The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
90 min
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 the rare places where Blacks and Whites could socialize together. The artists discovered and mentored by Webb are extraordinary, but perhaps no star shines brighter than that of Ella Fitzgerald. Features interviews with those who knew or played with Webb and period footage.
- Fecha de estreno
- 2 de octubre de 2012
- País de origen
- Estados Unidos
Tráiler
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Reparto
- Van Alexander como Self
- Bruce Barnes como Barney Bigard
- Rocky Carroll como Narrator
- Billy Crystal como Mezz Mezzrow
- Tyne Daly como Helen Oakley Dance
- Keith David como Charles Buchanan
- Andy Garcia como Mario Bauzá
Equipo
- Louie Bellson · Imágenes de archivo
- Duke Ellington · Imágenes de archivo
- Ella Fitzgerald · Imágenes de archivo
- Jeff Kaufman · Director(a)
- Jeff Kaufman · Guionista
- Jeff Kaufman · Productor(a)
- Marcia Ross · Productor(a)
- Jamal El-Amin · Editor(a)