New Orleans Hop Scop Blues - Music

Richard M. Jones A.K.A. Richard Marigny Jones 13 June 1892 - 8 December 1945 Was A Jazz Pianist Composer Band Leader And Record Producer. 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. He Worked As Chicago Manager For Publisher 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. In The 1930s He Played A Similar Role For Decca. Richard M. Jones Worked For Mercury Records Until His Death. read less