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(1929-2021) Drummer, memoirist. Dottie Dodgion was a drummer in the 1950s and 60s.

Full Name

Dottie Dodgion

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1929

BIRTH

Dorothy Rosalie Giaimo was born in Brea, California, on September 23, 1929.

1961

RESIDENCE

Ms. Dodgion moved to Manhatttan in 1961 and lived there for a time in the 1960s and the 1980s.

2021

DEATH

Dottie Dodgion died in a hospice center in Pacific Grove, California, on September 17, 2021.

2021

LITWORK

The Lady Swings: Memoirs of a Jazz Drummer
University of Illinois Press
0252043596 / 978-0252043598
Memoir written with Wayne Enstice.

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