Cab Calloway
Born:
1907-12-25
From:
Rochester, 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.
Acting
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Fleischer Cartoons: The Art & Inventions of Max Fleischer
Everything's Fine
Cab Calloway: Sketches
The Harlem Renaissance
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Piano Blues
Grass
The Stories Behind the Making of 'The Blues Brothers'
Betty Boop: Queen of the Cartoons
Night of 100 Stars III
Steve McQueen: Man on the Edge
Night of 100 Stars II
The Blues Brothers
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The Great Balloon Race
Black Shadows on a Silver Screen
The Littlest Angel
Triumph Over Violence
The Cincinnati Kid
Schlager-Raketen
St. Louis Blues
Jazz Ball
Rhythm and Blues Revue
Porgy and Bess in Wien
Cab Calloway Home Movie #1
