dang.... just cuz Riddick questioned your religion???

It is a great tragedy that no only is there very little film footage of Chick Webb (literally a few seconds) but also the audio recordings the band made are not of the best quality, either. Consequently Web’s legacy is mostly based on what other musicians say about him - which is always very complementary - but I wish we had more to see and hear for ourselves.

This is great listening! The Count Basie band could out swing anyone

BOOM!

Chick was and still is the king of percussion.

❤ Yes, one of the BEST EVER. Even Gene Krupa new that....and Buddy Rich and Louie Bellson and .....many more❤

I always loved his music. ❤❤❤

In an interview, Benny Goodman said he played songs with lyrics at the tempo a singer would sing it. "Stompin' at the Savoy" was one of those tunes, although I like the faster tempo better.

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NO one! NO one! played more drums than Chick Webb why else would Buddy Rich call.Chick (The total expeirience on drums!)

Everyone keeps saying they hear Art Blakey but if you dig around a bit, Art Blakey got a drumming lesson from Chick Webb himself once and he described it in full, pretty damn cool

Magnifique !

Don't be so quick to judge Benny Goodman's band from the studio recording of "Don't Be That Way"... It's a relatively boring recording and doesn't reflect what the band sounded like live in '37. This band was incredible. I think a more apt comparison of these bands in 1937 would be Webb's "Harlem Congo" versus Goodman's first recording (the faster version) of "Life Goes To A Party". Both bands were incredible in '37.

What a brilliant find

Thanks for the upload, man :)

God I would have loved to have seen that.

Fletcher Henderson pretty much did all that for been a Goodman

Mr. Chick Wedd amen. He got close toGod

Benny was absolutely sensational, but even be couldn't beat the 🐐.

Un placer oír un tema tan bien tocado y cantado.

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way coooool!

You may be cool, but you'll never be Jimmy Forrest playing a student yamaha with the CBO cool

THE REAL KING OF SWING!!!! CHICK WEBB!!!!

Benny's band played excellently but they were too conservative. Webb let his band loose. Remember too, that Benny Goodman was not a racist. So it wasn't about showing up Chick. When Goodman had Billie Holiday singing with him he refused to let his band stay at the hotel that refused to room Billie. As for Gene Krupa, he was up against a seasoned pro of a drummer, and not just an average band drummer. Hell, Chick led his band. Goodman knew what he was going up against...he knew Chick's band wasn't second rate. Just great musical times.

miss this music

Clash of the titans!

What a shame that night wasn’t recorded.

That chick in the pink shirt is a trip hahah

I love this rendition. Wayne King 👑 the Waltz King My uncle

It's not predjiduce to say that, that's the beauty of music, the better band is the better band, no matter what color.

Too bad there's no video of Chick...

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Chick Webb is the King of Swing!!

I played on one of Chick Webb's driumsets. "Chick Webb cut me to ribbons." -- Gene Krupa.

IMHO,Chick was the greatest drummer that ever lived.

Dexterity indeed...still only in his twenties, Parker shows mastery of his music in a style of playing of his own invention: the clarity and power of his music utterly transformed jazz

Chick played real swing. Swing is music in movement.

Instrument féérique par excellence, le vibraphone ne pouvait que donner naissance à un langage qui lui soit tout à fait spécifique.

wow did he influence Buddy can you hear it?

Benny sounded slow and clunky compared with the smooth quick Chick sound.

Brilliant!

What is on the other side of this record?

is this captured off the actual 78 ?

Yes!

Who was the sax Player on this record? Was it Chu Berry, Benny Carter, or someone else?

My step grandfather, Ray Schaeffer, was a musician and arranger for bands back then and passed along some of his records to me in the late 60s. One of them was this record. And boy was it worn out from playing! But it was a great record and glad to hear it here. Thanks for posting.