Charles Phillip Tilghman (April 29, 1911 - July 11, 1988)[1] 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
edit- ^ "Charles P Tilghman". Fold3. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- Baltimore Jazz
- Bird, Christiane (2001). The Da Capo Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S.. Da Capo Press. pp. 211. ISBN 0-306-81034-4.