gvopedz Posted October 25 Report Posted October 25 This fascinating album follows jazz drummer Baby Dodds as he demonstrates the sonic elements of his famous solos and discusses these component parts with the attentive audience. From a discussion of drumming in the 1920s to a tom-tom "workout," Dodds' album is as entertaining as it is educational. https://folkways.si.edu/baby-dodds/footnotes-to-jazz-vol-1-talking-and-drum-solos/ragtime-oral-history-biography/album/smithsonian?mc_cid=8916691311&mc_eid=2c917bba9f Quote
jazzbo Posted October 25 Report Posted October 25 Great album I've had on cd for nearly 20 years. "As entertaining as it is educational" indeed. Quote
JSngry Posted October 25 Report Posted October 25 Couple this one with the American Music CD and it's like being admitted to a secret/lost world Baby Dodds is deep. Still. Quote
mikeweil Posted October 25 Report Posted October 25 I love these solos ever since I heard one of them on a Folkways anthology on African & Afro-American Drums way back in 1972. I was so glad when the CD finally was issued. https://www.discogs.com/release/3091405-Baby-Dodds-The-Laneville-Union-Brass-Band-The-Lapsey-Band-Talking-And-Drum-Solos-1946-Country-Brass- Quote
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