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Jerry Dodgion (August 29, 1932 – February 17, 2023) was an American jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Dodgion was born in Richmond, California. He 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, Benny Goodman (for his 1962 tour of the Soviet Union), Oliver Nelson, Thad Jones and Mel Lewis (from 1965-1979), Herbie Hancock, Duke Pearson, Blue Mitchell, Count Basie, and Marian McPartland. Dodgion was married to drummer/singer Dottie Dodgion for 20 years.
Dodgion had a long career as a sideman, recording up to 2004 only two dates as leader or co-leader: two tracks in 1955 for Fantasy Records with Sonny Clark on piano and an album in 1958 for World Pacific with Charlie Mariano. Dodgion's first true release as a bandleader was issued in 2004 with an ensemble called The Joy of Sax, featuring saxophonists Frank Wess, Brad Leali, Dan Block and Jay Brandford, pianist Mike LeDonne, bassist Dennis Irwin and percussionist Joe Farnsworth.
Dodgion died from complications of an infection in Queens, New York, on February 17, 2023, at the age of 90.




Discography






= As leader

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Modern Music From San Francisco (Fantasy, 1955) – 2 tracks on shared album; 2 more tracks featuring Dodgion led by Vince Guaraldi
Beauties Of 1918/Something for Both Ears (World Pacific, 1957 [1958]) – co-led with Charlie Mariano




= As sideman

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With Louis Armstrong

Louis Armstrong and His Friends (Flying Dutchman/Amsterdam, 1970)
With the Count Basie Orchestra

Hollywood...Basie's Way (Command, 1967)
High Voltage (MPS, 1970)
With Randy Brecker

Score (Solid State, 1969)
With Donald Byrd

Electric Byrd (Blue Note, 1970)
With Betty Carter

The Music Never Stops (Blue Engine, 2019)
With Ron Carter

Parade (Milestone, 1979)
With Al Cohn

Jazz Mission to Moscow (Colpix, 1962)
With Tadd Dameron

The Magic Touch (Riverside, 1962)
With Richard Davis

Muses for Richard Davis (MPS, 1969)
With Lou Donaldson
Lush Life (Blue Note, 1967)
With Benny Green

The Place To Be (Blue Note, 1994)
With Bobby Hackett

Creole Cookin' (Verve, 1967)
With Johnny Hammond

The Prophet (Kudu, 1972)
With Herbie Hancock

Speak Like a Child (Blue Note, 1968)
With Antônio Carlos Jobim

Stone Flower (CTI, 1970)
Tide (MCA, 1972)
Matita Perê (A&M, 1970)
With J. J. Johnson

J.J.! (RCA Victor, 1964)
With Etta Jones

From the Heart (Prestige, 1962)
With Quincy Jones

I/We Had a Ball (Limelight, 1965)
With The Thad Jones/ Mel Lewis Orchestra

All My Yesterdays (Resonance, 1966)
Presenting Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and the Jazz Orchestra (Solid State, 1966)
Presenting Joe Williams and Thad Jones/Mel Lewis, the Jazz Orchestra (Solid State, 1966)
Live at the Village Vanguard (Solid State, 1967)
Monday Night (Solid State, 1968)
Central Park North (Solid State, 1969)
Basle, 1969 (TCB Music, 1969)
Consummation (Solid State/Blue Note, 1969)
Live in Tokyo (Denon Jazz, 1974)
Potpourri (Philadelphia International, 1974)
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis and Manuel De Sica and the Jazz Orchestra (PAUSA, 1974)
Suite for Pops (A&M Horizon, 1975)
New Life (A&M Horizon, 1976)
Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra With Rhoda Scott (Barclay, 1976)
Live in Munich (A&M Horizon, 1976)
It Only Happens Every Time (EMI/Inner City, 1977)
With Yusef Lateef

Part of the Search (Atlantic, 1973)
In a Temple Garden (CTI, 1979)
With Herbie Mann

My Kinda Groove (Atlantic, 1965)
Our Mann Flute (Atlantic, 1966)
With Marian McPartland

Portrait of Marian McPartland (Concord, 1980)
With Blue Mitchell

Boss Horn (Blue Note, 1966)
Heads Up! (album) (Blue Note, 1967)
With Wes Montgomery

Goin' Out of My Head (Verve, 1966)
With Oliver Nelson

Happenings with Hank Jones (Impulse!, 1966)
Encyclopedia of Jazz (Verve, 1966)
The Sound of Feeling (Verve, 1966)
The Spirit of '67 with Pee Wee Russell (Impulse!, 1967)
With David "Fathead" Newman

Scratch My Back (Prestige, 1979)
With Chico O'Farrill

Nine Flags (Impulse!, 1966)
With Jimmy Owens

Headin' Home (A&M/Horizon, 1978)
With Duke Pearson

The Right Touch (Blue Note, 1966)
Introducing Duke Pearson's Big Band (Blue Note, 1967)
The Phantom (Blue Note, 1968)
Now Hear This (Blue Note, 1969)
I Don't Care Who Knows It (Blue Note, 1970)
It Could Only Happen with You (Blue Note, 1970)
With Lalo Schifrin

Black Widow (CTI, 1976)
With Shirley Scott

Roll 'Em: Shirley Scott Plays the Big Bands (Impulse!, 1966)
With Jack Sheldon

Playing for Change (Uptown, 1986 [1997])
With Dinah Shore and Red Norvo

Dinah Sings Some Blues with Red (Capitol, 1960)
With Jimmy Smith

Any Number Can Win (Verve, 1963)
Hoochie Coochie Man (Verve, 1966)
With Jimmy Smith and Wes Montgomery

Jimmy & Wes: The Dynamic Duo (Verve, 1967)
With Dakota Staton

I Want a Country Man (Groove Merchant, 1973)
With Sonny Stitt

I Keep Comin' Back! (Roulette, 1966)
With Cal Tjader

Soul Burst (Verve, 1966)
With Stanley Turrentine

A Bluish Bag (Blue Note, 1967)
Don't Mess with Mister T. (CTI, 1973)
With Grover Washington, Jr.

Mister Magic (Kudu, 1975)
With Gerald Wilson

New York, New Sound (Mack Avenue, 2003)
In My Time (Mack Avenue, 2005)
With Kai Winding

Penny Lane & Time (Verve, 1967)
With Phil Woods

Round Trip (Verve, 1969)




References


Footnotes

General references
Jerry Dodgion at Allmusic




External links


Jerry Dodgion discography at Discogs
Jerry Dodgion at IMDb

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• Matita Pere
• Jerry Dodgion
• Modern Music from San Francisco
• Lush Life (Lou Donaldson album)
• The Phantom (album)
• Vince Guaraldi
• Dottie Dodgion
• Symbiosis (Bill Evans album)
• Speak Like a Child (album)
• The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
• Sinatra – The Main Event (TV program)