Johnny Dodds

Johnny Dodds

Johnny Dodds

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  • Jazz Age Architect
  • February 2024
  • 8 Songs

Top Songs

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Too Tight
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Stomp Time Blues
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Indigo Stomp
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I'm Goin' Huntin'
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Sun

Albums

  • Dixie Clarinet Fest

    Sep 2023 • 13 songs

  • Johnny Dodds: Recordings 1926–1929
  • The King Of New Orleans Clarinets

    Jul 2022 • 150 songs

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Johnny Dodds

Biography

One of the all-time great clarinetists and arguably the most significant of the 1920s, Johnny Dodds (whose younger brother Baby Dodds was among the first important drummers) had a memorable tone in both the lower and upper registers, was a superb blues player, and held his own with Louis Armstrong (no mean feat) on his classic Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings. He did not start on clarinet until he was 17 but caught on fast, being mostly self-taught. Dodds was with Kid Ory's band during most of 1912-1919, played on riverboats with Fate Marable in 1917, and joined King Oliver i...
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