Bill Dowdy
William "Bill" Lee Dowdy (born August 15, 1932 in Osceola , † May 12, 2017 in Battle Creek ) was an American jazz drummer and music teacher .
Dowdy grew up in Benton Harbor , Michigan . He learned piano and drums in high school and studied it from 1954 at Roosevelt University in Chicago , had his own band, the Club 49 Trio in 1949, with which it was also broadcast on the radio in Chicago. He worked in blues bands and with Johnny Griffin and JJ Johnson, among others . In 1956 he founded The Four Sounds in South Bend, Ind. And then played with Gene Harris and Andy Simpkins in the jazz trio The Three Sounds . Together they recorded over ten albums from the 1950s to the early 1970s. Dowdy also played with Lester Young , Lou Donaldson , Nat Adderley , Johnny Griffin, Anita O'Day and Sonny Stitt .
His role models were Gene Krupa , Max Roach , Roy Haynes and Tony Williams .
Dowdy settled in Battle Creek and initially worked in a music store, but eventually opened his own business. Dowdy also worked as a music teacher for piano and drums.
Lexical entries
- Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .
- Leonard Feather : The Encyclopedia of Jazz . 1984.
- The Giants of Jazz Piano. Backbeat Books. 2001. (History of the Three Sounds)
Web links
- Bill Dowdy biography at Allmusic Guide
- Bill Dowdy at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Andy Fitzpatrick: Bill Dowdy, drummer for Chess Records and Three Sounds, dies at 84. In: Battle Creek Enquirer. May 19, 2017, accessed May 21, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dowdy, Bill |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dowdy, William Lee; Dowdy, Bill Lee (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz drummer and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Osceola (Arkansas) , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 2017 |
| Place of death | Battle Creek (Michigan) , United States |