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The Savoy king : Chick Webb & the music that changed America / Floating World Pictures, Single Arrow Productions, Swingbud Films, New Heritage Theatre Group present ; produced, directed, written and cinematography by Jeff Kaufman ; produced by Marcia S. Ross.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Webb, Chick.
- Webb, Chick--Performances--New York (State)--New York--History.
- Savoy Ballroom (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)--History.
- Savoy Ballroom (Harlem, New York, N.Y.).
- African American musicians--Biography.
- African American musicians.
- Jazz musicians--United States--Biography.
- Jazz musicians.
- African Americans--Music.
- African Americans.
- Dance orchestra music--History and criticism.
- Dance orchestra music.
- African Americans--Social conditions--20th century.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Biographical films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 video file (91 min.)) : sound, color with black and white sequences
- Place of Publication:
- [Portland, Oregon] : Collective Eye Films, [2012]
- Language Note:
- Closed captioning available.
- System Details:
- System requirements: An Internet browser with HTML5 support.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- The Savoy Ballroom was the home of the amazing Lindy Hop dancers, and the first venue in America where Blacks and Whites could dance and socialize together. Born fatherless and poor, Chick Webb developed spinal tuberculosis and was a hunchbacked dwarf in constant pain, yet he virtually invented modern drumming and built the hottest Swing orchestra of the 1930s -- the "house band" of The Savoy Ballroom.
- Participant:
- Billy Porter, Bruce "Sunpie" Barnes, Corey Hawkins, Billy Crystal, Tyne Daly, Keith David, Andy Garcia, Danny Glover, Jeff Goldblum, Janet Jackson, John Legend, Ron Perlman, Voza Rivers, Eugene Robinson, Charlie Watts.
- Narrator, Rocky Carroll.
- Credits:
- Music, Chick Webb and His Orchestra with Ella Fitzgerald ; edited by Jamal El-Amin.
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed December 13, 2022).
- Publisher Number:
- ce-savoy Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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