92 years ago today (and all week) the legendary Cab Calloway was performing live on the stage of the Loew's Jersey. 78 years later, he was seen again at the Loew's, this time on screen in his show-stopping performance in "The Blues Brothers". By the time he played the Loew's in 1932, the 25 year old Calloway had fused Jazz and the Blues with scat singing to become one of the best known band leaders and vocalists of the Big Band era. His signature song, "Minnie the Moocher", with what is arguably

Singer and bandleader Cab Calloway performing with his orchestra in 1932. | The Jazz Estate

Celebrating International Jazz Day with Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award winner and the master of scat singing - here’s jazz legend Cab Calloway performing “When the Saints Go Marching In” at the 1991 A Capitol Fourth. #ACapitolFourth #July4thPBS #PBS | A Capitol Fourth

✨One of the best Minnie the Moocher videos✨ The one and only Cab Calloway and His Orchestra on Harlem in Montmartre today 🗣🎙 Fantastic! 🧡 🎥....1932🐈 | Harlem In Montmartre

This 1932 Betty Boop short MINNIE THE MOOCHER opens with Cab Calloway and his orchestra. The animators used this live performance as the basis for rotoscoping, which turned his exact dance moves into the cartoon! ✨ | the.vintage.era