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The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)
90 min | Documentary, Biography

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The Savoy King: Chick Webb & the Music That Changed America (2012)

90 min | Documentary, Biography

A documentary on drummer/bandleader Chick Webb, Ella Fitzgerald, and Harlem's Savoy Ballroom.

Director

Jeff Kaufman (as Jeffrey Kaufman)

Writer

Jeff Kaufman (written by) (as Jeffrey Kaufman)

Producers

Jeff Kaufman (as Jeffrey Kaufman) | Marcia Ross

Editor

Jamal El-Amin

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Updated Dec 31, 2011

Release date

Jun 5, 2012 (United States)

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27 cast members

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Bruce Barnes Barney Bigard (voice) Barney Bigard (voice) See fewer	Deja Vu (2006)
Louie Bellson Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Criminal (2004)
Rocky Carroll Narrator (voice) Narrator (voice) See fewer	Crimson Tide (1995)
Billy Crystal Mezz Mezzrow (voice) Mezz Mezzrow (voice) See fewer	Forget Paris (1995)
Tyne Daly Helen Oakley Dance (voice) Helen Oakley Dance (voice) See fewer	Judging Amy (1999)
Keith David Charles Buchanan (voice) Charles Buchanan (voice) See fewer	The Princess and the Frog (2009)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Ella Fitzgerald Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Sphere (1998)
Andy Garcia Mario Bauzá (voice) Mario Bauzá (voice) See fewer	Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Dizzy Gillespie Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Danny Glover Count Basie (voice) Count Basie (voice) See fewer	Lethal Weapon (1987)
Jeff Goldblum Artie Shaw (voice) Artie Shaw (voice) See fewer	Jurassic Park (1993)
Corey Hawkins Chick Webb (voice) Chick Webb (voice) See fewer	Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Roy Haynes Self Self See fewer	Soul (2020)
John Isaacs Self Self See fewer	On the Shoulders of Giants: The Story of the Greatest Team You Never Heard Of (2010)
Janet Jackson Ella Fitzgerald (voice) Ella Fitzgerald (voice) See fewer	Poetic Justice (1993)
Gertrude Jeannette Self Self See fewer	Shaft (1971)
John Legend Duke Ellington (voice) Duke Ellington (voice) See fewer	La La Land (2016)
Frankie Manning Self Self See fewer	Hellzapoppin' (1941)
Norma Miller Self Self See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)
Ron Perlman Gene Krupa (voice) Gene Krupa (voice) See fewer	Hand of God (2014)
Billy Porter Dizzy Gillespie (voice) Dizzy Gillespie (voice) See fewer	Pose (2018)
Eugene Robinson Teddy McRae (voice) Teddy McRae (voice) See fewer	Rosenwald (2015)
Charlie Watts Stanley Dance (voice) Stanley Dance (voice) See fewer	Blue Ice (1992)
Chick Webb Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Age of Adaline (2015)
Joe Wilder Self Self See fewer	Everyone Says I Love You (1996)