Clarence M. Jones (August 15, 1889 – June 1, 1949)[1] was an American pianist and composer who worked in jazz, ragtime, and other popular music genres.
In the early 1910s, he moved to Chicago and set up his own publishing studio, writing compositions and creating piano rolls.
In 1927, the group moved to the Metropolitan Theater and took the names Syncopators and Hot Papas; while resident there, his soloists included Louis Armstrong and J. Wright Smith.
Jones recorded jazz between 1923 and 1928, including as a solo pianist for Autograph and backing Monette Moore and Ollie Powers on Paramount.
Jones died at the age of 59 in June 1949 in New York, but was buried back home in Wilmington's Sugar Grove Cemetery.