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At the helm of one of the most outstanding jazz bands of the 1930s, Chick Webb emerged as both a tremendously influential drummer and orchestra leader. Webb was the first jazz drummer to become a nationally recognized bandleader and helped transform traditional Dixieland-style percussion into a modern swing idiom. Dwarfed by a deformity of the spine that left him hunchbacked and less than five feet tall, Webb produced innovative rhythms that remained unencumbered by physical limitations. Though nearly obscured behind his 28-inch bass drum, Webb drove his orchestra with an innate sense of swing that brought accolades from jazz great Duke Ellington to young drummer Gene Krupa, whose musical style and a drum-led ensemble would remain deeply indebted to Webb's musical legacy. Webb is a pivotal figure in the history of jazz; his later obscurity fails to overshadow his role in defining the art

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