CURTIS JONES

   CURTIS JONES nació en NAPLES , Texas, y a pesar de que se le conoce como pianista su primer instrumento fué la guitarra , fué al mudarse a Dallas cuando se empezó a interesarse por el piano. Finalmente recaló en Chicago grabando varios discos para el sello Vocalion en 1937 , posteriormente cambiaría de casa de discos pasándose a Bluebird en 1940 , que le grabaría una  una extraordinaria sesión con Jazz Gillum , prosiguió su carrera actuando en pubs y bares de Chicago volviendo a grabar de nuevo esta vez para el sello Prestige/Bluesville de New York . Hizo varias giras por Europa , recalando en Francia antes de grabar finalmente para el sello Atlantic. Con anterioridad a todo ello había estado retirado durante bastante tiempo., luego de su vuelta y a pesar de gestionar su actividad con muy buenas intenciones su regreso  no le acabó de satisfacer, acabando sus días en 1971 en la ciudad de Munich , Su legado ahí está , una forma personal de entender el Blues, y alguna pieza propia de Boogie-Woogie ciertamente  original. 

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Curtis Jones (August 18, 1906 – September 11, 1971) was an American blues pianist.

Jones was born in Naples, Texas, United States, and played guitar whilst young but switched to piano after a move to Dallas. He often played guitar on one or two songs on his albums and at live performances.] In 1936 he relocated to Chicago, where he recorded between 1937 and 1941 on Vocalion, Bluebird, and OKeh. Among his best-known tunes from these recordings were the hit "Lonesome Bedroom Blues" and the song "Tin Pan Alley" His "Decoration Blues" though unissued at the time, was recorded by Sonny Boy Williamson I in 1938. World War II interrupted his recording career, which he did not resume until 1953, when a single of his, "Wrong Blues"/"Cool Playing Blues", was released on Parrot, featuring L. C. McKinley on guitar.

Jones's first full-length album appeared in 1960 on Bluesville, by which time he had become a noted performer on the Chicago folk music scene. A solo album was released in 1962, by which time Jones had moved to Europe. He lived there and in Morocco for the rest of his life. He made further albums in the UK, including one in 1968 that featured Alexis Korner on guitar.

One of Jones' songs, "Highway 51", was included on Bob Dylan's 1962 debut album, Bob Dylan.

Jones died of heart failure in Munich in 1971, at the age of 65.