Eddie Dougherty (July 17, 1915 – December 14, 1994) was an American
jazz
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drummer.
Dougherty played drums from age 13, working early on in
Dickie Wells's band in
Harlem
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at the beginning of the 1930s. He began recording frequently as a sideman in the 1930s, with
Taft Jordan
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Life and career
He was born in Florence, South Carolina, United States. Jordan played early in his career with the Washboard Rhythm Kings, before becoming a me ...
,
Frank Froeba,
Mildred Bailey
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,
Harry James
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,
Billie Holiday
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,
Frankie Newton
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,
Pete Johnson, and
Meade Lux Lewis
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. Alongside this he held a gig as the drummer for
Keny Watts and his Kilowatts through 1940. He subbed for
Dave Tough
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Biography
Born in Oak Park, Illinois, United States, Tough was a friend of Bud Freeman, who was p ...
in the
Bud Freeman
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Biography
In 1922, Freeman and some friends from high sc ...
Orchestra in 1940, then played with
Art Tatum
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,
Joe Sullivan
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Sullivan was the ninth child of Irish immigrant parents. He studied classical piano for 12 years and at age 17, he began to play popular music in si ...
,
Benny Carter
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,
Benny Morton
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Career
He was born in New York, United States.
One of his first jobs was working with Clarence Holiday, and he appea ...
, and others in the first half of the 1940s. He worked with
James P. Johnson
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several times, including on 1944 recording sessions. His later work included recordings with
Cliff Jackson,
Mary Lou Williams
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,
Clyde Bernhardt
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Bernhardt was born in Gold Hill, North Carolina, and raised there and in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He started playing trombone at age 17, and in th ...
,
Wilbur De Paris,
Teddy Wilson
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, and
Albert Nicholas
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Career
Nicholas's primary instrument was the clarinet, which he studied with Lorenzo Tio in his hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Late ...
. He was still active into the 1980s.
Selected albums
References
*
Eugene Chadbourne
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Chadbourne was born in Mount Vernon, New York, but grew up in Boulder, Colorado. He started playing guitar when he was eleven or twel ...
,
Eddie Doughertyat
Allmusic
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*"Eddie Dougherty". ''
The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''.
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American jazz drummers
Musicians from New York (state)
1915 births
1994 deaths
20th-century American drummers
American male drummers
20th-century American male musicians
American male jazz musicians