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Cab Calloway
Born 1907-12-25Rochester, New York, USA
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's band featured performers including trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.
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Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max FleischerThe Old Man of the Mountain (voice) (archive sound)Everything's FineHimself (Voice)Cab Calloway: SketchesHimselfThe Harlem RenaissanceSelf (archive footage)TV in Black: The First Fifty YearsSelf (archive footage)Piano BluesSelf (archive footage)GrassSelf (archive footage)The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'Self (archive footage)Betty Boop: Queen of the CartoonsSelf (archive footage)Night of 100 Stars IIISelfSteve McQueen: Man on the EdgeSelf (archive footage)Night of 100 Stars IISelfThe Blues BrothersCurtisThe Great Balloon RaceRoleBlack Shadows on a Silver ScreenSelf (archive footage)The Littlest AngelGabrielTriumph Over ViolenceSelf (archive footage)The Cincinnati KidYellerSchlager-RaketenSelfSt. Louis BluesBladeJazz BallSelf (archive footage)Rhythm and Blues RevueSelfPorgy and Bess in WienRoleCab Calloway Home Movie #1Self