First released under the title “Cab Calloway, le dandy de Harlem," in 2010 in France and Europe on the ARTE channel, the 52-minute documentary is directed by Gail LEVIN (US) and co-written with Jean-François PITET (France). The US release aired… Read the full story →
Jazzmen and Freemasonry… You almost never read articles on this topic despite the fact that all jazz musicians are deeply spiritually minded! Undoubtedly because there is little study on jazz and Freemasonry. French jazz musician and researcher Raphaël IMBERT… Read the full story →
Now forgotten and eclipsed by Milt Hinton, his brilliant successor in Calloway’s orchestra, Albert ‘Al’ MORGAN (August 19, 1908, New Orleans – April 14, 1974, Los Angeles), however, benefits from the image of an exceptional double bass player, considered one… Read the full story →
Now forgotten and eclipsed by Milt Hinton, his brilliant successor in Calloway’s orchestra, Albert ‘Al’ MORGAN (August 19, 1908, New Orleans – April 14, 1974, Los Angeles), however, benefits from the image of an exceptional double bass player, considered… Read the full story →
It takes a collector’s serendipity to find a clue about a movie nobody ever saw. When opening a program dated with pencil by the original owner “November 14, 1947,” we found at the penultimate page a mysterious photo with a… Read the full story →
C'est l'événement ! Tout au moins sur The Hi de Ho Blog... Mercredi 20 novembre à 17h00 sera projeté mon documentaire Cab Calloway, le Dandy de Harlem, à Sciences Po Paris dans le cadre du programme universitaire du Festival international Ciné… Read the full story →
From the Cotton Club to the “Blues Brothers”, from the roaring 20’s until his death in 1994, Cab CALLOWAY has been a larger than life entertainer, first known for his song created in 1931 that drove him to fame: “Minnie The Moocher”. Read the full story →
This is the unlikely meeting between an authentic jazz star and an emblematic French cartoon character: Cab Calloway telling his life story to “Grand Duduche”. And editorial cartoonist CABU (1938-2015), a fan of the former and the creator of the… Read the full story →
