Curtis Jones

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

Biography Jones was born in Naples, Texas, 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".

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

Discography Trouble Blues (Bluesville, 1960) Lonesome Bedroom Blues (Delmark, 1962) Americans in Europe Vol. 2 (Impulse!, 1963) In London (Decca, 1964) Now Resident in Europe (Blue Horizon, 1968) Blues and Trouble (Oldie Blues OL 2824, 1980)