Dodo Marmarosa

Dodo Marmarosa

Dodo Marmarosa

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Latest Release

Bebop Elegance - A Jazz Piano Legacy album art
  • Bebop Elegance - A Jazz Piano Legacy
  • March 2025
  • 9 Songs

Top Songs

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Midnight at Minton's
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High Wind in Hollywood
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Up in Dodo's Room (Take 1)
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Ornithology
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Dialated Pupils (Take 1)

Albums

  • Best Cuts from Dodo's Trio

    Aug 2021 • 11 songs

  • Dodo's back!

    Oct 2020 • 1 song

  • Dodo’s Bounce

    Apr 1991 • 30 songs

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About

Dodo Marmarosa

Biography

One of the finest pianists of the bop era, Dodo Marmarosa's career was cut short by mental illness. He playeed locally at first and then made strong contributions to the orchestras of Gene Krupa (1942-1943), Tommy Dorsey (1944), Charlie Barnet (taking the opening piano solo on the hit "Skyliner"), and Artie Shaw (playing with his Gramercy Five). Marmarosa was often teamed with Barney Kessel (with whom he had been with Barnet and Shaw) and both settled in Los Angeles by 1946. Marmarosa recorded with Boyd Raeburn and Lester Young, became the house pianist for the Atomic label, m...
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