Drum Improvisations -Baby Dodds

Here is another gem from my archives. I can’t remember where it came from, and the only note that I kept says that it was recorded in New York in 1946. I have always admired his drumming, particularly on the Bunk Johnson tracks of similar dates. Listening to it now, after much (polluted) water has flowed under the bridge, I am amazed by the ability he had to produce a ’melodic’ result. So, compare this with the frantic offerings by some of the ’showmen’ like G. Krupa, et. al. -and tell me which guy you would like to have spent the evening listening to!!