Austin High School Gang
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The Austin High School Gang was a young group of white teenage boys from the suburbs of the west side of Chicago who formed a jazz band in the 1920s that rose to prominence among jazz musicians playing Chicago style.
The members of the Austin High Gang were:
- Jimmy McPartland - cornet
- Dick McPartland - banjo, guitar
- Frank Teschemacher - clarinet
- Bud Freeman - tenor saxophone
- Jim Lannigan - string bass, tuba
- Dave North - piano
- Dave Tough - drums
[edit] External Links
Edward, Charles (1939). The Austin High Gang. Brace & Company - New York. Retrieved on March 27, 2006.
Wang, Richard A.. Austin High Gang. Retrieved on March 27, 2006.