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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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