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Big Sid Catlett, born Sidney Catlett on January 17, 1910 in Evansville, Indiana, was an American jazz drummer who played everything from Dixieland to Bebop.
Big Sid worked with the likes of Benny Carter, Fletcher Henderson, Elmer Snowden, Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Teddy Wilson, Harry Gibson, and Louis Armstrong.
After dealing with pneumonia, Catlett died on March 25, 1951 from a heart-attack.
