Dudley Fosdick

Dudley Fosdick (* 1902 in Liberty , Indiana , † June 17, 1957 in Malibu ) was an American jazz musician . According to Ian Carr, he is the first mellophone player and thus the "father of the mellophone " in jazz.

Fosdick studied at Northwestern University and Columbia University , 1922/23 he played in the ensemble The Hoosiers , which his brother, the saxophonist and clarinetist Gene Fosdick directed. In 1927 he moved to New York and played in the bands of trumpeter Tommy Gott , then with Don Voorhees and Roger Wolfe Kahn . At the end of the decade he was a sought-after sideman and was involved in recordings by Ted Weems , Red Nichols and His Five Pennies and Miff Mole and the Molers . In the 1930s he became a member of the Henry King and His Orchestra before joining Guy Lombardo's Royal Canadians in 1936 , where he stayed for ten years. During the Second World War he mainly worked as a studio musician. In the post-war period he taught at the Roerich Academy of Arts , where he eventually headed the music department. He died of a heart attack in 1957 .

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• Ian Carr et al. a. The Rough Guide to Jazz London: Rough Guides 2004; ISBN 978-1843532569 (3rd edition), p. 266.
• Richard Cook & Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings London: Penguin 2006; ISBN 0-141-02327-9 (8th edition).

Web links

• Dudley Fosdick at Allmusic (English)
• Jazz & Ragtime in Indiana ( Memento from January 1, 2011 in the Internet Archive )