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Warren "Baby" Dodds (December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959) was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is regarded as one of the best jazz drummers of the pre-big band era. He varied his drum patterns with accents and flourishes, and he generally kept the beat with the bass drum while playing buzz rolls on the snare.
Warren “Baby” Dodds. (b. December 24, 1898 - d. February 1959) by Rick Mattingly. ‘I’ve been through the mill, from drum pad on up to soloing,’ comments Warren ‘Baby’ Dodds in his landmark recording Talking and Drum Solos. ‘That takes in every bit of it.
Warren ‘Baby’ Dodds, born in 1897. Baby was the younger brother of clarinettist, Johnny Dodds, one of most original and influential reedmen of those early years. Baby was a schooled drummer, which meant he had a thorough knowledge of the military rudiments of drumming.
Dec 8, 2016 · Leaving New Orleans in 1921, Baby Dodds was in the vanguard of jazz musicians spreading out across the United States in the years immediately following the Great War, and the bands he played with were among the most influential on subsequent generations: almost every one of the Heroes I’ll be writing about in the future cited him as a major ...
Baby Dodds (December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959) was one of first great drummers of Jazz and the brother of Johnny Dodds. Baby got his start playing in parades in New Orleans, occasionally with Frankie Dusen’s Eagle Band.
Baby Dodds, American early jazz musician, who was one of the first major jazz drummers on record. He appeared on classic recordings with Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and Baby’s brother Johnny Dodds. His style comprised unusual sound colors, varied percussion patterns, and offbeat punctuation.
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Warren “baby” Dodds. Warren ‘Baby’ Dodds, born in 1897. Baby was the younger brother to Johnny Dodds (a clarinettist who was one of the most influential and original reedmen in those early years). Baby was a trained drummer and had a good understanding of military drumming.
