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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1932-08-29
- Active to
- 2023-02-17
jazz
Discography
- Beauties of 19181958
- No More Walls1997
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Jerry Dodgion (b. August 29, 1932, Richmond, California) is an American jazz saxophonist and flautist. Dodgion played alto sax in middle school and began working locally in the San Francisco area in the 1950s. He played in bands with Rudy Salvini, John Coppola/Chuck Travis and Gerald Wilson and worked with the Vernon Alley Quartet, who accompanied Billie Holiday in 1955. He played with Gerald Wilson from 1953 to 1955, Benny Carter in the 1950s, Red Norvo from 1958 to 1961 <a href="https://www.l
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jerry
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- saxophonist
- Genre
- Afro-Cuban jazz
- Instrument
- alto saxophone
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- date of birth
- 1932-08-29
- date of death
- 2023-02-17
- cause of death
- infection
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