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A. Jack Thomas

1884–1962

United States

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Alfred Jack Thomas (April 16, 1884 – April 19, 1962) was an American conductor from Baltimore, hired to work with the city's municipal music performance groups. He had also been one of the first African American bandleaders in the Army, and was director of the music department at Morgan College. He also founded the Aeolian Conservatory of Music in Baltimore.

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