Latest News for: chick webb

Edit

Southeastern's University Jazz Ensemble to perform Fall Concert on Nov. 4

The Advocate 03 Nov 2021
The lineup will include “Stompin’ At The Savoy,” by Chick Webb and Benny Goodman and arranged by Bill Holman, “Pegasus” by Hank Levy, “Quintessence” by Hank Levy, “Memoirs Of A Lady” by ...
Edit

Mt. Hebron girls soccer earns breakthrough win over River Hill | Howard County sports roundup

Carroll County Times 08 Oct 2021
Mt. Hebron’s girls soccer players knew their coach wanted only one thing for his birthday. Tim Deppen, who turned 43 on Thursday, is in his 20th season as the Vikings’ coach, and he’d never beaten River Hill. Advertisement ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... Advertisement ... She works so hard ... Baltimore-born Chick Webb’s amazing life in jazz — and early death ».
Edit

Doris E. Johnson, a longtime Baltimore Public Schools educator who worked in special education, dies

Carroll County Times 09 Sep 2021
Doris E ... She was 85. “As a department head, the teachers loved her. She was always fair and the calmest person I’ve ever known,” said Ida W ... Advertisement ... “The murder was never solved.”. Advertisement. Advertisement. “Mrs ... “She spoke fondly of spending time at the Chick Webb Recreation Center and recalled scraping her knees roller skating on city streets.
Edit

‘Not just a drummer – a genre’: Stewart Copeland and Max Weinberg on Charlie Watts

The Observer 26 Aug 2021
Stewart Copeland, the Police. I’m an early-period Stones fan, and not so much because of losing interest in them, but because when you’re 16, music is 100 times more important – and the Rolling Stones were right there when I was 16. Humans are sort of like ducks ... Photograph ... Photograph ... Chick Webb, Kenny Clarke, Kenny Clare, Art Blakey, Max Roach ... .
Edit

Bay Area weekend: SF Ballet’s ‘Starry’ return to live shows,

The Mercury News 12 Aug 2021
Among the performers are the Dirty Downtown Jazz Syndicate featuring vocalist Lauren Halliwell (tonight), Big band Nineteen featuring singer Juanita Harris performing the Chick Webb/Ella Fitzgerald songbook (Friday); the Millennium Sounds Orchestra with singers Rich Santoro and ...
Edit

Little Rock alley's use OK'd for Chick-fil-A

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette 21 Jul 2021
The Little Rock Board of Directors at a board meeting Tuesday evening authorized the long-term use of a city alley by a new Chick-fil-A location planned for Broadway ... Based on her experience living near an existing Chick-fil-A on West Markham Street, Webb described that location as "very dangerous," and said she has seen multiple accidents there.
Edit

This week in history: Ella Fitzgerald makes her Chicago debut

Chicago Sun-Times 17 Jun 2021
Ella Fitzgerald, shown here performing on an unknown date, died this week in history on June 15, 1996. Chester Sheard. The jazz singer, who died this week on June 15, 1996, appeared for the first time on Chicago stages on Sept ... After she won the contest, she met bandleader Chick Webb and began performing with him as a singer at the Savory in Harlem.
Edit

Brice Street reunites to put out a new album and maybe perform live

News & Record 27 May 2021
“When they split up in ‘73, Doug Dennis, the bass player approached me, and three of those guys (bassist Doug Dennis, guitarist-saxophonist Steve Coble and keyboardist Gerald Hill) and me and Barry Webb started a band, and that’s how Brice Street got going in ‘74.” That initial lineup was Coble, Hill, Atchison, Dennis and Webb ... Webb’s “Mr.
Edit

Today’s Google Doodle Celebrates Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom and Swing Dancing

New York Observer 26 May 2021
Boasting a dance floor that was literally as long as a city block, the Savoy Ballroom played host to musicians such as Chick Webb, Count Basie, and Ella Fitzgerald; thousands of dancers turned out to the club each night in order to execute dances like the Charleston, the Big Apple and the Lindy Hop ... .
Edit

Nixon High School student selected as Forty Acres Scholars Program finalist

LMT Online 05 Mar 2021
Gonzalez, a graduating senior at Nixon High School and the Vidal M ... “And most importantly, God ... She is the owner of a small business, Tastylays Treats & Sweets, and works for Chick-fil-A and Cutco. Gonzalez also volunteers her time with the Webb County Democratic Party, #NoBorderWallCoalition and Laredo reproductive Health Coalition ... ....
Edit

Baltimore-born Chick Webb’s amazing life in jazz — and early death

Baltimore Sun 27 Feb 2021
Baltimore-born Chick Webb was a sensation as a jazz drummer in the 1930s ... .
Edit

Jazz is uniquely American, and Black musicians invented it | Opinion

Penn Live 23 Feb 2021
Jazz is the only true American art form. Jazz grew out of the great mix in and around New Orleans around the beginning of the 20th Century. Most of these early, often nameless, musicians were Black ... Bix could swing ... Louis Armstrong ‘s Hot Fives and Hot Sevens along with others—Duke Ellington, Chick Webb, Benny Goodman—swelled the popularity of Jazz ... .
Edit

Pennsylvania Avenue’s Royal Theater was the king of Black entertainment

Carroll County Times 20 Feb 2021
It was just 99 years ago that a theater opened along Pennsylvania Avenue in the heart of a Baltimore Black neighborhood ... Advertisement ... Advertisement. Advertisement ... After the death of Chick Webb, a hugely popular band leader and drummer from Baltimore who was married to singer Ella Fitzgerald, a group of his friends organized a midnight memorial show.
Edit

The Bookworm: A Look At 'Black History Month' Books For Kids

Yankton Daily Press 08 Feb 2021
Black History Books for Kids ages 3 to 18; various authors and illustrators. ——— ... Slightly older kids ages 4 to about 7 — those who still love picture books — will want “Stompin’ at the Savoy” by Moira Rose Donohue, illustrated by Laura Freeman, which is a book about the life of famed drummer Chick Webb; or “Life As You Climb ... D ... ....
Edit

Black History books for kids ages 3 to 18 Various authors and illustrators, prices ranging ...

Crossville Chronicle 05 Feb 2021
When you're a kid, there are so many things to learn ... Slightly older kids ages 4 to about 7 – those who still love picture books – will want "Stompin' at the Savoy" by Moira Rose Donohue, illustrated by Laura Freeman, which is a book about the life of famed drummer Chick Webb; or "Life As You Climb ... It's the story of Reverend F. D ... ....
×