LC control no. | n 81097885 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Dodds, Baby, 1898-1959 |
Variant(s) | Dodds, Warren, 1894-1959 Dodds, Warren, 1898-1959 |
See also | Corporate body: Baby Dodds' Jazz Four |
Associated country | United States |
Birth date | 1898-12-24 |
Death date | 1959-02-14 |
Place of birth | New Orleans (La.) |
Place of death | Chicago (Ill.) |
Affiliation | Hot Seven |
Profession or occupation | Drummers (Musicians) Jazz musicians Percussionists |
Found in | His The Baby Dodds story, 1959. Oxford music online, August 1, 2013: New Grove dictionary of American music, 2nd ed. (Dodds, Baby (Warren); born December 24, 1898, New Orleans, LA, died February 14, 1959, Chicago, IL; American drummer, brother of Johnny Dodds; jazz musician) Morton, J.R. Winin' boy blues [SR] 1946: label (Baby Dodds' Jazz Four) African American National Biography, accessed December 16, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: ( Dodds, Baby; Warren Dodds; jazz musician, percussionist; born 24 December 1898 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States; got jobs on riverboats plying the Mississippi; played with Louis Armstrong in a group called the Jaz-E-Saz Band; played in the Hugh Swift Band at the Evergreen Golf Club (1926); the first of the influential drum stylists, he revolutionized the drumming of his time; high point in his career occurred when Louis Armstrong formed his Hot Seven Band (1927) with him playing the drums; died 14 February 1959 in Chicago, Illinois, United States) |