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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