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    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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  • / 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • (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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  • American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by a reconstructed Chick Webb Band, the pianist Ellis Larkins, and for the second half of the album...
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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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    performed the tune on radio, record, and in the film The Big Broadcast. Chick Webb made a notable recording with an arrangement by Benny Carter. Louis Armstrong...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    Individualism of Gil Evans (Verve, 1964) Ella Fitzgerald/Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald & the Chick Webb Orchestra (Joker, 1974) Fletcher Henderson All Stars...
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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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    one.: 6–8  The style Blakey assumed was "the aggressive swing style of Chick Webb, Sid Catlett and Ray Bauduc".: 8–10  From 1939 to 1944, Blakey played...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    most notably Ella Fitzgerald's orchestra, composed of members of the Chick Webb's band. Gillespie did not serve in World War II. At his Selective Service...
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    and CBS's CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2008). Webb reunited with Cox in 2009 for his film Repo Chick; she played Sister Duncan. Her most recent role...
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    1930s. Louis Armstrong, Count Basie (with his "Roseland Shuffle"), and Chick Webb followed with their orchestras. Other major-name bandleaders who played...
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    Street: Elmo Loves You! Himself Soul Men Marcus Hooks 2012 The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America Duke Ellington Voice role 2016 Southside...
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