The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
2012 · 1h 32m · Documentary, Music
Genres: Documentary, Music
Born poor in Baltimore, Chick Webb broke his back as a boy and faced life as a hunchback dwarf afflicted with Spinal Tuberculosis. Someone suggested drumming as physical therapy, and Webb found his calling: at only 16 he built the hottest jazz orchestra in America at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom, one of…
Director: Jeff Kaufman
Cast
Rocky Carroll as Narrator (voice)Billy Crystal as Mezzy Mezzrow (voice)Tyne Daly as Helen Oakley Dance (voice)Keith David as Charles Buchanan (voice)Duke Ellington as Self (archive footage)Ella Fitzgerald as Self (archive footage)Andy Garcia as Mario Bauzá (voice)Dizzy Gillespie as Self (archive footage)Danny Glover as Count Basie (voice)Jeff Goldblum as Artie Shaw (voice)Corey Hawkins as Chick Webb (voice)Ron Perlman as Gene Krupa (voice)More like this
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