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Leon "Chu" Berry

Leon "Chu" Berry (born September 13, 1908, Wheeling, West Virginia, USA - died October 30, 1941, Conneaut, Ohio, USA) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist from the swing era. Throughout his brief career, Berry was in demand as a sideman for recording sessions under the names of various other jazz artists, including Spike Hughes (1933), Bessie Smith (1933), The Chocolate Dandies (1933), Mildred Bailey (1935–1938), Teddy Wilson (1935–1938), Billie Holiday (1938–1939), Wingy Manone (1938–1939) and Lionel Hampton (1939). During the period 1934–1939, while saxophone pioneer Hawkins was playing in Europe, Berry was one of several younger tenor saxophonists, such as Budd Johnson, Ben Webster and Lester Young who vied for supremacy on their instrument. Berry's mastery of advanced harmony and his smoothly-flowing solos on uptempo tunes influenced such young innovators as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker. The latter named his first son Leon in Chu's honor. Berry was one of the jazz musicians who took part in jam sessions at Minton's Playhouse in New York City, which led to the development of bebop.

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• Classic Chu Berry Columbia And Victor Sessions
• On Parade
• Tenor Giants
• The Swinging Big Band Leader With Chu Berry
• Blowing Up A Breeze
• Byas / Berry / Thompson
• 1937-1941
• Best Of Big Bands
• Mainstream Tenors
• Les Virtuoses Du Ténor Mainstream
• Berry Story (1936 / 1939)
• Giants Of The Tenor Sax
• A Giant Of The Tenor Sax 1938 And 1941
• The Indispensable Chu Berry
• Dentistry In Rhythm - Volume 4 - Fillin' The Chu Gaps – Chu Berry With Cab Calloway 1941 / Mildred Bailey 1935 -38
• Dentistry In Rhythm - Volume 3 - Fillin' The Chu Gaps (1939-1940)
• Dentistry In Rhythm - Volume 2 - Fillin' The Chu Gaps
• Leon 'Chu' Berry
• Tenor Triumvirate
• A Giant Of The Tenor Sax
• Dentistry In Rhythm Fillin' Chu Gaps
• Sax Scene - 5 Tenor Giants.
• The Big Sounds Of Coleman Hawkins & Chu Berry
• Unissued Recordings Of Big Tenors
• Penguin Swing 1937-1941
• The Tenor Sax: Lester Young, Chu Berry & Ben Webster
• The Great Swinging Tenor Saxophones
• The Influence Of Five
• Sittin' In
• Giants Of Tenor Sax
• Prez And Chu (Tops on Tenor)
• Memorial Album
• Great Tenor Sax Artists
• Get Lost
• Dream Girl
• Chew, Choo, Chu & Co
• "The Calloway Years" 1937-1941
• Enregistrements 1936-1940
• 1937 - 1940 The Rarest
• Sax Scene - 5 Tenor Giants.
• Perfect Sax Solos: Cool 1940s Saxophone Jazz
• Le Hot-Club De Rennes 1941 - 1952
• Savoy Heyday (1936-1950)
• The Spirit Of Jazz Cosmos Arkestra At WUHY, 1978
• Une Civilisation Du Rythme
• Classic 1936-1947 Count Basie And Lester Young Studio Sessions
• The Real Fats Waller
• That Old Feeling
• Skety
• Jazz Instruments

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