Buzzy Drootin

Benjamin "Buzzy" Drootin (April 22, 1920 – May 21, 2000) was an American jazz drummer.

Birth and Death Data: Born Kyiv (capital and largest city of Ukraine), Died May 21, 2000 (Englewood (city in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, suburb of NYC) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1945 - 1950

Roles Represented in DAHR: drums

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
Victor	E0VB-4153	10-in.	4/10/1950	'Way down yonder in New Orleans	Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums
Victor	E0VB-4154	10-in.	4/10/1950	Tiger rag	Clambake Seven ; Tommy Dorsey	Jazz/dance band	instrumentalist, drums
Decca	75988		3/20/1950	Maple leaf rag-1	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	75989		3/20/1950	Dill pickles-1	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	75990		3/20/1950	Sweet cider time, when you were mine	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	75991		3/20/1950	At the Jazz Band Ball	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76000		3/22/1950	At the Jazz Band Ball	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76001		3/22/1950	Jazz me blues	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76002		3/22/1950	Everybody loves my baby	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76473		6/9/1950	Black bottom	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76474		6/9/1950	Original Charleston	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76475		6/9/1950	Yellow dog blues	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76476		6/9/1950	Ragging the scales	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76895		10/2/1950	Raggin' the scale	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76896		10/2/1950	Grace and beauty-1	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76897		10/2/1950	Everybody loves my baby	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	76898		10/2/1950	A hundred years from today	Eddie Condon Orchestra		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	89101		1/3/1945	Christopher Columbus [Take 1]	Ralph Sutton Quartet		instrumentalist, drums
Decca	89102		1/3/1945	St. Louis blues [Take 1]	Ralph Sutton Quartet		instrumentalist, drums

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Drootin, Buzzy," accessed December 25, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/312910.

Drootin, Buzzy. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 25, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/312910.

"Drootin, Buzzy." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 25 December 2025.