Calloway

American  

[kal-uh-wey] / ˈkæl əˌweɪ /

noun

1. Cab(ell), 1907–1994, U.S. jazz bandleader and singer.

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Example Sentences

The cast includes William Warfield, Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway, who at one point is shown scat-singing in a Vienna tavern, a born entertainer caught in a wonderfully loose, lithe and swinging performance.

From The Wall Street Journal

I’ve had dinner in Caroline Calloway’s West Village apartment and am on an email basis with Club Chalamet.

From Slate

Sweeney is currently starring as Millie Calloway in The Housemaid, which is based on the 2022 novel of the same name by Freida McFadden.

From BBC

Arthur Calloway, co-vice-chair of the Civilian Oversight Commission, asked at the October meeting whether the sheriff’s department could be trusted to investigate inmate claims against its own employees.

From Los Angeles Times

Clearly, his manic creativity, work ethic and obsession with radioactivity, Django Reinhardt and Cab Calloway — “the original old arrangements of ‘St. James Infirmary’ from the early ’30s … I didn’t even like the late ’30s; my music is like ’31 to ’33, thank you very much!” — set him up perfectly for what’s proven a lengthy and prolific collaboration with director Tim Burton.

From Los Angeles Times