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Johnny Dodds (April 12 , 1892 - August 8 , 1940 ) was a jazz clarinetist , and older brother of drummer Baby Dodds .
Born Waveland, Mississippi, he moved to New Orleans in his youth, studied clarinet with Lorenzo Tio . Played with bands of Frankie Duson , Kid Ory , and Joe "King" Oliver . Dodds went to Chicago , played with Oliver's Creole Jazz Band1923 . After break up of Oliver band in 1924 , Dodds replaced Alcide Nunez as house clarinetist and bandleader of Kelly's Stables . He recorded with numerous small groups in Chicago, most notably with Louis Armstrong's Hot 5Hot 7 , and Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
Benny Goodman .
Chicago in 1940.
External links Johnny Dodds on redhotjazz.com (http://www.redhotjazz.com/jdodds.html ) A short biography (http://personal.eunet.fi/pp/renko/dodds.htm )
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Dodds was in Kid Ory's band in New Orleans from 1912 to 1919. Johnny and his brother Baby Dodds were an important part of Louis Armstrong's classic Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings for Okeh. Johnny Dodds by G.E. Lambert, A.S. Barnes, 1961
Johnny Dodds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (166 words)
Johnny Dodds (April 12 , 1892 – August 8 , 1940 ) was a jazz clarinetist, and older brother of drummer Baby Dodds . Dodds went to Chicago , Illinois, played with Oliver's Creole Jazz Band, whom he first recorded with in 1923. Dodds was noted for his professionalism and virtuosity as a musician, and his heartfelt heavily blues laden style.
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