Trailer
The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America
2012Movie1 h 32 min
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Born poor in Baltimore, Chick Webb broke his back as a boy and faced life as a hunchback dwarf afflicted with Spinal Tuberculosis.
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Cast
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Rocky CarrollNarrator (voice)
Billy CrystalMezzy Mezzrow (voice)
Tyne DalyHelen Oakley Dance (voice)
Keith DavidCharles Buchanan (voice)
Duke EllingtonSelf (archive footage)
Ella FitzgeraldSelf (archive footage)
Andy GarciaMario Bauzá (voice)
Dizzy GillespieSelf (archive footage)
Danny GloverCount Basie (voice)
Jeff GoldblumArtie Shaw (voice)
Corey HawkinsChick Webb (voice)
Ron PerlmanGene Krupa (voice)
Janet JacksonElla Fitzgerald (voice)
John LegendDuke Ellington (voice)
Billy PorterDizzy Gillespie (voice)
Crew
- Directed by
- Jeff Kaufman
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Facts
October 2, 2012 · 1 h 32 min · Documentary, Music
- Released
- October 2, 2012
- Runtime
- 1 h 32 min
- Genres
- Documentary, Music
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United States
- Available in
- 2 countries


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