Savoy Syncops Orchestra Arthur Briggs - Ich Liebe Dich
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Very rare Clausophon record with Arthur Briggs and his Savoy Syncops Orchestra from 1927 Songs: Ich Liebe Dich ! / Ich hab von ihr geträumt.
Arthur Briggs (April 9, 1899 – July 15, 1991, Paris) was an American Jazz trumpeter and orchestra leader who performed in Europe.Briggs was born in St. George's on the Caribbean island of Grenada on April 9, 1899, the youngest of ten children.[1] He played the trumpet and eventually joined the 369th US Infantry Band, but was too young to travel to Europe during the first World War. Briggs finally traveled to Europe in June 1919 while playing with Will Marion Cook and his Southern Syncopated Orchestra. Admired for his technical virtuosity and clear tone, he worked in the United States and Europe for 10 years before eventually settling in Europe in 1931. He set up a band with Freddy Johnson, and worked with artists all over Europe, including Coleman Hawkins and Django Reinhardt.Briggs was imprisoned during the Nazi occupation of France, he organized a band again when the war ended.In the 1960s, Briggs settled in Chantilly, where he taught music.Actual recordings of Briggs are very rare, but he recorded with both Deutsche Grammophon and Clausophon, extensively throughout the mid-late 1920s.[5]
Briggs was related to tubist Pete Briggs, who recorded with Louis Armstrong.
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