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    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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  • 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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  • an early jazz trumpeter who also did blues. He started with the Jenkins Orphanage band. He was first recorded professionally in 1919. In the 1920s he worked...
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  • Freddie Jenkins (October 10, 1906 – 1978) was an American jazz trumpeter. He was born in New York City, United States. Jenkins played in the Jenkins Orphanage...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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