Chick Webb

[Noj]

B-)

[Late]

Not many could swing a band like Chick. Nearly nonpareil.

[Brownian Motion]

The Webb band, the premier dance orchestra, didn’t boast a single “star” soloist....

Maybe Chick had no "stars", but he had some greats. Bobby Stark was one of the outstanding trumpet soloists of the 1930s; listen to his solo work on "Spinning the Webb". Personal problems kept him from achieving the fame he deserved. And trombone player Sandy Williams, while clearly influenced by Jimmy Harrison, was a soulful, interesting soloist whose talents were better demonstrated away from the Webb Orchestra.

[BERIGAN]

and think how much better he would have gotten, if he had lived beyond the age of 30!