MAGGIE JONES

                                   

From the Maggie Jones: Complete Recorded Works In Chronological Order Volume 1 (August 1923 To April 1925)...Document Records DOCD-5348

Recorded December 10, 1924, in New York City, NY; Maggie Jones, vocal; Louis Armstrong, cornet; Fletcher Henderson, piano...Originally issued on Columbia 14063-D

Maggie Jones, pianist and vocalist, was born Fae Barnes in Hillsboro, Texas, around 1900. The daughter of sharecroppers, she moved in the early 1920s to New York City, where she began to perform in local clubs. Billed as the "Texas Nightingale," she also worked a circuit of traveling shows for the Theater Owners Booking Association, including performances at the Princess Theater in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. On July 26, 1923, she became one of the earliest female Texas singers to record a song. She recorded two more sides in August and followed those with two more cuts the following month. She continued to record blues for various labels, including Black Swan, Victor, Pathé, and Paramount. Some of her best-known songs are "Undertaker's Blues," "Single Woman's Blues," and "Northbound Blues."

She recorded with several musical legends between 1924 and 1926, including Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson, and Charlie Green, and participated in a touring review in 1928--29. She was frequently forced to earn her living outside the world of music, however, and operated a dress store in New York for a time. In the early 1930s she moved to Dallas and formed her own revue, which performed at such spots as the All-American Cabaret in Fort Worth. In the mid-1930s she disappeared from the music scene and from the written record. ~ James Head, Texas State Historical Association

Photography by E.J. Bellocq

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Gravat 10 desembre 1924, a New York City, NY, Maggie Jones, vocal, Louis Armstrong, corneta, Fletcher Henderson, piano ... Originalment publicat per Columbia 14.063-D

Maggie Jones, pianista i cantant, va néixer Fae Barnes a Hillsboro, Texas, al voltant de 1900. La filla dels parcers, es va traslladar a principis de 1920 a Nova York, on va començar a actuar en clubs locals. Anunciat com el "Rossinyol de Texas", ella també va treballar en un circuit d'espectacles itinerants per la Comunitat de Propietaris de Cinema de reserves Associació, incloent actuacions al Teatre Princesa a Harrisburg, Pennsilvània. El 26 de juliol de 1923, va esdevenir una de les primeres cantants femenines de Texas per gravar una cançó. Va gravar dos costats més a l'agost i va seguir amb els dos talls més el mes següent. Ella va continuar gravant blues per diversos segells, entre ells Cigne Negre, Víctor, Pathé, i Paramount. Algunes de les seves cançons més conegudes són "Undertaker Blues", "Blues sola dona," i "Blues dirigeixen cap al nord."

Va gravar amb diverses llegendes de la música entre 1924 i 1926, entre ells Louis Armstrong, Fletcher Henderson i Green Charlie, i va participar en la revisió de gira el 1928 - 29. Ella es va veure obligada amb freqüència a guanyar-se la vida fora del món de la música, però, i va operar una botiga de roba a Nova York per un temps. A principis de 1930 es va mudar a Dallas i va formar la seva pròpia revista, que es realitza en llocs com ara el Cabaret All-American a Fort Worth. A mitjans de la dècada de 1930 va desaparèixer de l'escena musical i de la prova escrita. ~ James Head, Texas State Historical Association

Fotografia per E.J. Bellocq