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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.

ALBUMS


Arthur Briggs
Hot Trumpet In Europe 1927/1933
1995, CD, Comp, RM, EPM Musique, Jazz Archives (2),
Coleman Hawkins Avec L'Orchestre Michel Warlop* Et Arthur Briggs / Coleman Hawkins
Avalon / Star Dust
1935
Coleman Hawkins Avec L'Orchestre Michel Warlop* Et Arthur Briggs
Blue Moon / What A Difference A Day Made
1935
Coleman Hawkins With Orchestra Michel Warlop* And Arthur Briggs
Avalon / Blue Moon
1935, ,
Swing
Freddy Johnson And His Harlemites Featuring Arthur Briggs
Sweet Madness / Harlem Bound
1934, Shellac, 10", Decca
Freddy Johnson And His Harlemites Featuring Arthur Briggs
I Got Rhythm / Tiger Rag
1934
Freddy Johnson And His Harlemites Featuring Arthur Briggs
Sweet Madness / Harlem Bound
1933, Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Noble Sissle, Arthur Briggs
Jazz' Legend
7", EP, Jazz' Legend
Freddy Johnson (5) Et Arthur Briggs
Grabbin' Blues / Japanese Sandman
Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Freddy Johnson And His Orchestra* Avec Arthur Briggs Et "Big Boy" Goodie*, Spencer Williams
Sing About The Swanee / My Baby's Gone
Shellac, 10", Brunswick
Coleman Hawkins with Orch.Michel Warlop* & Arthur Briggs / Paul Whiteman And His Orchestra
What A Difference A Day Made / Darktown Strutter Ball
Shellac, 10", His Master's Voice
Arthur Briggs And His Orchestra
Scatterbrain / My Melancholy Baby
1940, Shellac, 10", Swing (3), ,
Swing
Blue Star Swing Band
Blues For Sale / I Got Rhythm
Shellac, 10", Blue Star

APPEARANCES +


Django Reinhardt
5 Albums Originaux
2014, CD, Comp, RE + CD, Comp, RE + CD, Comp, RE + CD, C, Parlophone, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Tango/Swing
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt On Vogue (Complete Edition (1934-1951))
2012, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Vogue, Sony Music, Legacy, ,
Latin Jazz
Louis Armstrong
Jazz In Paris - Louis Armstrong - A French Love Affair
2010, 3xCD, Album, Comp, RM, 10t, EmArcy, Universal Music France, ,
Swing/Dixieland
Django Reinhardt
Intégrale Django Reinhardt L'édition Du Centenaire Saison 1: The Complete Django Reinhardt (1928-1938)
2009, 14xCD, Comp + Box, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Easy Listening/Swing
Django Reinhardt
Manoir De Ses Reves
2009, 26xCD + Box, Le Chant Du Monde, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing
Django Reinhardt
Intégrale Django Reinhardt Saison 2: The Complete Django Reinhardt (1938-1947)
2009, 14xCD, Comp + Box, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Easy Listening/Swing
Django Reinhardt
The Swing Sessions Volume 4
2007, CD, Comp, Frog (7), ,
Swing/Bop/Hard Bop
Coleman Hawkins
The Essential Sides Remastered 1929 - 1939
2006, 4xCD, Comp, RM, JSP Records, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing/Big Band
Django Reinhardt
Pour Que Ma Vie Demeure
2005, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing/Easy Listening
Django Reinhardt
The Best Of Django Reinhardt
2005, ,
Gypsy Jazz
Various
Swing De Paris (1922-1951)
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Bop/Dixieland/Swing
Various
Jazz In Paris, Vol. 2: Montmartre (1924–1939)
2004, 3xCD, Comp, Gitanes Jazz Productions
Django Reinhardt - Michel Warlop
Two Of A Kind
2003, CD, Comp, Saga, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing
Django Reinhardt
40 Titres D'Anthologie
2003, 2xCD, Comp, Mono, Copy Prot., EMI, Swing (3), Capitol Records, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing/Big Band
Django Reinhardt
In Memoriam 1908-1954
2002, CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM, Pap, BMG Funhouse, Inc.
Django Reinhardt
In Memoriam 1908-1954
2002, CD, Comp, Mono, Promo, RE, RM, Pap, BMG Funhouse, Inc., ,
Gypsy Jazz
Various
Dr. Jazz Collection - Swing - Hot Club Parade - Swing Im Besetzten Paris (1939 Bis 1943)
2001, CD, Comp, Mono, Jube, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing
Django Reinhardt
All Star Sessions
2001
Various
Louis Armstrong And Friends
2001, CD Digipak, ,
Swing
Various
1935
2000, CD, Comp, Jazz Magazine (2),
Eddie South
Black Gypsy (The Complete Victor, Gramophone, And ARC Recordings, 1927-1934)
2000, CD, Comp, Frog (7),
Django Reinhardt
Chronological Vol. 2
2000, CD, Comp, RM, JSP Records
Sidney Bechet
Ken Burns Jazz
2000, CD, ,
Big Band/Dixieland
Django Reinhardt
Djangology - Vol. 1: 1934-1935
2000
Django Reinhardt
The Classic Early Recordings In Chronological Order
2000, 5x CD, Box Set, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing
Django Reinhardt
H.C.Q.-Strut
1998, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Swing
Django Reinhardt Accompanying Various
Django With His American Friends
1998, 3xCD, Comp, DRG Records, ,
Swing/Gypsy Jazz
Various
Ragtime To Jazz 2 - 1916-1922
1997, CD, Comp, RM, Timeless Records (3), ,
Ragtime/Early
Django Reinhardt
Djangology
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing
Django Reinhardt
I Saw Stars
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing/Easy Listening
Various
Le Front Populaire
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Frémeaux & Associés, ,
Chanson
Django Reinhardt
Selection Of Django Reinhardt
1996, 2xCD, Comp, Gol, Gold Sound
Coleman Hawkins
'Body And Soul'
1995, CD, Comp, RM, Orbis, ,
Swing
Coleman Hawkins
Jazz & Blues Collection
1995, CD, Comp, RM, Editions Atlas,
Coleman Hawkins
Jazz & Blues Collection
1995, CD, Comp, RE, RM, Mail Order Services,
Freddy Johnson And His Orchestra*
1933-1939
1995
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli featuring The Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France* and Larry Adler
Django!
1994, CD, Comp, Conifer, ,
Swing
Coleman Hawkins
Song Of The Hawk
1994, CD, Album, Comp, Mono, Flapper,
Coleman Hawkins
The Hawk Takes Flight
1993, ,
Big Band/Swing
Django Reinhardt
1935
1993, CD, ,
Swing/Gypsy Jazz
Bill Coleman
Bill Coleman In Paris - Vol. 1 (1936-1938)
1992, CD, Comp, EMI France, ,
Swing/Big Band
Coleman Hawkins
1934-1937
1991
Various
Black Jazz In Europe - Vol. 1 - 1926-1930
1990, CD, Comp, EMI France, ,
Swing/Big Band
Various
Americans In Paris - Vol. 1 - 1918-1935
1989, CD, Comp, Mono, EMI, ,
Dixieland/Swing/Big Band/Ragtime
Coleman Hawkins
The Hawk In Europe: 1934-1937
1988, Vinyl, ,
Swing
Various
Jazz And Hot Dance In Hungary 1912-1949
1984, LP, Comp, Mono, Harlequin
Bill Coleman
Tome 1 1935-1937
1984, LP, Comp, Mono, Pathé, ,
Swing
Quintette Du Hot Club De France, Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt
Les Enregistrements Ultraphone
1984, 2x Vinyl Gatefold, ,
Swing
Various
AIE - Americans In Europe Volume 2 - 1931/1938
1983, LP, Comp, Tax, ,
Swing
Willie Lewis And His Entertainers*
Paris 1935-1937
1983, LP, Comp, Pathé, Pathé
Various
Black Bands In Paris 1929-1930
1983, LP, Comp, RE, Pathé, Pathé, ,
Swing
Django Reinhardt
Djangologie Volume 1-20
1981, 20x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing
Django Reinhardt
Djangologie 9 (1939-1940)
1978, Vinyl, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Swing
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt: Volume IV
1976, Vinyl, ,
Gypsy Jazz
Various
The Golden Age Of British Dance Bands
1975, 7x Vinyl, Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Big Band/Swing
Django Reinhardt
Django 1935 - Les Premiers Enregistrements Du Quintette Du H.C.F.
1973, Vinyl, ,
Gypsy Jazz
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt And The American Jazz Giants
1971, LP, Comp, RE, RM, Van, Prestige, Prestige
Django Reinhardt
Die Andere Saite
1970
Django Reinhardt
Djangologie 1
1970, ,
Gypsy Jazz/Tango/Swing
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt And The American Jazz Giants
1969, Vinyl, ,
Swing
Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France*
First Recordings! Quintet Of The Hot Club Of France
1969
Various
The Golden Book Of Classic Swing Vol. 1
1965, LP, Comp, Mono, RE, Brunswick, Brunswick
Paul Chapelle
Plays And Sings
1964, 7", EP, DMF
Django Reinhardt
Django Reinhardt 2
1955
Django Reinhardt
In Memoriam 1908-1954
1955, 3x Vinyl, ,
Gypsy Jazz
Arthur Briggs Et Son "Society Dance Orchestra"*
Mambo B / Macaco
1954, Shellac, 10", Pathé
Orchestre E. Léardée*
Macaco / Samba Do Brazil
1954, Shellac, 10", Radium (6)
Quintette Of The Hot Club Of France*
Avalon / Smoke Rings
1940, Shellac, 10", Varsity
John Abriani's Six
Just Once Again / My Regular Girl
1928, Shellac, 10", Homocord, Homocord, Homocord
Arthur Briggs And His Savoy Syncop's Orchestra*
Song Of The Wanderer (Wanderers Lied) / Halleluja
1927, Shellac, 10", Grammophon, Die Stimme Seines Herrn
Odeon-Tanz-Orchester* / Tanz-Orchester Dajos Béla
Banana's Slide (Augustin, Komm' Nach Berlin) / Heebie Jeebies
1927, Shellac, 10", Odeon,
Savoy Syncops Orchestra Arthur Briggs*
Ich Liebe Dich! / Ich Hab Von Ihr Geträumt
1927, Shellac, 10", Clausophon
Arthur Briggs And His Savoy Syncop's Orchestra*
Ain't She Sweet? / It All Depends On You
1927, Shellac, 10", Grammophon, Die Stimme Seines Herrn
Arthur Briggs And His Savoy Syncop's Orchestra*
Since I Found You / I'm Coming, Virginia
1927, Shellac, 10", Grammophon, Die Stimme Seines Herrn
Arthur Briggs' Savoy Syncops Orchestra*
Me And My Shadow / Are You Happy?
1927, Shellac, 10", Polydor
Arthur Briggs And His Savoy Syncop's Orchestra*
Ain't She Sweet? / Take Your Finger Out Of Your Mouth
1927, Shellac,
Louisiana Five Jazz Orchestra* / Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band
I Ain't 'En Got'En No Time To Have The Blues / Slide, Kelly, Slide
1919, Shellac IX,
Arthur Briggs Et Son Orchestre*
Braggin' The Briggs
Shellac, 10", Swing (3)
Eddie Barclay And His Orchestra*
I'll Walk Alone / A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
Aimé Barelli Et Son Orchestre, Henri Rossotti Et Son Orchestre, Arthur Briggs Et Son Orchestre*
Cocktail De Danses
Various
AIE (Americans In Europe 1933/1938)
Django Reinhardt
Django Rhythm 1935-37
,
Swing
Coleman Hawkins & Benny Carter
Coleman Hawkins & Benny Carter
Django Reinhardt
Les Premiers Enregistrements Du Quintette Du Hot Club Of France
Various
Black Europe - The Sounds And Images Of Black People In Europe Pre-1927
2013, 45xCD, Comp, Dlx, Ltd, Box, Bear Family Records
Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli
The Very Best Of Django Reinhardt & Stéphane Grappelli
2011, 5xCD, Comp, Wagram Music
Various
Jazz In Paris : Montmartre CD I : L'âge D'Or
2004, CD, Comp, Universal Music Jazz France
Various
Die Susie Bläst Das Saxophon : Hot Dance In Berlin 1924-1932
1996, CD, Comp, Bob's Music
Quintette Du Hot Club De France, Stéphane Grappelli, Django Reinhardt
Les Enregistrements Ultraphone
1984, 2x Vinyl, ,
Swing