Alton "Snooky" Davenport

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Title

Alton "Snooky" Davenport

Description

Drummer Alton “Snooky” Davenport. Davenport studied music at Tuskegee Institute, performed in Fess Whatley’s Birmingham orchestra, and during the Second World War directed the 334th ASF Band at Fort Benning, Georgia. He served as bandmaster at Tuskegee Institute, Texas Southern University, and Wilberforce University.

Spatial Coverage

Alabama
Birmingham (Ala.)

Original Format

Photograph

Citation

“Alton "Snooky" Davenport,” Southern Music Research Center, accessed July 3, 2024, https://southernmusicresearch.org/items/show/606.