Curtis Mosby led a busy life as a promoter, drummer, bandleader and club owner, during the 1920’s in California. He had his own band in 1921 and also recorded with Mamie Smith’s Jazz Hounds between 1922 and 1923. He moved to Los Angles from Oakland, California. He is known to have recorded later for Columbia, between 1927 and 1929. The promotion for his appearance at Solomon’s Dance Pavilion was placed in the September 9, 1925 edition of Variety.