Chink Abraham, better known as Chink Martin (June 10, 1886, New Orleans - January 7, 1981, New Orleans) was an American jazz

Jazz

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 tubist.

Martin played guitar in his youth before settling on tuba. He played with Papa Jack Laine

Papa Jack Laine

George Vital "Papa Jack" Laine was a pioneering band leader in New Orleans in the years from the Spanish-American War to World War I....

's Reliance Brass Band around 1910, and worked in various other brass band

Brass band

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s in the city in the 1910s. In 1923, he traveled to Chicago

Chicago

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 and played with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings

New Orleans Rhythm Kings

The New Orleans Rhythm Kings were one of the most influential jazz bands of the early-to-mid 1920s. The band was a combination of New Orleans and Chicago musicians who helped shape Chicago Jazz and influenced many younger jazz musicians....

, as well as with the Halfway House Orchestra, the New Orleans Harmony Kings, and the New Orleans Swing Kings. In the 1930s, Martin worked as a staff musician at WSMB radio. He continued to play tuba for his entire career, though he also picked up double-bass (like many tubists) from the 1930s onward. He played with dozens of noted New Orleans jazz

New Orleans Jazz

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 musicians, appearing on record with Sharkey Bonano

Sharkey Bonano

Joseph "Sharkey" Bonano was a jazz trumpeter, band leader, and vocalist....

, Santo Pecora

Santo Pecora

Santo Pecoraro, better known as Santo Pecora was an American jazz trombonist known for his longtime association with the New Orleans jazz scene....

, Pete Fountain

Pete Fountain

Pete Fountain , is an American clarinetist based in New Orleans. He has played jazz, Dixieland and Creole music.-Early life and education:...

, Al Hirt

Al Hirt

Al Hirt was an American trumpeter and bandleader. He is best remembered for his million selling recordings of "Java", and the accompanying album, Honey in the Horn . His nicknames included 'Jumbo' and 'The Round Mound of Sound'...

, and others, and released one album under his own name on Southland Records

Southland Records

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 in 1963.

Martin's son, Martin "Little Chink" Abraham, is a jazz bassist.