Biography
Mr. Fernando Jones, Chicago Blues Hall of Famer and Keeping the Blues Alive Award recipient, was recruited to be the founding Blues Ensemble director in 2005 here at 糖心vlog官方入口app (CCC). In 2010, he established Blues Camp International on campus for youths. Between his Blues Kids from Blues Camp International and the CCC Blues Ensemble alumni students that he鈥檚 trained to be 鈥渃areer ready鈥 Jones has single-handedly the next generation of Blues players.
As a Bluesman he has performed all original compositions from Chicago basement parties to the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. to night clubs in Havana, Cuba to festivals in Europe to collegiate institutions in Asia. While here at Columbia, he has collaborated with other departments on interdisciplinary projects that have included animation, creative writing, digital music making and more.
Jones, the academic, authored I Was There When The Blues Was Red Hot and has been published in the scholarly Journal of Popular Music Studies. Jones also has an archive in here, too, in the Center for Black Music Research.
To his songwriting credits, The Jona's Blues Band of Rome recorded a tribute album of all Fernando Jones songs. One of his songs, 鈥淲orld Dance/Hiplet鈥 was featured in a TedTalk; his song 鈥淐hicago (Has Got Everything You Need)鈥 was used to kick-off the Ryder Cup.
Courses Taught:鈥 32-1628 The Chicago Blues Scene: From the Past to Preservation鈥 32-1881 Blues Ensemble: Styles鈥 32-2885 Blues Ensemble: Performance鈥 32-1629J The Blues: Chicago to the Mississippi Delta鈥 Private Blues Guitar and Bass LessonsContact Mr. Jones:FJones@Colum.eduFernandoJones.comBluesKids.com
Degrees
B.A., Design University of Illinois Chicago 1987