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The Washington Jazz Band, a family band which performed in Southern Ontario dance halls and included national celebrity Jackie Washington (1930s).
NOTE: Resources containing hyperlinks to online materials are highlighted in Bold font
“Black Artists in Hamilton: Interviews by Jojo Chintoh.” Building Cultural Legacies Hamilton.
“Black History Month: Who Were the Jubilee Singers.” (2014). Olive Tree Genealogy.
“Home”. (2021). Harrison Kennedy.
“Jackie Washington.” (2011) Canadian Encyclopedia.
“Roger Ferreira.” Building Cultural Legacies Hamilton.
“Thomas J. Holland is Called to Rest: Was Last Surviving Member of the Noted O’Bannyon (sic) Jubilee Singers.” Hamilton Herald, June 11, 1928.
[GitarCarl]. (2010). Jackie Washington - 1991 Toronto pt 3 - Roll Me Baby. [Video]. YouTube.
[GitarCarl]. (2010). Jackie Washington - 1991 Toronto pt 4 - Young Man’s Blues. [Video]. YouTube.
Aaron Parry. (2021). Deeply Rooted: A Hamilton Black History Activity Book. Afro Canadian Caribbean Association.
Al-X. (1995). “Hamilton’s First Family of Jazz and Blues,” View, 9.
Archives: Jackie Washington. McMaster Libraries.
Cohen, Ari A. [Director]. (2006). I Want to Be Happy: The Jackie Washington Story [Documentary].
Graham Rockingham. “Jackie Washington, 89: Hamilton jazz icon.” Toronto Star, June 30, 2009.
Hamilton Public Library Local History and Archives. (2009). Washington, Jackie: scrapbook. Hamilton Public Library. [link to resource in the Hamilton Public Library Catalogue - https://hpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S125C436059]
Jackie Washington. (1981). Jackie Washington. Hamilton, ON. [link to resource in the Hamilton Public Library Catalogue - https://hpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S125C2413]
Jackie Washington. (1995). Keeping Out of Mischief / Jackie Washington [Music CD]. Borealis. [link to resource in the Hamilton Public Library Catalogue - https://hpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S125C492760]
Jackie Washington. (1998). Midnight choo choo / Jackie Washington [Music CD]. Borealis. [link to resource in the Hamilton Public Library Catalogue - https://hpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S125C485904]
Jackie Washington. (1999). We’ll meet again: Live in concert recordings / Jackie Washington, Mose Scarlett, Ken Whiteley [Music CD]. Borealis. [link to resource in the Hamilton Public Library Catalogue - https://hpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S125C492761]
James Strecker. (1988). Talks with Jackie Washington. Image Publishing. [link to resource in the Hamilton Public Library Catalogue - https://hpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S125C7669]
Mark McNeil. “The Legend of the Washingtons,” Hamilton Spectator, March 28, 1987.