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Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat That Changed America
By Crease, Stephanie Stein
- ISBN
- 9780190055691
- Publisher
- Oxford Univ.
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Reviewed on March 1, 2023 | Arts & Humanities
Jazz historian Crease (Duke Ellington: His Life in Jazz) investigates the life of Black bandleader/drummer Chick Webb (1905–39). Starting with his childhood in Baltimore, she describes Webb's debilitating spinal tuberculosis, which stymied his growth, left a hump on his back, and led to his death at the age of 34. The book describes Webb's formative musical education in ragtime, his music business struggles, and, by the 1930s, hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
