The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)

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Born poor in Baltimore, Chick Webb broke his back as a boy and faced life as a hunchback dwarf afflicted with Spinal Tuberculosis. Someone suggested drumming as physical therapy, and Webb found his calling: at only 16 he built the hottest jazz orchestra in America at Harlem’s Savoy Ballroom, one of the rare places where Blacks and Whites could socialize together. The artists discovered and mentored by Webb are extraordinary, but perhaps no star shines brighter than that of Ella Fitzgerald. Features interviews with those who knew or played with Webb and period footage.

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  Rocky Carroll

  Narrator (voice)

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  Billy Crystal

  Mezzy Mezzrow (voice)

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  Tyne Daly

  Helen Oakley Dance (voice)

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  Keith David

  Charles Buchanan (voice)

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  Duke Ellington

  Self (archive footage)

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  Ella Fitzgerald

  Self (archive footage)

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  Andy Garcia

  Mario Bauzá (voice)

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  Dizzy Gillespie

  Self (archive footage)

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  Danny Glover

  Count Basie (voice)

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  Jeff Goldblum

  Artie Shaw (voice)

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  Corey Hawkins

  Chick Webb (voice)

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  Ron Perlman

  Gene Krupa (voice)

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