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The lady swings, memoirs of a jazz drummer, Dottie Dodgion & Wayne Enstice ; foreword by Carol Sloane

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The lady swings, memoirs of a jazz drummer, Dottie Dodgion & Wayne Enstice ; foreword by Carol Sloane

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-253) and index

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Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The lady swings

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1142514929

Responsibility statement

Dottie Dodgion & Wayne Enstice ; foreword by Carol Sloane

Series statement

Music in American life

Sub title

memoirs of a jazz drummer

Summary

"Dottie Dodgion is a jazz drummer who played with the best. A survivor, she lived an entire lifetime before she was seventeen. Undeterred by hardships, she defied the odds and earned a seat as a woman in the exclusive men's club of jazz. Her dues-paying path as a musician took her from early work with Charles Mingus to being hired by Benny Goodman at Basin Street East on her first day in New York. From there she broke new ground as a woman who played a "man's instrument" in first-string, all-male New York City jazz bands. Her inspiring memoir talks frankly about her music and the challenges she faced, and shines a light into the jazz world of the 1960s and 1970s. Vivid and always entertaining, The Lady Swings tells Dottie Dodgion's story with the same verve and straight-ahead honesty that powered her playing"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Part I. The California years. On the road -- Spot -- The Giaimos -- Eleanor Powell's shoes -- The Tiptons -- The eight-day clock -- Polio -- Jail bait -- TD&L -- Mingus -- Apple pie, apple pie, apple pie -- A little help from my friends -- The drummer was always late -- Monty -- Jerry -- 176 steps -- Eugene's lessons -- First time in Vegas -- Followed by myself in the moonlight -- The It Club -- Thunderbird -- Part II. The New York and East Coast years. 14 drummers -- Mount Airy Lodge -- Strollers -- The Village Stompers -- Eddie Condon's -- Pearls to swine -- Park Ridge -- Piano party -- Ruby -- Suburban housewife -- In the middle of the brook -- Harold's Rogue and Jar -- Melba Liston and Company -- Fazee Cakes -- Part III. California redux. The best kept secret in town -- A leader at sixty-five -- Pacific Grove -- Nonagenarian -- Postscript

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Memoirs of a jazz drummer

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