Calloway

[kal-uh-wey]

noun

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

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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Or,” he concludes, “it might be Cab Calloway going, ‘Danny, you weren’t as good as me, but you were ok.

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Like Calloway, the question with Lola becomes, how much of this is her job and how much of it does she believe?

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So much of Calloway’s persona rested on her brilliant ideas tempered by charming ineptitude, her devil-may-care approach to her own fame.

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