Legendary jazz singer and bandleader Cabell "Cab" Calloway III was known for his energetic stage presence (see below! ) and "scat" singing. Calloway led one of the most popular big bands, “Cab Calloway and his Orchestra,” featuring such performers as trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie and saxophonists Ben Webster. By the late 1930s, Cab's band was one of the top grossing acts in jazz. History has it, that Cab Calloway learned how to scat from legendary jazz musician Louis Armstrong, whom he had met as a