Bernard Addison was a jazz guitarist who began as a banjo player in the 1920s. He became interested in banjo when he moved to Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 in his youth. In 1930 he switched to guitar to fill in for a Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....

's guitarist. He would also work with Jelly Roll Morton

Jelly Roll Morton

Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe , known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer....

 and the Mills Brothers

Mills Brothers

The Mills Brothers, sometimes billed as The Four Mills Brothers, were an American jazz and pop vocal quartet of the 20th century who made more than 2,000 recordings that combined sold more than 50 million copies, and garnered at least three dozen gold records...

. In 1935 he did what might be his most noted song, "Toledo Shuffle", with Freddie Jenkins

Freddie Jenkins

Freddie "Posey" Jenkins was an American jazz trumpeter.Jenkins played in the Jenkins Orphanage Band when young, and attended Wilberforce University. following this he played with Edgar Hayes and Horace Henderson before taking a position in Duke Ellington's Orchestra in 1928...

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