Savoy All Stars Band

Our selection of some of the greatest names in Swing Band history you've probably never heard of!

Earl "Fatha" Hines
Piano & Bandleader
​1903 - 1983 (79)

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Martin Block
MC & House Announcer
​WNEW Early DJ
Created Make Believe Ballroom
​1903 - 1967 (64)

Maxine Sullivan
Singer
(Marietta Williams)
​1911 - 1987 (75)
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James Charles "JC" Heard
Drums
1917 - 1988 (71)

 Walter “Big ‘Un” Page
Upright Bass
1900 - 1957 (57)

Roy "Little Jazz" Eldridge
Trumpet
​1911 - 1989 (78)

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Lester Willis "Prez" Young
Saxophone
1909 - 1959 (49)

Lawrence "Deacon" Brown
Trombone
1907 - 1988 (81)

  

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CP Swing All Stars
From LEA1 Project - Jul-Aug 2016