The Jenkins Orphanage, now officially known as the Jenkins Institute For Children, was established in 1891 by Rev. Daniel Joseph Jenkins in Charleston...
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Music in Charleston (section The Jenkins Orphanage)
alumni from the Jenkins Orphanage band who became professional musicians in some of the best bands of the day. The Jenkins Orphanage Band also played on...
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Daniel Joseph Jenkins, had set up and ran the Jenkins Orphanage, which became internationally well-known for its wind band. Edmund Jenkins studied clarinet...
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musicians. Orphanages around the country began to develop brass bands in the wake of the Jenkins Orphanage Band's success. As many as five bands were on...
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known for its contributions to child welfare in the area and the Jenkins Orphanage Band. The Park Circle Film Society is a nonprofit art house theater that...
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Washington by Jabari Asim (2013) Hey Charleston!: The True Story of the Jenkins Orphanage Band by Anne Rockwell (2014) Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and...
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Meet Me in St. Louis, An American in Paris, The Bad and the Beautiful, The Band Wagon, Gigi King Vidor: The Big Parade, The Crowd, Show People, Hallelujah...
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an orphan in Charleston, South Carolina, where he played in the Jenkins Orphanage band in his teens in addition to traveling with minstrel shows and traveling...
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in New York City, United States on October 10, 1906. Jenkins played in the Jenkins Orphanage Band when young, and attended Wilberforce University. At Wilberforce...
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Pickers (1978), ISBN 0-9501290-1-1 A Jazz Nursery – The Story of Jenkins Orphanage Band (1980), ISBN 0-9501290-2-X Teach Yourself Jazz (1979), ISBN 0-340-23847-X...
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