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Baby Dodds

1898 - 1959

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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, and Tubby Hall. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). Baby Dodds is the 2,060th most popular musician (up from 2,108th in 2024), the 11,021st most popular biography from United States (up from 11,063rd in 2019) and the 814th most popular American Musician.

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Among musicians, Baby Dodds ranks 2,060 out of 3,175. Before him are Tom DeLonge, Jason Mraz, Paul Oakenfold, Maria Schneider, Axwell, and Jule Styne. After him are Bud Shank, Danny Kirwan, Peter Baumann, Graeme Revell, James Shaffer, and Boris Berezovsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Baby Dodds ranks 297. Before him are Lucy Morton, Lee Garmes, Albert Kivikas, Bedřich Šupčík, Humberto Tomasina, and Rachel Fuller Brown. After him are Ewald Balser, Owen Barfield, Harry Edward, Roy Harris, Stephen Vincent Benét, and Tom Whittaker. Among people deceased in 1959, Baby Dodds ranks 204. Before him are Arvi Pohjanpää, Jerónimo Méndez, John August Anderson, Arvid Spångberg, Nils Granfelt, and Eusebio Díaz. After him are Vincenzo Cardarelli, George Amick, Gilda Gray, Bruce Harlan, Frank Vaughn, and Paul Douglas.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Baby Dodds ranks 11,023 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Dumas (1937), Edward Egan (1932), Evelyn Venable (1913), Sam Balter (1909), Robert Creeley (1926), and Richard Garfield (1963). After him are Markie Post (1950), Bud Shank (1926), Edgar Buchanan (1903), Christian Serratos (1990), Frank Henry (1909), and Lynn-Holly Johnson (1958).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Baby Dodds ranks 814. Before him are Jon Oliva (1959), Shannon Leto (1970), Ed Thigpen (1930), Tom DeLonge (1975), Jason Mraz (1977), and Maria Schneider (1960). After him are Bud Shank (1926), James Shaffer (1970), Jack Casady (1944), George Adams (1940), Mia Zapata (1965), and George Lynch (1954).

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