Cab Calloway
Though he started out in the pre-swing era of the 1920s, jazz singer/bandleader Cab Calloway eventually became one of the most important figures in early swing. The Rochester, NY-born Calloway was nothing if not an entertainer; dressed in flamboyant zoot suits and wide-brimmed hats, he'd tear up the stage while leading some of the finest jazz musicians of the '30s and '40s. Doc Cheatham, Chu Berry, Dizzy Gillespie, Ben Webster, and Milt Hinton were just some of the titans that passed through the Calloway orchestra's ranks. Best known for the scat-filled tale of lost love and drug addiction "Minnie the Moocher," Calloway was the toast of Harlem in its heyday, and also appeared in numerous films.
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Albums
- (1999) The Best Of Cab Calloway: 20 Jumpin' & Jivin'...
- (1993) Cab Calloway Featuring Chu Berry
- (1990) 1930-1931 Best Of The Big Bands
- (1989) Minnie the Moocher
- (1942) Are You Hep To The Jive?
Top Tracks
- Minnie the Moocher
- Jumpin' Jive
- Stormy Weather
- That Old Black Magic
- Are You Hep To The Jive? (Yas, Yas)
Related Artists
- Lionel Hampton
- T-Bone Walker
- Slim Gaillard
- Duke Ellington
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- Louis Jordan
- Roy Brown
- Dinah Washington
- Nat King Cole
- Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
- The Mills Brothers
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- Little Richard
- Ruth Brown
- Lionel Hampton & His Orchestra
- LaVern Baker
- Big Jay McNeely
- Jay McShann
- Charles Brown
- Wynonie Harris
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