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by blueorleansradio · 02/14/2014

New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival

AXS TV @AXSTV Is The Exclusive Broadcaster Of The 2014 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival @jazzfest For The 2nd Consecutive Year #NOLA http://nola.tw/Pt

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1940 - Johnny Dodds, clarinetist, dies in Chicago. Born in Waverly, Louisiana, but grew up in New Orleans with brother and drummer Warren 'Baby' Dodds. Johnny made a major contribution to King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and the development of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five. He studied clarinet under Lorenzo Tio, Jr., whose other pupils included Barney Bigard Sidney Bechet and Jimmie Noone. He fronted his own band in Chicago in the 1930's.

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1940 - Johnny Dodds, clarinetist, dies in Chicago. Born in Waverly, Louisiana, but grew up in New Orleans with brother and drummer Warren 'Baby' Dodds. Johnny made a major contribution to King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and the development of Louis Armstrong's Hot Five. He studied clarinet under Lorenzo Tio, Jr., whose other pupils included Barney Bigard Sidney Bechet and Jimmie Noone. He fronted his own band in Chicago in the 1930's.

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