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Willie Lynch

Swing drummer Born August 13, 1899 in Cambridge, Massachusetts Willie Lynch’s career in New York, from 1924 to mid-1930: Drummer, Billy Butler Band/Charleston Bearcats, 1924-1926 Drummer, Savoy Bearcats, opening the Savoy Ballroom, 1926 Recorded with the [a=Savoy Bearcats], 1926 Toured South America, increasing the jazz audience, 1927 Subbed for Duke Ellington at the Cotton Club Lynch band fronted by Louis Armstrong, 1930 Lynch band recorded with [a=Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra], 1930 Willie Lynch directed orchestras for numerous Harlem revues.