William Henry "Chick" Webb (February 10, 1905 – June 16, 1939) was an American jazz and swing music drummer and band leader. Webb was born in Baltimore...
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recording "I'll Chase the Blues Away" with the Chick Webb Orchestra. Fitzgerald continued recording with Webb until his death in 1939, after which the group...
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Music Corp. in the same year. One of the first recordings was in 1937, by Chick Webb and his Orchestra with vocal by Louis Jordan. A (very) brief MP3 excerpt...
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/ Chick Webb Orchestra". Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved 2023-02-04. "Decca matrix 64576. I found my yellow basket / Chick Webb...
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tumultuous adolescence, Fitzgerald found stability in musical success with the Chick Webb Orchestra, performing across the country but most often associated with...
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Massachusetts, where, with the help of such music drumming stars as Chick Webb and Gene Krupa, Avedis and Armand revolutionized the cymbal business by...
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(George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) "Stompin' at the Savoy" (Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, Andy Razaf) "But Not for Me" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin)...
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after joining the Chick Webb Orchestra in 1936, propelled the band to great popularity and the band continued under her name after Webb's death in 1939....
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New York City. Although the song is often credited to Benny Goodman, Chick Webb, Edgar Sampson, and Andy Razaf, it was written and arranged by Sampson...
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Williams and briefly was a member of the Stuff Smith orchestra. With the Chick Webb orchestra he sang and played alto saxophone. In 1938 he started a band...
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and Fletcher Henderson. In 1934, Sampson joined the Chick Webb band. It during his period with Webb that Sampson created his most enduring work as a composer...
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including musicians Fletcher Henderson, Duke Ellington, Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Fats Waller, Willie Bryant; vocalists Adelaide...
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Young; the alto saxophonists Benny Carter and Johnny Hodges; the drummers Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Jo Jones and Sid Catlett; the pianists Fats Waller and Teddy...
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2012 Crave Pete 2012 3,2,1... Frankie Go Boom Phil 2012 The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America Gene Krupa Voice, documentary 2013 Justice...
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Grill, where she met Charles Linton, a vocalist who later worked with Chick Webb. It was also during this period that she connected with her father, who...
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for this band and for the bands of Leroy Tibbs and Chick Webb. He is credited with persuading Webb to hire singer Ella Fitzgerald. He went on tour in...
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Helen O'Connell and Bob Eberly with Jimmy Dorsey, Ella Fitzgerald with Chick Webb, Billie Holiday and Jimmy Rushing with Count Basie, Kay Starr with Charlie...
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performed by Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Fletcher Henderson, Chick Webb, Paul Whiteman & others Best Jazz Instrumental Performance, Soloist Wynton...
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Highland Park Ed LUV Arthur Sins Expiation Father Leonard The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America Count Basie (voice) 2013 Space Warriors...
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among the top 50 hospitals in the U.S..[citation needed] Jazz leader Chick Webb worked in the hospital as a youngster, and Mickey Mantle received treatment...
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New York and played with Lloyd Scott, Sidney Bechet, Luckey Roberts and Chick Webb. When Ellington wanted to expand his band in 1928, Ellington's clarinet...
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notable artists and musicians of the period, including Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, Sidney Bechet and Benny Goodman. Although cannabis is the...
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Early examples of that high-hat figure were recorded by the drummer Chick Webb. Jo Jones carried the high-hat style a step further, with a more continuous-sounding...
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air conditioning and she could hear the house band, which was led by Chick Webb and included singer Ella Fitzgerald. From her fire escape, she would watch...
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professionally early in his career before switching to bass. He worked with Chick Webb from 1936 to 1939 and continued to play in the orchestra under the direction...
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recordings using the words, both released in 1938, were "Rock It for Me" by Chick Webb, a swing number with Ella Fitzgerald on vocals featuring the lyrics "...
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made by Benny Carter and his Orchestra on October 16. 1933. Followed by Chick Webb in 1934 and Fletcher Henderson in 1936. It makes strong use of the half-diminished...
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including those by such notables as Louis Armstrong, Django Reinhardt, and Chick Webb. The film's title alludes to the famous take of "Stardust" recorded in...
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Fitzgerald: An Annotated Discography; Including a Complete Discography of Chick Webb. McFarland. p. 67. ISBN 978-0-7864-4690-2. Henderson, Alex. "Ella and...
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Bessie Smith Victoria Spivey William Grant Still Fats Waller Ethel Waters Chick Webb Bert Williams Fess Williams Charles Alston Henry Bannarn Richmond Barthé...
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