Biography

Formed in Birmingham, Alabama, the Dunham Jazz & Jubilee Singers were trained and led by Charles Alfred "Son" Dunham, a skilled vocalist, director, and arranger who was born in Selma in 1890 and moved to Westfield near Birmingham in 1920. Working with bass vocalist Leon Patrick, Dunham exerted a major influence on the development of quartet singing throughout the region during the 1920s. He is remembered as a fine lead singer with a broad range who was capable of demonstrating a... Read more