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Herschel Evans and Chu Berry: the short careers of two tenor masters of the swing era
ByColeman Hawkins
saxophone, tenor1904 - 1969

Chu Berry
saxophone, tenor1908 - 1941

Herschel Evans
saxophone1909 - 1939

Count Basie
piano1904 - 1984

Lester Young
saxophone1909 - 1959
The most celebrated solos of Chu Berry's career came during his tenure with

Cab Calloway
composer / conductor1907 - 1994
Both had scant discographies, but we'll listen to the cream of the crop of their recorded output.
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