Johnny Dodds

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Johnny Dodds was an influential early jazz clarinetist and bandleader associated with the New Orleans and Chicago jazz scenes of the 1920s.

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Johnny Dodds canonical 16
Jimmie Noone 1
Johnny Dodds (piano) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf bandleader
clarinetist
human
jazz musician
activeYearsEnd 1940
activeYearsStart 1910
associatedBand Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers
surface form: Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers

King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band
surface form: King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band

Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five
Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven
associatedWith Chicago jazz
surface form: Chicago jazz scene

New Orleans jazz scene
birthDate 1892-04-12
birthPlace New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
burialPlace Lincoln Cemetery, Blue Island, Illinois, United States
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship United States of America
deathDate 1940-08-08
deathPlace Chicago, Illinois, United States
familyName Dodds
genre Dixieland
New Orleans jazz
jazz
givenName Johnny
influenced Benny Goodman
Pee Wee Russell
Sidney Bechet
later traditional jazz clarinetists
instrument clarinet
name Johnny Dodds self-link
notableBandLed Johnny Dodds' Black Bottom Stompers
Clarence Williams' Jazz Kings
surface form: Johnny Dodds' Washboard Band
notableFor being a leading early jazz clarinetist of the 1920s
contributions to classic New Orleans and Chicago jazz recordings
notableRecording Melancholy
Perdido Street Blues
Wild Man Blues
notableWork recordings with Jelly Roll Morton’s Red Hot Peppers
recordings with Louis Armstrong's Hot Five
recordings with Louis Armstrong's Hot Seven
occupation bandleader
clarinetist
recordLabel Columbia Records
Okeh Records
surface form: OKeh Records

Victor Records
sibling Baby Dodds
style blues-influenced clarinet playing
expressive tone

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Heebie Jeebies hasPerformer Johnny Dodds
King Oliver notableBandMember Johnny Dodds
Potato Head Blues hasMusician Johnny Dodds
Potato Head Blues hasMusician Johnny Dodds
this entity surface form: Johnny Dodds (piano)
Fatha collaboratedWith Johnny Dodds
subject surface form: Earl Hines
this entity surface form: Jimmie Noone
Snake Rag performer Johnny Dodds
Chimes Blues recordedBy Johnny Dodds
Joe "King" Oliver collaboratedWith Johnny Dodds
Baby Dodds collaboratedWith Johnny Dodds
Baby Dodds sibling Johnny Dodds
Johnny Dodds name Johnny Dodds self-link
Honore Dutrey workedWith Johnny Dodds