Anton Lada

Anton Lada (September 25, 1890 – August 28, 1944)[1] was a ragtime, jazz and dance musician.

He is credited as co-composer of a number of tunes with Spencer Williams, most successfully the "Arkansas Blues".

After the breakup of his first Louisiana Five, he formed a series of his own bands before launching a new "Original Louisiana Five" band and moving to Hollywood to do film scores.

[5] Lada was born in Prague in the Kingdom of Bohemia and moved with his family to Chicago as a child.

[5] Lada formed various bands and made recordings with them.