Charles Phillip Tilghman

Charles Phillip Tilghman was the founder of the Sphinx Club, a major Baltimore jazz venue one of the first African American-owned nightclubs in the country. Tilghman ran the Sphinx Club until he died in 1988, and the Club shut down in 1992.

References

Baltimore Jazz
Bird, Christiane (2001). The Da Capo Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S. Da Capo Press. p. 211. ISBN 0-306-81034-4.

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