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.
- Data de estreia
- 2 de outubro de 2012
- País de origem
- Estados Unidos
Trailer
Elenco
- 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
Equipe
- Louie Bellson · Imagens de arquivo
- Duke Ellington · Imagens de arquivo
- Ella Fitzgerald · Imagens de arquivo
- Jeff Kaufman · Diretor(a)
- Jeff Kaufman · Roteirista
- Jeff Kaufman · Produtor(a)
- Marcia Ross · Produtor(a)
- Jamal El-Amin · Editor(a)