Richard M. Jones
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. |
Birth and Death Data: Born June 13, 1892, Died December 8, 1945 (Chicago)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1923 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer, leader, lyricist, songwriter, arranger, vocalist, speaker
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Recordings (Results 101-125 of 155 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 62639 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | Away all the time | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 62640 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | The stuff is here | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 62641 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | Strewin' your mess | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 62642 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | Fare Thee honey fare Thee well | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Vocalion | E2630-E2631 | 10-in. | 3/10/1926 | Put me in the alley | The Chicago Hottentots | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Vocalion | E2636-E2637 | 10-in. | 3/11/1926 | Georgia man | Teddy Peters | Female vocal solo, with 2 cornets, banjo, and piano | composer, lyricist | |
Decca | 90323 | 10-in. | 9/13/1935 | Joe Louis chant-2 | Jones' Chicago Cosmopolitans | arranger, leader | ||
Decca | 90324 | 10-in. | 9/13/1935 | Baby O' mine-1 | Jones' Chicago Cosmopolitans | arranger, leader | ||
Decca | 90715 | 10-in. | 5/11/1936 | New Dupree blues | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90716 | 10-in. | 5/11/1936 | Daddy let me lay it on you | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90717 | 10-in. | 5/11/1936 | New hot nuts | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90718 | 10-in. | 5/11/1936 | It must be love | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90719 | 10-in. | 5/12/1936 | I just want your stingaree | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90720 | 10-in. | 5/12/1936 | Black rider | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90721 | 10-in. | 5/12/1936 | I'll keep sittin' on it | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90722 | 10-in. | 5/12/1936 | Pigmeat blues | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90723 | 10-in. | 5/12/1936 | Trouble in mind | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90724 | 10-in. | 5/15/1936 | W.P.A. Blues | Teddy Edwards | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90725 | 10-in. | 5/15/1936 | Louisiana | Teddy Edwards | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90854 | 10-in. | 9/4/1936 | Was I drunk? | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90855 | 10-in. | 9/4/1936 | No second hand woman | Georgia White | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90856 | 10-in. | 9/9/1936 | Gravel in my bed-1 | Red Nelson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90857 | 10-in. | 9/9/1936 | Gambling man | Red Nelson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90858 | 10-in. | 9/9/1936 | The girl I left behind | Red Nelson | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 90859 | 10-in. | 9/9/1936 | Who put these jinx on me? | Red Nelson | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Jones, Richard M.," accessed October 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106200.
Jones, Richard M.. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/106200.
"Jones, Richard M.." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 October 2024.
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