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For other persons named William Webb, see William Webb (disambiguation). William Webb may refer to "Chick" Webb, (William Henry Webb 1905&ndash1939 American jazz and swing musician Suhaib Webb, (born
Chick Webb
Birth name William Henry Webb
Born February 10, 1905(1905-02-10)
Origin Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Died June 16, 1939 (aged 34)
Genre(s) Jazz
Occupation(s) Drummer
Bandleader
Instrument(s) Drums
Bock-a-da-bock
Associated acts Johnny Hodges
Sidney Bechet

William Henry Webb, usually known as Chick Webb (February 10, 1905[1][2][3]–June 16, 1939) was a jazz and swing music drummer as well as a band leader. Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion A bandleader is the leader of a band of Musicians The term is most commonly though not exclusively used with a group that plays Popular music as A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells The Bock-a-da-bock is an Idiophone type of Musical instrument in the percussion family John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges ( 25 July, 1906 in Cambridge, Massachusetts – 11 May, 1970) was an American Sidney Bechet ( May 14, 1897 &ndash May 14, 1959) was an American Jazz saxophonist, Clarinetist and Composer Events 1355 - The St Scholastica's Day riot breaks out in Oxford, England, leaving 63 scholars and perhaps 30 locals dead Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Events 1487 - Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses. Year 1939 ( MCMXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion A bandleader is the leader of a band of Musicians The term is most commonly though not exclusively used with a group that plays Popular music as

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Life and career

Webb was born in Baltimore, Maryland to William H. and Marie Johnson Webb. Since childhood, he suffered from tuberculosis of the spine, leaving him with short stature and a badly deformed spine. Tuberculosis (abbreviated as TB for tubercle bacillus or T u' b' erculosis Bacillus --> is a common In Human anatomy, the vertebral column ( backbone or spine) is a column of 34 Vertebrae the Sacrum, Intervertebral He supported himself as a newspaper boy to save enough money to buy drums, and first played professionally at age 11. A newspaper is a written Publication containing News, information and Advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called Newsprint. The drum is a member of the percussion group technically classified as a Membranophone.

At the age of 17 he moved to New York City and by the following year, 1926, he was leading his own band in Harlem. The City of New York Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harlem is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Manhattan, long known as a major African American cultural and business center Jazz drummer Tommy Benford said he gave Webb drum lessons when he first reached New York. Thomas "Tommy" Benford ( April 19, 1905 - March 24, 1994) was an African American jazz drummer.

He alternated between band tours and residencies at New York City clubs through the late 1920s. In 1931, his band became the house band at the Savoy Ballroom. Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Savoy Ballroom located in Harlem, New York City, was a medium sized ballroom for Music and public Dancing that was in operation from 1926 He became one of the best-regarded bandleaders and drummers of the new "Swing" style. Swing music, also known as swing jazz, is a form of Jazz music that developed in the early 1930s and had solidified as a distinctive style by 1935 in the United Drumming legend Buddy Rich cited Webb's powerful technique and virtuoso performances as heavily influential on his own drumming, and even referred to Webb as "the daddy of them all"[4]. Bernard "Buddy" Rich ( September 30 1917 &ndash April 2 1987) was an American jazz drummer and Bandleader The Savoy often featured "Battle of the Bands" where Webb's band would compete with other top bands (such as the Benny Goodman Orchestra or the Count Basie Orchestra) from opposing bandstands. The Count Basie Orchestra is a 16 to 18 piece Big band, one of the most prominent jazz performing groups of the Swing era, founded by Count Basie.

Webb married Martha Loretta Ferguson (also known as "Sallye"), and in 1935 he began featuring a teenaged Ella Fitzgerald as vocalist. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25 1917 &ndash June 15 1996 also known as " Lady Ella " and the "First Lady of Song" is considered one of the most influential Despite rumors otherwise, "Ella was not adopted by Webb, nor did she live with him and his wife, Sallye," according to Stuart Nicholson in Ella Fitzgerald; A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz (page 36). Charles Linton, who was with the Chick Webb band, told Nicholson, "He didn't adopt her. Later he said to me, 'I'll say that I adopted her, for the press people. '"

In November of 1938, Webb's health began to decline, and from then until his death he alternated time on the bandstand with time in hospitals. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He died the following year in Baltimore. After his death, Ella Fitzgerald led the Chick Webb band until she left to focus on her solo career in 1942.

Disputed Year of Birth

Trivia

Webb is one of the jazz drummers whose style is imitated by street drummer Gene Palma in the film Taxi Driver (1976), suggesting his influence is pervasive down the decades. Taxi Driver is a film directed by Martin Scorsese and written by Paul Schrader.

References

Stuart Nicholson, Ella Fitzgerald; A Biography of the First Lady of Jazz (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993), p. Charles Scribner's Sons is a publisher The firm published Scribner's Magazine for many years 36.

  1. ^ American Rag, Uhl Tidings column, November 2005.
  2. ^ Setting the Record Straight
  3. ^ Chick Webb - Internet Movie Database
  4. ^ Buddy Rich Drummerman
  5. ^ Encyclopedia Britannica
  6. ^ Chick Webb - Internet Movie Database
  7. ^ Rhythm on Record: Who's Who and Register of Recorded Dance Music, 1906/1936, Hilton Schleman, Melody Maker Limited, London, 1936, page 264.

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