Dottie Dodgion
Dottie Dodgion | |
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 Vi Redd, Marian McPartland and Dottie Dodgion in 1977 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dorothy Rosalie Giaimo |
| Born | September 23, 1929 Brea, California |
| Died | September 17, 2021 (aged 91) |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Drummer |
| Years active | 1940s–1980s |
Dottie Dodgion (born Dorothy Rosalie Giaimo; September 23, 1929 – September 17, 2021) was an American jazz drummer and singer.
Life and career
Dodgion was born on September 23, 1929, in Brea, California.[1] As a child, Giaimo sang in the band led by her father, a drummer. She grew up in the Bay Area and sang with jazz guitarist Nick Esposito and bassist Charles Mingus as a teenager.[2] An early marriage to Robert Bennett was annulled.[1] After marrying Monty Budwig in 1952, she began playing drums, but Budwig tried to dissuade her from the instrument; she received encouragement to play from Jerry Dodgion and bassist Eugene Wright, and subsequently divorced Budwig in 1954 to marry Dodgion.[1][3] Her new husband advised her to choose between singing and drums; she decided to concentrate on the latter.[4]
She worked with
In 1977, Marian McPartland formed an all-female group with Dodgion,
Dodgion died on September 17, 2021, in a hospice in Pacific Grove, California, after suffering a stroke.[1] A daughter from her marriage to Budwig was her only survivor.[2][1] An autobiography, The Lady Swings: Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer, co-written by Dodgion and Wayne Enstice, was published by the University of Illinois Press in March 2021.[5]
Discography
As leader
- Dottie Dodgion Sings (Arbors Jazz, 1993)
As accompanist
With Ruby Braff
- The Music Of Ruby Braff And His International Jazz Quartet (Chiaroscuro, 1972)
With Marian McPartland
- Now's The Time (Halcyon, 1977)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Sandomir, Richard (October 11, 2021). "Dottie Dodgion, a Standout Drummer in More Ways Than One, Dies at 91". The New York Times. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ a b c d Mayhew Bergman, Megan (September 30, 2021). "The Vibrant Life and Quiet Passing of Dottie Dodgion". The New Yorker. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
- ^ The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld.
- ^ a b West, Hollie I. (May 8, 1979). "A Different Drummer". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
- ^ Amorosi, A.D. (March 29, 2021). "Dottie Dodgion & Wayne Enstice: The Lady Swings: Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer (University of Illinois Press)". JazzTimes. Retrieved October 11, 2021.
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