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When the Cotton Club closed in 1940, Calloway and his band went on a tour of the United States. [2] In 1941 Calloway fired Dizzy Gillespie from his orchestra after an onstage fracas. Calloway wrongly accused Gillespie of throwing a spitball; in the ensuing altercation Gillespie stabbed Calloway in the leg with a small knife. [3]
La MaMa also toured Europe with the Cotton Club Gala in 1976. [46] The Cotton Club Comes to the Ritz (1985) [47] starring Adelaide Hall, Cab Calloway, Doc Cheatham, The Nicholas Brothers etc. Produced by BBC TV. In the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the fictional Ink and Paint Club is based on the Cotton Club. [48]
Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was an American jazz singer and bandleader.He was a regular performer at the Cotton Club in Harlem, where he became a popular vocalist of the swing era.
James Henry Cotton (July 1, 1935 – March 16, 2017) [1] was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists and with his own band. He also played drums early in his career.
24th edition of Cotton Club Parade [9] [10] Opened March 23, 1934; opening night was largest show ever staged there; production ran for nine months, merging into fall edition Produced by Dan Healy (Daniel E. Healy; 1888–1969) [11] Harold Arlen's last show with Cotton Club Parade Jimmie Lunceford and His Orchestra featuring Adelaide Hall
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The Missourians were an American jazz band active in the 1920s, who performed at the Cotton Club in New York City and eventually became the backing band for Cab Calloway. [1] The Missourians were formed by Wilson Robinson in the early 1920s under the name Wilson Robinson's Syncopators, [1] or Wilson Robinson's Bostonians.
Cotton Club Boys (Cab Calloway's band), a nickname for Cab Calloway's band when it was the Cotton Club's house band – before the chorus line of the same name was established; Cotton Club boys (4-H), part of 4-H (an agricultural oriented youth organization) that began around 1912 in the U.S.; i.e., in North America, the southern version of 4-H ...