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5 juin 2012 · The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America: Directed by Jeff Kaufman. With Van Alexander, Bruce Barnes, Louie Bellson, Rocky Carroll. A documentary on drummer/bandleader Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, and Harlem's Savoy Ballroom.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Jeff Kaufman
- 2012-06-05
Official YouTube Channel for the film: "THE SAVOY KING: Chick Webb & The Music That Changed America"
"THE SAVOY KING: Chick Webb & The Music That Changed America" (Now in post-production) A feature documentary on Swing-era drummer-bandleader Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, and Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom. Produced in partnership with The New Heritage Theatre Group (New York’s oldest non-profit Black theater), The Savoy King weaves together newly ...
USA. 90 minutes. Director Jeff Kaufman in person at both screenings! Born poor in Baltimore, Chick Webb broke his back as a boy and faced life as hunchback dwarf afflicted with Spinal Tuberculosis.
Vivid archival clips of Harlem in the ’30s illuminate “The Savoy King,” Jeff Kaufman‘s lively portrait of bandleader/drummer Chick Webb, whose music intersected with and rivaled that of...
30 sept. 2012 · Through archival photographs, interviews and a continuous sound track of recordings of Chick Webb’s orchestra, one gets a vivid sense of the varied talents and accomplishments of the visionaries who brought this world to life. Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb
Born poor in Baltimore, Chick Webb broke his back as a boy and faced life as hunchback dwarf afflicted with Spinal Tuberculosis. Someone suggested drumming as a kind of physical therapy, and Webb found his calling….
