Alton Adams

Biography

Alton Augustus Adams, Sr. (November 4, 1889 – November 23, 1987) was an American from the US Virgin Islands who is remembered primarily as the first black bandmaster in the United States Navy (beginning 1917). His music was performed by the bands of John Philip Sousa and Edwin Franko Goldman and his march "The Governor's Own" (1921) appears as the first selection on the bicentennial album Pride of America, released by New World Records.

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