Chick Webb Orchestra

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American jazz ensemble big band swing band

The Chick Webb Orchestra was a prominent American swing-era big band led by drummer Chick Webb, best known for launching the career of jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Chick Webb Orchestra canonical	11
Chick Webb and His Orchestra	2
Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb Orchestra	1
Ella Fitzgerald with the Chick Webb Orchestra	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American jazz ensemble ⓘ big band ⓘ swing band ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	1930s ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1920s ⓘ
associatedAct	Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra ⓘ
associatedWith	Decca Records ⓘ
basedIn	Harlem ⓘ
city	New York City ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	swing era ⓘ
genre	big band jazz ⓘ swing ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major influence on later big band drumming and arranging ⓘ one of the leading African-American big bands of the swing era ⓘ
instrumentation	brass section ⓘ reed section ⓘ rhythm section ⓘ
leader	Chick Webb ⓘ
leaderFullName	William Henry "Chick" Webb ⓘ
leaderRole	drummer ⓘ
legacy	helped define the sound of Harlem swing ⓘ served as a training ground for Ella Fitzgerald’s early career ⓘ
notableEvent	battle of the bands against Benny Goodman at the Savoy Ballroom ⓘ battle of the bands against Count Basie at the Savoy Ballroom ⓘ
notableFor	battle of the bands performances at the Savoy Ballroom ⓘ launching the career of Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
notableMember	Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ
notableSong	A-Tisket, A-Tasket ⓘ Blue Lou ⓘ Don’t Be That Way ⓘ Liza (All the Clouds’ll Roll Away) ⓘ Stompin’ at the Savoy ⓘ
peakPopularity	mid-1930s ⓘ
performedWith	Benny Goodman ⓘ Count Basie Orchestra ⓘ Duke Ellington Orchestra ⓘ
recordLabel	Decca Records ⓘ
residentVenue	Harlem Opera House ⓘ surface form: Savoy Ballroom
styleCharacteristic	dance-oriented swing arrangements ⓘ powerful drum-driven rhythm section ⓘ tight ensemble playing ⓘ
timePeriod	1930s Harlem jazz scene ⓘ
vocalist	Ella Fitzgerald ⓘ Taft Jordan ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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Ella Fitzgerald → memberOf → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

Chick Webb → memberOf → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

Chick Webb → founded → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

Ella Fitzgerald and Her Famous Orchestra → precededBy → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

A-Tisket, A-Tasket → performer → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

A-Tisket, A-Tasket → associatedAct → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chick Webb and His Orchestra

A-Tisket, A-Tasket → firstPopularizedBy → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ella Fitzgerald with the Chick Webb Orchestra

A-Tisket, A-Tasket → includedInRepertoireOf → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

Stompin’ at the Savoy → firstPopularizedBy → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

Stompin’ at the Savoy → notablePerformer → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

Stompin’ at the Savoy → recordedBy → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Chick Webb and His Orchestra

Stompin’ at the Savoy → recordedBy → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb Orchestra

Don’t Be That Way → associatedWithMusician → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

William Henry "Chick" Webb → bandMemberOrLeaderOf → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ

Taft Jordan → memberOf → Chick Webb Orchestra ⓘ