caption death_date birth_place article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
zutty , 1939 photo : william p. gottlieb . singleton -lrb- with adele girard , harp -rrb- 14 july 1975 bunkie , louisiana , united states zutty singleton
 zutty singleton non_vocal_instrumentalist 14 may 1898 drums jazz zutty . jpg singleton , adele girard -lrb- gottlieb 07861 -rrb- new orleans , louisiana arthur james singleton musician
zutty singleton

arthur james `` zutty '' singleton -lrb- may 14 , 1898 -- july 14 , 1975 -rrb- was an american jazz drummer .
singleton was born in bunkie , louisiana , and raised in new orleans .
he was working professionally with steve lewis by 1915 .
he served with the united states navy in world war i .
after returning to new orleans he worked with such bands as those of papa celestin , big eye louis nelson , john robichaux , and fate marable .
he left for st. louis , missouri , to play in charlie creath 's band , then moved to chicago .
in chicago , singleton played with doc cooke , dave peyton , jimmie noone , and theater bands , then joined louis armstrong 's band with earl hines .
in 1928 and 1929 , he performed on landmark recordings with louis armstrong and his hot five .
in 1929 he moved with armstrong to new york city .
in addition to armstrong , in new york singleton played with bubber miley , tommy ladnier , fats waller , jelly roll morton and otto hardwick .
he also played in the band backing bill robinson .
in 1934 , singleton returned to chicago .
he returned to new york in 1937 , working with mezz mezzrow and sidney bechet .
in 1943 , he moved to los angeles , where he led his own band , played for motion pictures , and was featured on orson welles 's cbs radio series , `` the orson welles almanac '' -lrb- 1944 -rrb- .
later he worked with such jazz musicians as slim gaillard , wingy manone , eddie condon , nappy lamare , art hodes , oran `` hot lips '' page , and max kaminsky .
