JARBORO, CATERINA

JARBORO, CATERINA. (née CATHERINE YARBOROUGH). Concert singer (24 July 1903 in Wilmington, North Carolina). She received her musical training in Catholic schools of Wilmington, North Carolina, and at the Gregory Normal School. About 1916 she went to New York to further her study of music. She became involved with the theater and began singing professionally in Broadway musicals, including the James (Eubie) Blake/ Noble Sissle Shuffle Along (1921) and James P. Johnson's Running...