Big Sid Catlett was, well, big. He stood at over six feet tall and was hefty and powerfully strong. He also had showman's blood—as most great big band drummers of the 1930s and 1940s did. So much so that Benny Goodman let him go in 1941 for hamming and distracting the limelight—even though Goodman acknowledged Catlett's masterful playing on his recordin…
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