Jazz research on the Internet: a continuing saga
Drummer and bandleader. Thomas Henry Myles born February 11, 1900 in Washington, D.C.; died October 21, 1945 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Played with Claude Hopkins in Atlantic City, N.J. in 1925. Was residing in Newark, N.J. in 1930.
Myles was a member of the White Brothers orchestra and later assumed its leadership.
Bassist and tubist. William Anderson Taylor, Sr. born April 3, 1905 [according to death certificate] in Washington, D.C.; died September 1, 1986 in Fairfax, Virginia.
Father of bassist Billy Taylor, Jr. No relation to pianist Dr. Billy Taylor. For much of his career he was known simply as Billy Taylor.
3135 K St., NW
1926-
Opened January 20, 1939. Public auction February 19, 1940.
J. Randolph Bramson, musical manager (1926).
Don Dickerman, owner (1939)
Subsequently , , .
2001 11th St., NW
Night Club Bohemia opened October 29, 1926 featuring Claude Hopkins. – PC 10/6/26 p.6
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Opened 1922.
“The Lincoln Colonnade was a dance hall under the Lincoln Theatre on U Street.” – https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1988/02/21/cecelia-scott/9d293d9b-3bf0-47ff-8e61-ed1c27b37bff/?utm_term=.9646d3a1fa69
Co-managers J. Marcus E. ‘Dizzy’ Vance, Jr. and William A. Graves (1929-1944)