Baltimore-Born Drummer Chick Webb: a Retrospective
A new biography by Stephanie Stein Crease
Thanks to jazz historian Stephanie Stein Crease, we now have a comprehensive biography of William Henry (“Chick”) Webb (1905-1939), the Baltimore-born musical prodigy whose innovative drumming technique helped to perfect rhythmic “swing,” the defining orchestral aesthetic of the Swing Era: Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat That Changed America (2023). | Read more>>
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