Baby Dodds Musical artist

Warren "Baby" Dodds (December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959) was a jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is regarded as one of the very best jazz drummers of the pre-big band era, and one of the most important early jazz drummers. 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. Some of his early influences included Louis Cottrell, Sr., Harry Zeno, Henry Martin, and Tubby Hall. Dodds was among the first drummers to be recorded who improvised while performing.

Personal facts

Baby Dodds
Birth dateDecember 24, 1898
Date of deathFebruary 14, 1959
Place of death
Chicago
Hometown
Louisiana
New Orleans
United States

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Musical artist

associated musical artist
Art Hodes
Jelly Roll Morton
Johnny Dodds
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
Dixieland
instrument
Drum kit

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External resources

  1. http://www.folkways.si.edu/searchresults.aspx?sPhrase=Baby%20Dodds&sType='phrase'