Jones, Richard M.

Richard M. Jones Blues pianist and songwriter Richard Mariney Jones, Donaldsonville, Louisiana, June 13, 1892; Chicago, Illinois, December 8, 1945. As a teen, Jones played primarily wind instruments in New Orleans, working with the Eureka Brass Band around 1902, then switched to piano. He worked out of New Orleans as a pianist and bandleader until coming to Chicago in 1918, where he played with a number of different bands and also worked as a talent scout for Okeh Records, which was active in…