Pete Briggs
Pete Briggs (born 1904, date of death unknown) was an American jazz bass and tuba player. Briggs was born in Charleston, South Carolina and was related to bandleader Arthur Briggs. He first played professionally in the early 1920s with the Jim Jam Jazzers, and soon after played with the Lucky Boy Minstrels. In 1926 he moved to Chicago, playing with Carroll Dickerson, Jimmie Noone, and Louis Armstrong, with whom he recorded copiously. Briggs appears on many of the Hot Seven recordings made with Armstrong and his band. In 1929, Briggs went to New York City, playing there with Armstrong and Dickerson. He joined the Edgar Hayes Orchestra and the Vernon Andrade Orchestra in the 1930s. In the 1940s he played with Herman Autrey in Philadelphia. However, by the latter half of the decade, Briggs had given up music and become a farmer. His date of death is unknown. |
Birth and Death Data: Born 1904 (Charleston)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: tuba, string bass
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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OKeh | W402534 | 10-in. | 7/19/1929 | Ain't misbehavin' | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W402535 | 10-in. | 7/22/1929 | (What did I do to be so) Black and blue | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W402540 | 10-in. | 7/19/1929 | That rhythm man | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W402541 | 10-in. | 7/19/1929 | Sweet Savannah Sue | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W402923 | 10-in. | 9/10/1929 | Some of these days | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W402924 | 10-in. | 9/11/1929 | When you're smiling (The whole world smiles with you) | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W402943 | 10-in. | 9/10/1929 | Some of these days | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W402947 | 10-in. | 9/11/1929 | When you're smiling (The whole world smiles with you) | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W403454 | 10-in. | 11/26/1929 | After you've gone | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, tuba | |
OKeh | W490005 | 10-in. | 11/26/1929 | After you've gone | Louis Armstrong Orchestra | Jazz/dance band | instrumentalist, tuba |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Briggs, Pete," accessed November 5, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107109.
Briggs, Pete. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 5, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/107109.
"Briggs, Pete." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 5 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Briggs, Pete - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94070715
Wikidata: Pete Briggs - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q119925
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/6626840
MusicBrainz: Pete Briggs - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b46e6ef5-0620-44a0-88e2-a2badb2ab203
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