Charles Phillip Tilghman

Charles Phillip Tilghman was the founder of the Sphinx Club, a major Baltimore jazz venue one of the first African American-owned nightclubs in the country. Tilghman ran the Sphinx Club until he died in 1988, and the Club shut down in 1992.

References

• Baltimore Jazz
• Bird, Christiane (2001). The Da Capo Jazz and Blues Lover's Guide to the U.S. Da Capo Press. p. 211. ISBN 0-306-81034-4.