Cab Calloway
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Born December 25, 1907·Died November 18, 1994 (at 86)·Rochester, New York, USA·Male
Biography
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.
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Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.
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Filmography
73 credits across 65 titlesActing
32 creditsDirecting
7 creditsCrew
1 creditAs self
33 creditsTalk shows, festival coverage and documentary appearances, kept out of the acting list.
