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Cab Calloway in role written for him
Cab Calloway in role written for him

Cab Calloway in role written for him

Date4/7/1954
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  • Cab Calloway in role written for him. Sportin' Gent is known as Sportin' Life
  • Cab Calloway in role written for him
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Original Toronto Star caption: Cab Calloway in role written for him. Sportin' Gent is known as Sportin' Life
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0035782F
But Ella Fitzgerald sang about the weed way back in 1936 and Cab Calloway did the same, Ironically, a Calloway magazine article about dope was used by anti-pot forces
But Ella Fitzgerald sang about the weed way back in 1936 and Cab Calloway did the same, Ironically, a Calloway magazine article about dope was used by anti-pot forces
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
9/20/1979
Hi de hi de hi, Cab Calloway and his Hi De Ho Revue kicked off the Jazz festival's mainstage concerts Friday night at Roy Thomson Hall
Hi de hi de hi, Cab Calloway and his Hi De Ho Revue kicked off the Jazz festival's mainstage concerts Friday night at Roy Thomson Hall
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
6/21/1991
Cab Calloway and Daughter Cecelia (not chris) on stage at the Hook and Ladder Club in the Beverly Hills Roter Hotel
Cab Calloway and Daughter Cecelia (not chris) on stage at the Hook and Ladder Club in the Beverly Hills Roter Hotel
Calloway, Cab, 1907-1994
n.d.
Gene DiNovi. Show's working for him
Gene DiNovi. Show's working for him
Dinovi, Gene
3/6/1974
A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
A dude today: There's not much different between the Count Basie of today and of the 1930s - except he doesn't play the ponies and arthritis has slowed him a step or two
Basie, Count, 1904-1984
4/28/1980
Illinois Jacquet, not playing saxophone in a Toronto club, was a longtime friend of Louis Armstrong and eulogized him at a musical memorial service ye(...)
Illinois Jacquet, not playing saxophone in a Toronto club, was a longtime friend of Louis Armstrong and eulogized him at a musical memorial service ye(...)
Goode, Jeff
7/9/1971
Paul Brodie (full beard - always in fore or right side) next to him is Larry Sereda - guy in Light Jacket is
Paul Brodie (full beard - always in fore or right side) next to him is Larry Sereda - guy in Light Jacket is
Brodie, Paul
n.d.
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
n.d.
Dizzy Gillespie: That old feeling
Dizzy Gillespie: That old feeling
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
2/27/1967
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy
Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993
5/6/1968
A big hit with 9,000 persons in the audience at Ontario Place Forum last night, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, joined by his three sons, drew standing ova(...)
A big hit with 9,000 persons in the audience at Ontario Place Forum last night, jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, joined by his three sons, drew standing ova(...)
Brubeck, Dave
7/23/1974
Ballads and Jazz mingled in the 17 selections that led off last night's oepning, at the Colonial tavern, of Wild Bill Davison and chamber music ensemb(...)
Ballads and Jazz mingled in the 17 selections that led off last night's oepning, at the Colonial tavern, of Wild Bill Davison and chamber music ensemb(...)
Davison, Wild Bill, 1906-
3/11/1968