Eddie Dougherty
Edward "Eddie" Dougherty (* 17th July 1915 in Brooklyn , New York ; † 14. December 1994 in New York City ) was an American jazz - drummer .
Live and act
Eddie Dougherty began playing drums at the age of 13 and made his first appearances in Dickie Wells ' band at Dickie Wells' club in Harlem in the early 1930s . As a sideman, he worked in the 1930s on recordings of Taft Jordan , Frank Froeba , Mildred Bailey , Harry James , Billie Holiday (" Strange Fruit ", 1939), Frankie Newton , Pete Johnson and Meade Lux Lewis ; In 1940 he played with Keny Watts and his Kilowatts, replacing Dave Tough in Bud Freemana Orchestra; after that he played with Art Tatum , Joe Sullivan , Benny Carter , Benny Morton and James P. Johnson in the early 1940s . In his later years he took part in the recordings of Cliff Jackson , Mary Lou Williams , Clyde Bernhardt , Wilbur De Paris , Teddy Wilson and Albert Nicholas and was active as a musician until the 1980s.
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . 8th edition. Penguin, London 2006, ISBN 0-141-02327-9 .
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
Web links
- Eddie Dougherty at Allmusic (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dougherty, Eddie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dougherty, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 1994 |
| Place of death | New York City |