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1. Cab Calloway (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. (Web site)
2. Cab Calloway was a famous singer and bandleader beginning in the lively era of the 1920s, and he remained active in music throughout his golden years. (Web site)
3. Cab Calloway was a famous singer and bandleader in 1930, and some 60 years later, he is still going strong. (Web site)
4. Cab Calloway is a great role model for Baltimore youth.
5. Cab Calloway was a resident of Elmsford, N.Y. for approximately 34 years. (Web site)

Eddie Barefield

1. Eddie Barefield, clarinet, alto and baritone sax; with Cab Calloway & his Orchestra (Feb.

Famous Cotton Club

1. In Harlem, with its predominately black population, there was the famous Cotton Club, where Duke Ellington and Cab Calloway achieved fame.

Name

1. In 1930, he took over The Missourians, eventually changing the name to Cab Calloway and His Orchestra.
2. In 1994, a creative and performing arts school Cab Calloway School of the Arts was dedicated in his name in Wilmington, Delaware.
3. In 1994, a creative and performing arts school, the Cab Calloway School of the Arts, was dedicated in his name in Wilmington, Delaware. (Web site)

Set

1. And if you like this, make sure to get JSP's Volume 2 set of Cab Calloway, covering 1935-1940. (Web site)

States

1. He returned to the States in 1930 and joined the Cab Calloway Orchestra. (Web site)

Four Years

1. The disc captures his early sideman career with Cab Calloway 's orchestra in 1940 and four years later with Coleman Hawkins ' orchestra.

Decade

1. He joined the band of Cab Calloway in 1941, remaining there for nearly a decade, as it downsized from big band to small combo. (Web site)

Tour

1. Jones and Cozy played with Stuff Smith and Cab Calloway in the early days and reunited to tour and record. (Web site)

Information

1. This information will help you appreciate the genius of Cab Calloway and His Orchestra even more. (Web site)

Dizzy

1. In 1941, Dizzy was accused by Cab Calloway of throwing a spitball at him during a gig and was thrown out of the band.

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Parker

1. Gillespie first met Parker in Kansas City in 1940 when he was on tour with Cab Calloway. (Web site)

Gillespie

1. Gillespie joined the Cab Calloway Orchestra in 1939 and stayed until 1941. (Web site)

Louis Armstrong

1. They would tour with many top bands of the day such as Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong, Lionel Hampton and more.
2. Il giovanissimo Cab Calloway - era ancora alle scuole superiori - incontrò così grandi musicisti come Louis Armstrong, Chick Webb, Johnny Jones. (Web site)

Big Bands

1. Through 1940, Gillespie worked with a number of small groups and big bands, most notably Cab Calloway 's. (Web site)

Fats Waller

1. Edythe Wright could spice up most any pop tune, and interjected lots of clever remarks in the manner of Fats Waller, Cab Calloway, or Louis Armstrong.

Songs

1. Later, Cab Calloway recorded an answer to both songs, called Six or Seven Times. (Web site)

Chinese Music

1. Early in his career, he appeared with Cab Calloway, who fired him for playing "Chinese music". (Web site)

Music

1. This double LP from 1974 is a bit brief, only including 20 performances by Cab Calloway and his orchestra (around an hour of music). (Web site)
2. I loved Duke, but his music was not the style I wanted to play." Mario would eventually replace Doc Cheathem in the Cab Calloway Orchestra. (Web site)

Duke Ellington Orchestra

1. The Duke Ellington Orchestra was the "house" orchestra for a number of years followed by Cab Calloway. (Web site)

Time

1. Still another time, Cab Calloway entertains kids so the brothers can get their cash to Chicago.

Work

1. The trombone solo on film is by Ed Burke (and is wholly consistent with his later work with Cab Calloway).
2. C. Calloway Brooks begins work on his biography of Cab Calloway. (Web site)

Benny Carter

1. Johnson was with the orchestras of Benny Carter (1933-34) and, Fletcher Henderson (1934) before spending a long period with Cab Calloway (1935-48). (Web site)

Lucky Millinder

1. Still, he was a mainstay in the bands of Lucky Millinder and Cab Calloway, soloing often in the large-toned, exuberant style that we hear in this film.
2. He was a rhythm guitarist for some of the best bands of the day, including Cab Calloway, Lucky Millinder and Benny Carter throughout the 1930s.
3. Later his versatility on guitar or banjo provided a rhythm spark for Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Cab Calloway and Lucky Millinder.

Eubie Blake

1. His music was played by other Tin Pan Alley musicians, as well as Benny Goodman, Eubie Blake, Cab Calloway and many others.

Performer

1. Watching this film made me realize how much George Clinton, like Cab Calloway, is a brilliant composer, band leader, and performer.

Jazz Singer

1. C Cab Calloway (1907–1994), jazz singer and bandleader, raised in Baltimore.

Musicians

1. As musicians, composers, and arrangers, they contributed to the BIG BAND SWING of orchestras led by Benny Goodman, Chick Web, and Cab Calloway.

Cheatham

1. Cheatham returned to the United States in 1930, and played with Marion Handy and McKinney's Cotton Pickers before landing a job with Cab Calloway. (Web site)

Dizzy Gillespie

1. When he worked for Cab Calloway, he created a spot in the Calloway band for a young trumpet player struggling for work, Dizzy Gillespie. (Web site)
2. And I would say I was impressed by Dizzy Gillespie when he was with Cab Calloway. (Web site)
3. True Afro-Cuban started with the meeting of arranger Mario Bauzá and Dizzy Gillespie in the late 1940s in the Cab Calloway orchestra. (Web site)

York

1. It probably had some connextion with the fact that Cab Calloway followed Duke as house band in the famous Cotton Club in New York in February 1931. (Web site)
2. Cab Calloway takes over at of the “Sunset Café” with club owner Joe Glaser’s encouragement when Louis Armstrong departs for New York.

Savoy Ballroom

1. The group, Cab Calloway and his Alabamians, became quite popular in Chicago and eventually took a booking at the Savoy Ballroom in New York City. (Web site)
2. The group, Cab Calloway and his Alabamians, became popular in Chicago, and eventually was hired to play at the Savoy Ballroom in New York City.

Band

1. In the meantime, Gillespie had joined the Cab Calloway Band, which was then riding high in popular esteem.
2. A highlight of his time at the Rhodes occurred when the Cab Calloway Band arrived short-handed and invited Bobby to fill in. (Web site)
3. Further, he played with Eddie Barefield (1936), Eddie Mallory 's band (1937) and Benny Carter (1937) and played with Cab Calloway from 1939 to 1946.

Orchestra

1. For the life of him, Cab Calloway could never understand why anybody would want to buy an instrumental record by the Cab Calloway Orchestra.
2. Formed and became leader of the Cab Calloway Orchestra, which performed regularly at the Cotton Club, New York City, 1929. (Web site)
3. He has performed with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Cab Calloway Orchestra, Norah Jones and many other great artists.

Duke Ellington

1. After the war he toured the U.S. with his own group, The Congaroos, with the bands of Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, and Count Basie.
2. Cab Calloway and his Orchestra were hired as a replacement for the Duke Ellington and His Orchestra while they were touring.
3. In addition to her work for Andy Kirk, she composed and arranged for leading orchestras of the swing era: Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, and Benny Goodman. (Web site)

Ella Fitzgerald

1. Ella Fitzgerald, Mel Torme and Cab Calloway among others, were known for scat singing.
2. They toured the world opening for jazz legends such as Count Basie, Ella Fitzgerald and Cab Calloway.

Chick Webb

1. Other black bands that were popular among musicians and audiences were led by Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, and Cab Calloway. (Web site)
2. Other bands in the tradition of Ellington and Henderson were led by Jimmie Lunceford, Chick Webb, and Cab Calloway.
3. The gallery features permanent exhibitions highlighting the legacy of other Baltimore jazz greats such as Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway and Chick Webb.

Fletcher Henderson

1. Immigrating to the States, Bauza started playing with big bands such as those of Chick Webb, Don Redman, Fletcher Henderson, and in 1939-40, Cab Calloway.
2. Trombonist Claude Jones was quite well known in his time and worked among others with Fletcher Henderson, Cab Calloway, Chick Webb and Duke Ellington. (Web site)
3. In 1940, Jones left to work with the big bands of Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson and then spent a decade with Cab Calloway, displacing Dizzy Gillespie.

Cotton Club

1. In 1931 at the Cotton Club in New York City, Cab Calloway forgot the lyrics to the song he was singing and sang Hi De Hi De Ho. (Web site)
2. She appeared with such legendary performers as Cab Calloway, Benny Goodman, Louis Jordan and took the stage at the Cotton Club and Café Society.
3. He move to New York in 1927 and joined the Missourians which morphed into the Cab Calloway Orchestra just prior to the the 1932 gig at the Cotton Club.

Bandleader

1. Posthumous honours will be given to jazz singer and bandleader Cab Calloway and jazz drummer Max Roach. (Web site)
2. The film also gave a boost to the career of black singer and bandleader Cab Calloway, who performed a number of songs alongside Jolson.
3. His break in jazz came in 1936 when he filled in for an absent bassist who was set to accompany the visiting singer and bandleader Cab Calloway.

Cab Calloway

1. Key figures in developing the "big" jazz band were bandleaders and arrangers Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Fletcher Henderson, Earl Hines and Duke Ellington.
2. Musicians and bandleaders like Cab Calloway — and, later, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and vocalists like Ella Fitzgerald, jumped on the scat bandwagon.
3. They performed at the Cotton Club for two years, working with the orchestras of Lucky Millinder, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington and Jimmy Lunceford.

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1. Arts > Music > Musicians > Bandleaders
2. Cotton Club
3. Jazz Musicians > Jazz Singers > Ella Fitzgerald > Chick Webb
4. Music > Jazz > Big Bands > Duke Ellington
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