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 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 Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra, 1930 Willie Lynch directed orchestras for numerous Harlem revues.