10 Facts About Curtis Mosby

Curtis J Mosby was an American jazz drummer, bandleader, and businessman.

Curtis Mosby then moved to California early in the 1920s, where he opened a record store and then toured with Mamie Smith.

Curtis Mosby led a band called the Blue Blowers in California and appeared with them in the 1929 film Music Hath Harms.

Curtis Mosby took an extended residency in 1924 at Solomon's Dance Pavilion in Los Angeles; this ensemble recorded privately, and some of these cuts have survived.

Curtis Mosby opened his own nightclub, the Apex, in 1928, and his band appeared in the films Thunderbolt and King Vidor's Hallelujah the next year.

Curtis Mosby opened another club in San Francisco at the end of 1930.

Curtis Mosby went bankrupt in 1931, and moved to San Francisco.

Curtis Mosby eventually has his 15 piece band as part of the production after reviews made suggestion.

Curtis Mosby was jailed for tax evasion from 1947 to 1949 and lost control of his clubs; after serving his time, he reopened some of them and then permanently moved to San Francisco.

Curtis Mosby declared bankruptcy in the late 1940s, but he had hidden the part ownership of Club Alabam and other assets from the creditors and bankruptcy court.