Jones, Willie

Jones, Willie William Martin Jones, 21 February 1920; Vicksburg, MS – 31 December 1977; Chicago, IL Chicago jazz pianist and session musician of the post– World War II era . Beginning in 1945, Jones regularly played Chicago jazz clubs heading his own combo and worked as a backing musician on jazz, blues, and R&B recording dates. Jones played in a fast locked-hand style, with frequent dissonances. His one recording date under his own name, for Vee-Jay in 1954, was with his band associates—Betty…