Brymn, J. Tim, 1881-1946

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Name (Latin)
Brymn, J. Tim, 1881-1946
Other forms of name
Brymn, James T. (James Timothy), 1881-1946
Brymn, Jas. T. (James Timothy), 1881-1946
Brymn, Tim, 1881-1946
Brymn, J. Tim
Date of birth
1881-10-05
Date of death
1946-10-03
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Band directors
Composers
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 44569003
Wikidata: Q6144295
Library of congress: n 95031875
TEC10: 000015592
Sources of Information
  • ASCAP biogr. dict., 1966(Brymn, J. Tim; composer, conductor; b. 10/5/1881, Kinston, NC; d. 10/3/46, New York)
  • African American National Biography, accessed July 06, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Brymn, Tim; James Timothy Brymn; bandleader, songwriter; born 05 October 1881 in Kinston, North Carolina, United States; attended Shaw University and the National Conservatory of Music in New York; teamed up with the lyricist Cecil Mack (Richard McPherson), and they had their first song hit, "Josephine, My Jo"; music director for the successful London run of their musical In Dahomey; music director for the Smart Set traveling shows (1906); conductor of New York's Clef Club Orchestra (1914); career climax in World War I with the band of the 350th Field Artillery Regiment; Black Devils band toured the United States successfully following demobilization (1919); "Aunt Hagar's Children Blues" (1921) is probably his best-known song; leader of a group known as Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four (1923); became manager of the New York office of the publishing house run by Clarence Williams and Armand Piron; died 03 October 1946 in New York, New York, United States)
  • Black secular vocal groups, Volume I, The twenties (1923-1929) [SR] 1997:label (Tim Brymn's Black Devil Four)
  • I need a little sugar in my bowl, 1932:caption (J. Tim Brymn)
  • OCLC, Dec. 9, 1997(hdgs.: Brymn, J. Tim, 1881-1946; Brymn, James Timothy, 1881-1946; Brymn, Tim, 1881-1946; usages: J. Tim Brymn, James T. Brymn, Jas. T. Brymn, Tim Brymn)
  • Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. Black Manhattan, p2003:insert (J. Tim Brymn; born October 5, 1881, Kingston [that is, Kinston], NC, died October 3, 1946, New York City; songwriter, composer, and conductor)
  • The sound of Harlem [SR] 1964:container (Tim Brymn and his Black Devil Orchestra)
  • ULI: Aunt Hagar's blues [music] / words by J. Tim Brymn ; music by W.C. Handy ; arranged by Michael Abene