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Leon “Chu” Berry (13 Sep 1908 - 30 Oct 1941)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (1)

Releases (6)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. The Chronological Classics: Chu Berry 1937-1941 1994 (as Chu Berry)
  2. Blowing Up a Breeze 1995 (as Chu Berry)
  3. Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions 2007 (as Chu Berry)
  4. Berry Story (as Chu Berry)

Relationships (14)

Member Of

  1. Fletcher Henderson and His Orchestra (1935 - 1937) tenor saxophone
  2. Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937 - 1941) saxophone
  3. Chu Berry and His Jazz Ensemble
  4. The Cab Jivers tenor saxophone
  5. Gene Krupa’s Swing Band tenor saxophone
  6. The Chocolate Dandies
  7. Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra tenor saxophone
  8. Chu Berry and His “Little Jazz” Ensemble
  9. Benny Carter and His Orchestra
  10. Teddy Hill and His Orchestra tenor saxophone
  11. Sammy Stewart's Ten Knights of Syncopation
  12. Spike Hughes and His Decca-Dents
  13. Buck and His Band saxophone
  14. Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores

Recordings by (34)

  1. Tavern in the Town ?:?? (1958)
  2. On the Sunny Side of the Street 3:59 (1994)
  3. Firebird 3:21 (1995)
  4. How Come You Do Me Like You Do? 3:06 (1995)
  5. Sittin’ In 2:15 (1995)
  6. Stardust 3:58 (1995)
  7. 46 West 52nd 2:33 (1995)
  8. Oh, Lady Be Good 3:14 (1995)
  9. Blowin’ Up a Breeze 2:47 (1995)
  10. Monday at Minton’s 4:02 (1995)
  11. Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You 4:16 (1995)
  12. Blowing up a breeze 2:46 (Apr 1997)
  13. Forty Six West Fifty Two 2:32 (1997)
  14. Maelstrom 2:51 (1999)
  15. Gee, Baby, Ain’t I Good to You 4:20 (2001)
  16. (I Don’t Stand a) Ghost of a Chance (With You) 3:00 (2003)
  17. 46 West 52 2:41 (21 Aug 2007)
  18. Wizzin' the Wizz 2:22 (13 Nov 2009)
  19. Sittin' In 2:17 (2009)
  20. 46W, 52nd 2:32 (2022)
  21. Monday at Minton's 2:56 (2022)
  22. Ghost of a Chance 2:59 (2022)
  23. Special Delivery 2:58 (2022)
  24. On the Sunny Side of the Street 4:06 ()
  25. A Ghost of a Chance 3:00 ()
  26. Shufflin' at the Hollywood 3:07 ()
  27. Now You’re Talking My Language 2:59 ()
  28. Indiana 2:50 ()
  29. My Secrret Love Affair 2:54 ()
  30. Body and Soul 3:53 ()
  31. Casey Jones 2:17 ()
  32. Shufflin’ at Hollywood 3:07 ()
  33. Denisson Swing 3:17 ()
  34. Wizzin’ the Wizz 2:24 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Eeny Meeny Miney Mo 3:15 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (1935) tenor saxophone
  2. If You Were Mine 3:13 Teddy Wilson and His Orchestra (1935) tenor saxophone
  3. My Secret Love Affair 2:54 Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores (1937) tenor saxophone
  4. Now You’re Talking My Language 2:54 Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores (1937) tenor saxophone
  5. Back Home Again in Indiana 2:50 Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores (1937) tenor saxophone
  6. Too Marvelous for Words 2:57 Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores (1937) tenor saxophone
  7. Moon at Sea 3:00 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  8. She’s Tall, She’s Tan, She’s Terrific 2:33 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  9. Go South Young Man 2:11 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  10. Mama I Wanna Make Rhythm 3:02 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  11. Queen Isabella 2:46 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  12. Ebb Tide 2:49 Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores (1937) tenor saxophone
  13. I’m Always in the Mood for You 2:55 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  14. Limehouse Blues 2:56 Chu Berry and His Stompy Stevedores (1937) tenor saxophone
  15. Hi‐De‐Ho Romeo 2:50 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  16. Savage Rhythm 2:34 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1937) tenor saxophone
  17. Azure 2:48 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  18. F.D.R. Jones 2:22 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  19. I Like Music (Played With a Swing Like This) 2:37 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  20. Tee‐Um Tee‐Um Tee‐I, Tahiti 2:11 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  21. Every Day’s a Holiday 2:25 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  22. I’m Madly in Love With You 2:59 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  23. Deep in a Dream 3:00 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  24. (Just an) Error in the News 2:48 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  25. Mister Paganini – Swing for Minnie 2:52 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  26. The Congo Conga 3:01 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  27. Shout, Shout, Shout 2:37 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  28. There’s a Sunny Side to Everything 2:27 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  29. Jubilee 2:33 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  30. In an Old English Village 3:09 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  31. Bugle Blues 2:29 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  32. One Big Union for Two 2:56 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  33. Doing the Reactionary 2:42 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  34. Rustle of Swing 3:01 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  35. Foolin’ With You 2:35 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  36. Three Swings and Out 2:16 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  37. Skrontch 2:53 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  38. We’re Breakin’ Up a Lovely Affair 3:01 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  39. Peck‐a‐Doodle‐Do 2:51 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  40. At the Clam‐Bake Carnival 2:30 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  41. Hoy‐Hoy! 2:50 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  42. Miss Hallelujah Brown 2:24 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  43. The Boogie‐Woogie 2:39 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  44. Jive (Page “I” of the Hepster’s Dictionary) 2:59 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  45. Do You Wanna Jump, Children? 2:25 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  46. April in My Heart 2:40 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  47. Blue Interlude 2:38 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  48. Angels With Dirty Faces 2:57 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1938) tenor saxophone
  49. Long, Long Ago 2:25 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1939) tenor saxophone
  50. A New Moon and an Old Serenade 2:37 Cab Calloway and His Orchestra (1939) tenor saxophone

Credited as (20)

  1. Chu Berry
  2. Chu Berry & Charlie Ventura
  3. Chu Berry & Cab Calloway
  4. Chu Berry & Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
  5. Chu Berry, Lester Young
  6. Bessie Smith, Frankie Newton, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Chu Berry, Bobby Johnson, Buck Washington & Billy Taylor Sr.
  7. Bessie Smith, Frankie Newton, Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Bobby Johnson, Buck Washington, Billy Taylor Sr. & Chu Berry
  8. Leon Berry
  9. Lester Young, Chu Berry & Ben Webster
  10. Chu Berry featured with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  11. Leon “Chu” Berry
  12. Coleman Hawkins and Leon “Chu” Berry
  13. Cab Calloway featuring Chu Berry
  14. Chu Berry with Cab Calloway
  15. Cab Calloway with Chu Berry
  16. Chu Berry with Cab Calloway and His Orchestra
  17. Chu Berry With Cab Calloway & His Orchestra
  18. Leon “Chu” Berry with Cab Calloway
  19. Coleman Hawkins, Chu Berry, Lester Young & Don Byas
  20. Chu Berry, Don Byas, Lucky Thompson

Works (3)

Wrote

  1. Uptown Rhapsody

Composed

  1. Christopher Columbus
  2. Swing Is Here

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. https://d-nb.info/gnd/136211046
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82164704
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82164704
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6hq4kkw
  5. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb138914396
  6. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103961

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/306411

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000116559

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/100245994

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1089014

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/27176