Alfred "Tubby" Hall (October 12, 1895 – May 13, 1945) was an American

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drummer. Hall was born in Sellers, Louisiana; his family moved to New Orleans in his childhood. His younger brother, Minor "Ram" Hall, also became a professional drummer. He played in many marching bands in New Orleans, including with Buddie Petit.
Chilton, John, ''Who's Who of Jazz: Storyville to Swing Street'', Da Capo Press, 1985, p. 132. . Retrieved May 20, 2010. In March 1917, Tubby Hall moved to Chicago, where he played with Sugar Johnny Smith. After two years in the United States Army, he returned to playing in Chicago, mostly with New Orleans bands, joining Carroll Dickerson's Orchestra (recording with it in 1927) and later with the groups of King Oliver,

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, Tiny Parham,

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said that Hall and Zutty Singleton "were great! They knew every trick and just how to phrase the parts of the choruses behind the horns, how to lead a man in, what to do at the turn-arounds, when to use sticks and when to use brushes, when to go for the rims or the woodblocks, what cymbals are for." He is seen in Armstrong's movies of the early 1930s, including the live action and Betty Boop cartoon '' I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You'' (1932) and ''A Rhapsody in Black and Blue'' (1932), made by

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. Only Armstrong and Hall got closeups in the two films, and both got their faces transposed with those of racially stereotyped "jungle natives" in the cartoon. Hall morphs from a jazz drummer to a cannibal stirring a cooking pot with two wooden sticks. His drumming style was forceful and sober, generally maintaining a constant tempo on the

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. Jazz critic Hugues Panassié considered him one of the three greatest jazz drummers of his generation, along with Zutty Singleton and

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Panassié, Hugues, ''The Real Jazz'', Smith and Durrell, Inc., 1942. Second printing August 1943, pp. 154, 155. Retrieved May 20, 2010. Tubby Hall died in Chicago.

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External links

A Rhapsody in Black and Blue" (1932) at Google video.

Betty Boop: "I'll be glad when you're dead, you rascal you" (1932) at Internet Archive. {{DEFAULTSORT:Hall, Tubby 1895 births 1945 deaths Jazz musicians from New Orleans African-American drummers American jazz drummers 20th-century American drummers American male drummers People from Norco, Louisiana 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians The Eagle Band members 20th-century African-American musicians Drummers from New Orleans