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Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway (1907–1994) replaced Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club in 1930 and eventually created a sensation as bandleader and entertainer with his "Hi-De-Ho" stage act and surreal scat solos. As a high-profile entertainer, Calloway could afford to hire some of the best players in the business, including a young Dizzy Gillespie, Chu Berry, Milt Hinton, and Cozy Cole. His recordings of "St. James Infirmary," "Minnie The Moocher," and others were immortalized in Max Fleischer cartoons of the 1930s. |