Musicians at Gare des Invalides 1930
George Brashear
Rudolph Dunbar
Rudolph Dunbar later became a noted conductor. There is a short Dunbar interview on his racial problems made in 1962. You can see this short interview in French at the link below:
http://www.euscreen.eu/play.jsp?id=EUS_B96758DCD67749BBAB21228C397C5BC8
Several Paris-based musicians took part in the reception of the colored Gold Star Mothers reception at Gare des Invalides. The identified musicians include some rarely seen musicians.
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George Brashear, trombone
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Tommy Ladnier, trumpet
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Arthur Briggs, trumpet
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Rudolph Dunbar, clarinet
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Ramon Usera tenor sax
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George Warren, tenor sax
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Horace Eubanks, clarinet
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Oliver Tines, drums
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Big Boy Goudie, tenor sax
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Jack Carter, drums
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Rudy Jackson, alto sax
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Benny Peyton, drums
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Eugene Bullard, drums
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Cricket Smith, trumpet
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Wilson Townes, alto sax
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Edward Cole, tuba
The identification can be seen in the document The Gold Star Mothers, available for download below
The Gold Star Mothers (pdf)
Here is a link to the full Gold Star Mothers filmclip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoY7ucCcOeU
and to the short clip with George Brashear, Tommy Ladnier and Arthur Briggs