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40 jazz
took place in Chicago; and in the next chapter we
shall take a look at Chicago's Jazz Age.
Personalities
Johnny Dodds (1892-1940) Clarinettist and native of New Orleans. Dodds played with Kid Ory, then joined the Oliver band where he replaced Jimmie Noone. In Oliver's famous Chicago recording sessions, Dodds makes a perfect partner on the clarinet for the virtuoso cornet playing of Oliver and Armstrong.
He eventually left Oliver to play in a variety of Chicago night haunts, and later joined Louis Armstrong with his 'Hot Five' and 'Hot Seven', making magnificent recordings with these outfits at a time when he was at the height of his powers.
Tommy Ladnier (1900-1939). Trumpeter, bora near New Orleans. He came to Chicago in the same year as Oliver, but did not start playing professionally until 1921. He earned the title of 'King of the Blues' and accompanied famous Blues singers such as Ida Cox. In 1926 he joined Fletcher Henderson's band, and from then on played with a succession of more or less commercialised swing orchestras that did not really suit his style. But in 1938 he made a triumphant comeback in 'revivalist' records with Sidney Bechet —part of a series of recording sessions organised by French jazz critic Hugues Panassie.
Jimmie Noone (1895-1944). Clarinettist and great rival of Johnnie Dodds. Noone played in New |
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