
Dodo Marmarosa
Michael "Dodo" Marmarosa (December 12, 1925 – September 17, 2002) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. Originating in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Marmarosa became a professional musician in his mid-teens, and toured with several major big bands, including those led by Tommy Dorsey, Gene Krupa, and Artie Shaw into the mid-1940s. He moved to Los Angeles in 1945, where he became increasingly interested and involved in the emerging bebop scene. During his time on the West Coast, he recorded in small groups with leading bebop and swing musicians, including Howard McGhee, Charlie Parker, and Lester Young, as well as leading his own bands. Marmarosa returned to Pittsburgh due to health reasons in 1948. He began performing much less frequently, and had a presence only locally for around a decade. Friends and fellow musicians had commented from an early stage that Marmarosa was an unusual character. His mental stability was probably affected by being beaten into a coma when in his teens, by a short-lived marriage followed by permanent separation from his children, and by a traumatic period in the army. He made comeback recordings in the early 1960s, but soon retreated to Pittsburgh, where he played occasionally into the early 1970s. From then until his death three decades later, he lived with family and in veterans' hospitals. |
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Birth and Death Data: Born December 12th, 1925 (Pittsburgh), Died September 17th, 2002 (Pittsburgh)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1943 - 1947
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Decca | 71460 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | Strollin' | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71461 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | The moose | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71462 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | Pow-wow (Redskin rhumba) | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71463 | 10-in. | 10/20/1943 | Sittin' home waitin' for you | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71794 | 2/23/1944 | In there | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 71795 | 10-in. | 2/23/1944 | Saltin' away my sweet dreams | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71796 | 10-in. | 2/23/1944 | Baby won't you please come home | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71797 | 2/23/1944 | The great lie | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | 71798 | 10-in. | 2/24/1944 | My heart isn't in it | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71799 | 10-in. | 2/24/1944 | Drop me off in Harlem | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71800 | 10-in. | 2/24/1944 | Gulf Coast blues | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 71801 | 10-in. | 2/24/1944 | Flat top flip hiss lid | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 72450 | 10-in. | 10/17/1944 | Into each life some pain must fall | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 72451 | 10-in. | 10/17/1944 | You always hurt the one you love | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 72452 | 10-in. | 10/17/1944 | West End blues | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | 72453 | 10-in. | 10/17/1944 | Desert sands | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | L 3487 | 10-in. | 8/3/1944 | Skyliner | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | L 3488 | 10-in. | 8/3/1944 | Sharecroppin' blues | Charlie Barnet Orchestra ; Kay Starr | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | L 3489 | 10-in. | 8/3/1944 | Come out, come out, wherever you are | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | L 3490 | 10-in. | 8/3/1944 | What a difference a day made | Charlie Barnet Orchestra | instrumentalist, piano | ||
Decca | L 4560 | 11/14/1947 | Cherokee | Lionel Hampton Sextet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | L 4561 | 11/14/1947 | No. 2 Re-bop and be-bop | Lionel Hampton Sextet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | L 4562 | 11/14/1947 | Zoo-baba-da-oo-ee | Lionel Hampton Sextet | instrumentalist, piano | |||
Decca | L 4563 | 11/14/1947 | Be-bop's turning blue-1 | Lionel Hampton Sextet | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Marmarosa, Dodo," accessed February 25, 2021, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/329797.
Marmarosa, Dodo. (2021). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved February 25, 2021, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/329797.
"Marmarosa, Dodo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2021. Web. 25 February 2021.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
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LCNAR: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n93052197
Wikidata: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q720674
VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/49408729/
MusicBrainz: https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fddce5c2-314e-4ae2-9a22-2886bdcc4615
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