Hartzell Strathdene "Tiny" Parham (February 25, 1900 – April 4, 1943)[1] was a Canadian-born American jazz bandleader and pianist of African-American descent.
[1] He is best remembered for the recordings he made in Chicago between 1927 and 1930 for the Victor Talking Machine Company, as an accompanist for Johnny Dodds and several female blues singers as well as with his own band.
[1] Most of the musicians Parham played with are not well known in their own right, though cornetist Punch Miller, banjoist Papa Charlie Jackson, saxophone player Junie Cobb and bassist Milt Hinton are exceptions.
In 1930, like Jelly Roll Morton, Henry "Red" Allen, and King Oliver, Victor chose not to renew Parham's contact.
The cartoonist R. Crumb included a drawing of Parham in his classic 1982 collection of trading cards and later book Early Jazz Greats.