Pete Briggs

Pete Briggs
Born	1904 Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Genres	Jazz
Instrument(s)	Double bass, tuba

Pete Briggs (born 1904, date of death unknown) was an American jazz bass and tuba player.

Briggs was born in

recordings made with Armstrong and his band.

In 1929, Briggs went to New York City, playing there with Armstrong and Dickerson. He joined the Edgar Hayes Orchestra and the Vernon Andrade Orchestra in the 1930s. In the 1940s he played with Herman Autrey in Philadelphia. However, by the latter half of the decade, Briggs had given up music and become a farmer. His date of death is unknown.

References

• Pete Briggs at
  Allmusic