William Henry “Chick” Webb lived only 34 years, but in that short time he left an indelible, multi-layered legacy to American music and cast a giant shadow over the history of jazz — particularly to ...

Thanks to Stephanie Stein Crease’s new biography of virtuoso drummer Chick Webb, the Baltimore-born band leader and popular music legend, we now have a detailed and nuanced picture of his amazing life ...

All About Jazz is celebrating Chick Webb's birthday today! “The King of the Savoy” reigned supreme over jazz drummers in New York in the 1930’s. He was the consummate showman and with his fluid and ...

The King of Swing in the 1930s wasn't Benny Goodman or Count Basie. It was Chick Webb. The drummer fielded, managed and drove one of the best dance bands in the country and held court at New York's ...

The Chick Webb Memorial Recreation Center, located in East Baltimore, is set for a $20 million redevelopment. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) approved a loan guarantee of ...

"This is it," Webb said of Fitzgerald. "I have a real singer now. That's what the public wants." Ella Fitzgerald's Early Years Collected In A Chick Webb Box Set Drummer Chick Webb's 1930s orchestra ...