From wikipedia…
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.
Louis Armstrong c, v / John Thomas tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Armstrong p / Johnny St. Cyr bj, g / Pete Briggs bb / Baby Dodds d.
Recorded in Chicago on May 11 & 13, 1927.
Louis Armstrong c, v / John Thomas tb / Johnny Dodds cl / Lil Armstrong p / Johnny St. Cyr bj, g / Pete Briggs bb / Baby Dodds d.
Recorded in Chicago on May 11 & 13, 1927.
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