Baby Dodds

Baby Dodds (born December 24, 1898, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.—died February 14, 1959, Chicago, Illinois) was an American musician, a leading early jazz percussionist and one of the first major jazz drummers on record. At an early age Dodds played drums in New Orleans parade and jazz bands, and in 1918–21 he played in Fate Marable’s riverboat bands. In 1922 he went to San Francisco to join King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. Dodds recorded with...