Aaron Dodd
Aaron Dodd (* 12. February 1948 in Chicago , Illinois ; † 18th June 2010 in Evanston (Illinois) ) was an American jazz - tuba player .
life and career
Aaron Dodd, born in Chicago in 1948, has worked in Chicago's jazz and pop scene since the 1970s (with Malachi Thompson and Phil Cohran, among others ) and became known through his participation on the album Awakening by the jazz radio group The Pharaohs , which later became Earth, Wind & Fire emerged . He was one of the founding members of Edward Wilkerson's band 8 Bold Souls and worked on their first two albums 8 Bold Souls (1987) and Sideshow (1994). Dodd also worked in classical music and was a street musician on Michigan Avenue for many years. In his last years he was dependent on a wheelchair due to illness.
He died on June 18 at Saint Francis Hospital in Evanston, where the terminally ill Fred Anderson was in the intensive care unit in a coma at the time.
literature
- Aaron Dodd in: The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States. by Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Oxford University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0195082357 , page 336
Web links
- Obituary in the Chicago Examiner (accessed July 2, 2010)
- Discography by Aaron Dodd
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical data of Aaron Dodd at Find A Grave
- ^ [Obituary for Aaron Dodd in the Chicago Tribune - Aaron Dodd, 1948-2010: Acclaimed tuba player Street performer was once a member of the 8 Bold Souls jazz ensemble, by William Lee, Chicago Tribune, June 19, 2010]
- ^ Aaron Dodd - The Power of Black Music: Interpreting Its History from Africa to the United States. by Samuel A. Floyd, Jr., Oxford University Press, 1995, ISBN 978-0195082357
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SURNAME | Dodd, Aaron |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz tuba player |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1948 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 2010 |
Place of death | Evanston (Illinois) |