Cab Calloway

Cab Calloway

Acting25th December 1907(died at 86)Rochester, New York, USA65 titles

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.

Born

25th December 1907 · Rochester, New York, USA

Died

18th November 1994

Known for

Acting

Also known as

Cabell Calloway III

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Known for

The Cincinnati Kid

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