Leon Brown Berry

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Leon Brown Berry, better known as Chu Berry, was an influential American jazz tenor saxophonist active in the 1930s swing era.

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Leon Brown Berry canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
jazz musician ⓘ
tenor saxophonist ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1941 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Chu Berry ⓘ
associatedAct Billie Holiday ⓘ
Cab Calloway ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson ⓘ
Roy Eldridge ⓘ
Teddy Wilson ⓘ
burialPlace Greenwood Cemetery, Wheeling, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath automobile accident ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-09-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1941-10-30 ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
genre jazz ⓘ
swing music ⓘ
hasNickname Chu ⓘ
influenced Charlie Parker ⓘ
Lester Young ⓘ
influencedBy Coleman Hawkins ⓘ
instrument tenor saxophone ⓘ
memberOf Cab Calloway Orchestra ⓘ
Fletcher Henderson Orchestra ⓘ
McKinney's Cotton Pickers ⓘ
movement swing era ⓘ
name Leon Brown Berry ⓘ
notableFeature early use of advanced harmony that anticipated bebop ⓘ
virtuosic tenor saxophone technique ⓘ
notableRecording Christopher Columbus ⓘ
Ghost of a Chance (with Cab Calloway Orchestra) ⓘ
Limehouse Blues ⓘ
notableWork recordings with Cab Calloway ⓘ
recordings with Fletcher Henderson ⓘ
occupation jazz saxophonist ⓘ
musician ⓘ
partOf American swing era ⓘ
placeOfBirth Wheeling, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Conneaut, Ohio, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
style harmonically advanced swing improvisation ⓘ

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Chu Berry → birthName → Leon Brown Berry ⓘ
Leon Brown Berry → name → Leon Brown Berry ⓘ