Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds
Top Songs
| 1 | Listen to Me MX 849 | ||
| 2 | Tiger Rag MX 212 | ||
| 3 | New Iberia Blues MX 214 | ||
| 4 | Careless Love MX 880 | ||
| 5 | Talking: Uptown Blues |
Albums
Dec 2013 • 20 songs
Jan 1951 • 8 songs
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Biography
Arguably the first important jazz drummer, Baby Dodds was one of the earliest to vary his patterns during a performance; a strong example of his adventurous style can be heard on a trio performance (with Jelly Roll Morton and Baby's brother Johnny) of "Wolverine Blues" in 1927. A major influence on Gene Krupa, Dodds worked in New Orleans with Willie Hightower, Bunk Johnson, Oscar Celestin, and others and played with Fate Marable's riverboat band in 1918. He joined King Oliver in San Francisco in 1922 and settled in Chicago the following year. In addition to recording with Oliv...