Stephanie Stein Crease

Dec 11, 2023 | feeds.feedblitz.com | Stephanie Stein Crease |Becky Clifford

Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat that Changed America By Stephanie Stein Crease December 11th 2023 Chick Webb’s drumbeats resonate through much of James McBride’s fast-paced new novel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. McBride, one of America’s most beloved authors today, weaves Webb into this story early on. One of the main characters, Moshe Lublow, a Jewish immigrant theater owner in Pottstown, a Pennsylvania backwater, hires Chick Webb’s band for his All-American Dancehall and Theater....

Dec 11, 2023 | blog.oup.com | Stephanie Stein Crease |Becky Clifford

Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat that Changed America By Stephanie Stein Crease December 11th 2023 Chick Webb’s drumbeats resonate through much of James McBride’s fast-paced new novel The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store. McBride, one of America’s most beloved authors today, weaves Webb into this story early on. One of the main characters, Moshe Lublow, a Jewish immigrant theater owner in Pottstown, a Pennsylvania backwater, hires Chick Webb’s band for his All-American Dancehall and Theater....

May 2, 2023 | blog.oup.com | Stephanie Stein Crease |Becky Clifford

By Stephanie Stein Crease May 2nd 2023 Rhythm Man: Chick Webb and the Beat that Changed America is the first full biography of the innovative 1930s Swing Era drummer/bandleader, known as the “Savoy King.” Rhythm Man traces Webb’s footsteps from his birthplace in East Baltimore to Harlem and on to national fame, with his popular big band and a young vocalist named Ella Fitzgerald, who went on to become the “First Lady of Song.” Listen to the playlist and read on to trace Webb’s legacy on...