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Biography
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Arthur Briggs
Effective period / Period of releases: 1934 - 1935
British Caribbean jazz trumpeter and orchestra leader who performed in Europe.Born: April 9, 1901 in St. George's, Grenada.
Died: July 15, 1991 in Chantilly, Paris, France.
He joined Will Marion Cook's Southern Syncopated Orchestra in 1919 which toured Europe. After surviving a Nazi concentration camp (because he was black) he played mainly in France.