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States. Jones grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jones suffered from a stiff leg and walked with a limp; fellow musicians gave him the nickname "Richard My Knee Jones" as a pun on his middle name. In his youth he played alto horn in brass bands. His main instrument, however, became the piano. By 1908, he was playing in Storyville , the red-light district of New Orleans . A few years later, he often led a small band which sometimes included Joe Oliver . Jones also worked in the bands of John Robichaux , Armand J. Piron and Papa Celestin .
In 1918, Jones moved to Chicago, Illinois. He worked as Chicago manager for publisher and pianist Clarence Williams . Jones began recording in 1923, making gramophone records as a piano soloist, accompanist to vocalists and with his bands The Jazz Wizards and The Chicago Cosmopolitans. He recorded for Gennett , OKeh , Victor and Paramount Records in the 1920s. He also worked for OKeh Records as Chicago supervisor of the company's "Race" (African-American) Records for most of the decade. During this period he was the producer of the influential Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings led by cornetist (later trumpeter) Louis Armstrong . In the 1930s, Jones performed a similar management role for Decca .
Richard M. Jones worked for Mercury Records until his death in December 1945 in Chicago, at the age of 53. - more at Wikipedia
“Novelty Blues” - Jimmy McLeary, t / Roy Palmer, tb / Omer Simeon, Artie Starks, cl, as / Richard M. Jones, p / Quinn Wilson, bb. (Victor- V38040).
#music #jazz #tangled
Richard M. Jones , born Richard Marigny Jones (sometimes written Richard Mariney Jones ), (June 13, 1892 – December 8, 1945) was an American jazz pianist, composer, band leader, and record producer. Numerous songs bear his name as author, including " Trouble in Mind ."
He was born in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, United States. Jones grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jones suffered from a stiff leg and walked with a limp; fellow musicians gave him the nickname "Richard My Knee Jones" as a pun on his middle name. In his youth he played alto horn in brass bands. His main instrument, however, became the piano. By 1908, he was playing in Storyville , the red-light district of New Orleans . A few years later, he often led a small band which sometimes included Joe Oliver . Jones also worked in the bands of John Robichaux , Armand J. Piron and Papa Celestin .
In 1918, Jones moved to Chicago, Illinois. He worked as Chicago manager for publisher and pianist Clarence Williams . Jones began recording in 1923, making gramophone records as a piano soloist, accompanist to vocalists and with his bands The Jazz Wizards and The Chicago Cosmopolitans. He recorded for Gennett , OKeh , Victor and Paramount Records in the 1920s. He also worked for OKeh Records as Chicago supervisor of the company's "Race" (African-American) Records for most of the decade. During this period he was the producer of the influential Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings led by cornetist (later trumpeter) Louis Armstrong . In the 1930s, Jones performed a similar management role for Decca .
Richard M. Jones worked for Mercury Records until his death in December 1945 in Chicago, at the age of 53. - more at Wikipedia
“Novelty Blues” - Jimmy McLeary, t / Roy Palmer, tb / Omer Simeon, Artie Starks, cl, as / Richard M. Jones, p / Quinn Wilson, bb. (Victor- V38040).
#music #jazz #tangled
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