American blues singer and pianist (and occasionally guitarist), born August 18, 1906 in Naples, Cass County, Texas, died of heart failure September 11, 1971 in Munich, Germany.
He moved to Chicago in 1936, recorded extensively there 1937-1941 and again in 1953, and made albums for / 1960, 1962, British 1963 and 1968. From 1962 he lived and worked in various European countries (with a spell in Casablanca, Morocco, in 1965-1966).
Name Vars
- C. Jones
- C.Jones
- Curry
- Curtis
- Curtis Jones (The Texas Wonder)
- Jones