Warren baby dodds biography

Born Warren Dodds, he was from New Orleans.
Warren "Baby" Dodds (December 24, 1898 – February 14, 1959) was an American jazz drummer born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
American musician, a leading early jazz percussionist and one of the first major jazz drummers on record.

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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. His heritage was what made Dodds different from a traditional straight parade drummer. Dodds was a descendant of African slaves. His ancestors were slaves, and the rhythms from that exotic continent were passed on to him. Jazz was born from this mix of European music and European tradition. Dodds played in parades from the 1910s with Bunk Johnson and “Frankie Dusen’s Eagle Band”, often together. In the “Fewclothes Cabaret”, he played gigs that were not parade-related. After a brief stint with “Oscar Papa Celestin”‘s Band, the young drummer joined Fate Marable’s band on the SS Sydney. He joined Joe ‘King’ Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band in 1921, and made his first recordings with them in 1923. Louis Armstrong, a 22-year-old cornet wizard, was featured in this all-star

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Baby Dodds

American jazz drummer (1898–1959)

Baby Dodds
Baby Dodds, Ole South, New York, c. December 1946, Image: William P. Gottlieb
Birth name	Warren Dodds
Born	December 24, 1898 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Died	February 14, 1959(1959-02-14) (aged 60) Chicago, Illinois, US
Genres	Jazz, Dixieland
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Drums

Musical artist

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. Early influences included Louis Cottrell, Sr., Dave Perkins,^[1] and Tubby Hall. Dodds was among the first drummers to be recorded improvising while performing.

Early years

"Baby" Dodds was the younger brother of clarinetist Johnny Dodds. His mother, who died when he was nine years old, taught him valuable lessons about per

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Dodds, Baby (actually, Warren)

Dodds, Baby (actually, Warren), famed New Orleans jazz drummer, brother of Johnny Dodds; b. New Orleans, La., Dec. 24,1898; d. Chicago, 111., Feb. 14, 1959. He gained his nickname through being the youngest of six children. While doing day work in a sack-making factory (1912), he took first drum lessons from Dave Perkins and later studied with Walter Brundy and Louis Cottrell Sr. He did occasional parade work with Bunk Johnson, but had his first regular gigs with Willie Hightower’s American Stars. Played for a while at Fewclothes Cabaret, then did a spell with Manuel Manetta at The Casino before returning to Fewclothes. He worked with Frankie Dusen’s Eagle Band, then with Papa Celestin, before joining Fate Marable on the S.S. Sydney in the autumn of 1918. He remained with Marable until September 1921, then returned to New Orleans. King Oliver—then in San Francisco—sent for the young musician, and he joined the band on the road. Dodds moved to Chicago with Oliver in 1922, but left the band by late 1923. Early in 1924, he worked in Honore Dutrey’