Dottie Dodgion

A swinging and supportive drummer who’s also a personable singer, Dottie Dodgion has were able to have an effective career as a lady jazz musician, which will need to have been a hard profession choice in the 1950’s! In early stages she sang with Charles Mingus and started playing drums while in her early twenties. She wedded altoist Jerry Dodgion in 1952 and freelanced being a drummer in NEVADA and NY during the following 2 decades. Although she didn’t become well-known, Dodgion did use Benny Goodman (1961), the Billy Mitchell-Al Gray group, Wild Costs Davison, Al Cohn-Zoot Sims, Marian McPartland, Ruby Braff and several other notable brands in the bop, golf swing, dixieland and mainstream areas. After her relationship ended, Dodgion transferred to California in the middle-1970’s where she’s continuing freelancing, emphasizing her performing a bit more in old age. Dottie Dodgion, who’s a normal at traditional jazz celebrations and occasionally shows up in the Monterey Jazz Event, has produced many looks on records like a sideperson and documented as a innovator for Arbors in the 1990’s.