Timeline: 1907
Brewers Band was organized by German musician and carpenter Otto Schaeder at 200 block of North Ash Street. It was an African American marching band that played for local events, and the training ground for many of the first Jazz musicians that came out of the Twin Cities. Members included the Hite Brothers, Raymond Scott, Cecil Pope, Raymond Hinds, “Fay” Hines.

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