Johnny Dodds

Johnny Dodds (born the April 12th 1892 in Waveland in the State of the Mississippi and dead the August 8th 1940 with Chicago) was a Clarinettiste of Blues and American Jazz and the older brother of the beater Baby Dodds.

Biography

Moved in 1909 with the New-Orleans, Johnny Dodds joined the orchestra of Kid Ory about 1912, that of King Oliver in 1916 and that of Papa Celestin in 1918. He married Bessie Munson in 1915. During these years it accepted lessons of Lorenzo Tio wire. In 1920, having lost its clarinettist Jimmie Noone, Oliver made come Dodds to Chicago where it was going to remain the remainder of his days. The Creole Jazz Band de King Oliver counted then Baby Dodds with the battery, Honore Dutrey with the trombone, Lil Hardin with the piano and Bill Johnson with low. Following a round in California in 1922, Louis Armstrong united with the group which made a series of recordings before the departure of King Oliver in 1924.

From 1925 to 1927 in Chicago, Johnny Dodds took part in the famous recordings Hot Five and Hot Seven of Louis Armstrong and Red Hot Peppers of Jello Roll Morton, among most important of the history of the jazz. He excelled in a role of support, playing of subtle against-melodies behind the trumpet; its soli is impressed blues and of emotion. Dodds used a clarinet " Albert" system; , with a very strong sheer which gave him a its rich person and powerful with the costs of the swiftness. It made other recordings with Lil Hardin and Natty Dominique but slows down his musical production after the death of his wife in 1931. He exerted a certain influence on the young person Benny Goodman. Johnny Dodds is deceased of cerebral emboli in 1940; Sidney Bechet dedicated the piece " then to him; Blue for you, Johnny".

Discography

  • Gut bucket blues (with Louis Armstrong), 1925
  • Spoils Mouth , 1926
  • The Pearls (with Jello Roll Morton), 1927
  • Wolverine Blues (with Jello Roll Morton), 1927
  • Weary blues (with Louis Armstrong), 1927
  • Blue Clarinet stomp , 1928

References

Patricia A. Martin, The Solo Style off Jazz Clarinetist Johnny Dodds: 1923-1938 , monograph in Louisiana State University, 2003

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