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22 de ago. de 2022 · Doc Cheatham - Struttin' With Some Barbeque (Raye, Lil Hardin Armstrong) - YouTube. Chris Smith. 307 subscribers. 0. 72 views 11 months ago. Doc Cheatham - trumpet, vocals James Dapogny...
Doc recalled the groans he’d hear from the audience when he played the opening notes and they realized the man behind the horn was Cheatham and not Armstrong. In 1932 Cab Calloway hired Doc to play lead trumpet in his band, where he worked until 1939.
Jazz Train: From Chicago to New York with Doc Cheatham 50. New Year's Eve All-Star Jam from the Red Blazer, Too in NYC
With the help of Louis Armstrong's wife Lillian Hardin Armstrong, he found work substituting for Louis at the Vendome Theater. Later, Doc Cheatham toured with the wildly popular song-and-dance man Cab Calloway.
The original Oliver recording of “Chimes Blues,“ as arranged by Lil Hardin, contained the first recorded solo by Louis Armstrong. Heard here, our tribute features the great trumpeter Doc Cheatham with The Jim Cullum Jazz Band.
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Cheatham’s first major gig was with Marion Hardy’s band, but he made his trumpet debut on the jazz scene in Chicago, when Lil Hardin connected him to sub for Louis Armstrong in 1926. The next few decades, he served as lead trumpeter for big bands with the likes of Sam Wooding, Benny Carter, Cab Calloway, Albert Wynn, and Chick Webb.
