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Warren "Baby" Dodds (born December 24, 1898 in New Orleans , † February 14, 1959 in Chicago ) was the first major jazz drummer after Allmusic .
Live and act
Dodds learned to drum as a child; at 16 he got his first drum kit. He started in Frankie Dusen's Eagle Band and in the early days of jazz he played in the group of Kid Ory (briefly with his older brother, the clarinetist Johnny Dodds ; due to his inadequate skills, however, he had to leave the band, which spurred him on to more practice) , Bunk Johnson , Papa Celestin , Jack Carey and Willie Hightower . In 1918 he was with Fate Marable 's band, which played on Mississippi steamers, a. a. with Louis Armstrong . With King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (from 1921) he then went to San Francisco and Chicago. He stayed there even after Oliver's band broke up until his death, often playing with his brother (so from 1927 to 1929 in his band in Kelly's Stables with Freddie Keppard ). He was also involved in a taxi company. In Chicago he was involved in recordings with Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers, Sidney Bechet , his brother and, above all, Louis Armstrong's famous Hot Seven ( Hot Fives & Sevens ). After his brother's death in 1940, he played in the bands of Jimmie Noone , Bunk Johnson, Art Hodes and Mezz Mezzrow . After George Wettling , however, it was controversial at the time because its accompaniment sounded more like a solo. In 1949 he suffered several strokes, some of which paralyzed him; but he still appeared now and then.
Discographic notes
- Baby Dodds (American Music, 1944/45)
- Jazz a la Creole (CHB, 1946/47)
literature
- Larry Gara The Baby Dodds Story 1959 (based on interviews with Dodds)
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dodds, baby |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dodds, Warren |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1959 |
| Place of death | Chicago |