Wow! What a show! Who knew, or had even heard of, Rosetta Tharpe, the “godmother of rock ’n’ roll” whose style of music ...

Caption Frank Derrick, who used this case, toured as a drummer with Cab Calloway for ten years. Description An instrument case used by Frank Derrick and owned by Cab Calloway. The plasticized case is ...

Cab Calloway remains one of the most influential figures in 20th-century American music. Known for his charismatic stage presence, distinctive vocal style, and groundbreaking contributions to swing ...

A black-and-white photograph of dancers in matching outfits in front of Cab Calloway. Calloway is depicted wearing a light colored tuxedo. The large group of women dancers are wearing matching white ...

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 ...

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 ...

Camay Calloway Murphy—a gentle soul—has passed away. Mrs. Murphy was the former Chair of the Eubie Blake Cultural Center, whose lifelong commitment to education, culture, and the arts profoundly ...

Accessed 2/28/2024. Description A Pittsburg Courier All-American Band 1942 award from the travel wardrobe trunk used by Cab Calloway. The award won by Calloway in the Pittsburgh Courier’s 3rd Annual ...

Blanche Calloway was the older sister of one of the first jazz superstars, Cab Calloway. Both were born on Sycamore Street in Rochester’s Swillburg Neighborhood. Blanche is known as the first woman to ...

The Blues Brothers Band tells a story about meeting Cab Calloway in an elevator ...

Cab Calloway and his orchestra took over as house band at the club in 1931 and they too; had a long run of success. He was born Cabell Calloway III in Rochester, N.Y. on December 25 th, 1907.