Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 24, 1898, Warren Baby Dodds, brother of clarinettist Johnny Dodds, was one of first great drummers of jazz. Listing just three of the groups he recorded with is like a “who’s who” on classic New Orleans Chicago-recorded jazz: King Oliver’s Creole Band, Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers and Louis Armstrong & His Hot Seven.
Here’s Baby Dodds in what must be the first instructional jazz movie ever (1946) and, as far as I know, the only existing footage of him, doing his trademark press roll and soloing on tom-tom with some foot muffle over a rhythmically simplified background piano statement of the “Tea For Two” theme.
Here’s Baby Dodds in what must be the first instructional jazz movie ever (1946) and, as far as I know, the only existing footage of him, doing his trademark press roll and soloing on tom-tom with some foot muffle over a rhythmically simplified background piano statement of the “Tea For Two” theme.
RECUERDO QUE EN LOS AÑOS 70'S EL MIEMBRO DEL HOT CLUB DE MADRID,FRANCO ORGAZ,TENIA ENTRE SU GRAN CANTIDAD DE DISCOS DE PIZARRA -AQUELLOS QUE DURABAN UNOS 3 MINUTOS- UNO DE BABY DODDS Y QUE CONSISTIA EN UN SOLO DE BATERIA.¡QUÉ NOSLIA AMIGOS! JUAN JOSE GONZALEZ
ResponderEliminar¡QUE NOSTALGIA AMIGOS!: ES LO QUE QUISE DECIR EN LA ULTIMA FRASE DE MI MENSAJE ANTERIOR.HUBO ERRATA Y NO ME DI CUENTA.MIS DISCULPAS.
ResponderEliminarJUAN JOSE GONZALEZ
The pianist on TEA FOR TWO is Oro "Tut" Soper -- he and Baby made some duet recordings for the Chicago-based Session label in, I believe, 1944. Beautiful footage! Thanks for posting it -- Michael Steinman
ResponderEliminarThanks for the input, jazzlives.
ResponderEliminarThat duet session from January 31, 1944, was in fact recorded for S.D., another Chicago-based label that bore many resemblances to Session. Both were founded by recorded collectors (S.D. by John Steiner and Hugh Davis, Session by Phil Featheringill and Dave Bell) with an interest in early jazz and blues and both combined new recordings with reissues.
SD 5000 included "Oronics" and "Stardust Stomp" and SD 5001 "It's A Ramble" and "Thou Swell". See advertisement in the November 1944 issue of The Jazz Record, that I posted several weeks ago:
http://thereisjazzbeforetrane.blogspot.com/2009/04/old-jazz-magazines-record-ads-3.html
"Tea For Two" and "That's A Plenty", from the same recording session, were first issued on AM Baby Dodds LP2.
Regards,
Agustín Pérez
Gracias por el comentario, Juanjo.
ResponderEliminarBaby Dodds grabó varios solos de batería (a veces con comentarios a modo de lección magistral) a lo largo de 1945 y 1946. Algunos de ellos se incluyen en el CD publicado por American Music y titulado simplemente "Baby Dodds" (AMCD-17) que, casualmente, estoy escuchando ahora mismo.
Un saludo,
Agustín Pérez