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{{short description|American jazz musician}}
'''Benjamin "Buzzy" Drootin''' (April 22, 1920 &ndash; May 21, 2000<ref name="lastpost"></ref>) was a legendary ] ]. He played with some of the greatest leading jazz musicians for over sixty years.
Drootin was born in ], ] and moved to ] with his family when he was five. His family was musical going back many generations. His father played the clarinet and two of his brothers as well as his nephew were also musicians.


'''Benjamin "Buzzy" Drootin''' (April 22, 1920 &ndash; May 21, 2000)<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/buzzy-drootin-mn0001008546/biography|title=Buzzy Drootin &#124; Biography & History|website=]|access-date=August 24, 2021}}</ref> was an American ] drummer.<ref name="lastpost">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=959674045 |title=Drootin |access-date=2005-02-15 |archive-date=2005-05-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050509154255/http://www.jazzhouse.org/gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=959674045 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He began playing the drums professionally as a teenager. When he was twenty he was touring with the Jess Stacy All-Stars featuring Lee Wiley. He also toured with Ina Ray Hutton around that time. After those tours he did a stint with Wingy Manone in Chicago and on the road. After the war he worked as the house drummer at Eddie Condon's in ] from 1947 until 1951.<ref name="lastpost"/>


==Career==
In the 1950s and 1960s he worked in clubs in New York, Chicago and Boston. He did a stint as bandleader at New York's ] Club. He and his brother Al were in the house band at George Wein's Storyville in Boston during the early and mid 50's. In those years he played with musicians such as Bobby Hackett, ], ], ], Claude Hopkins, Arvell Shaw and ].
Drootin was born near ], Ukraine, and moved to ], ], United States,<ref name="LarkinGE">{{cite book|title=]|editor=]|publisher=]|date=1992|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-939-0|page=737}}</ref> with his family when he was five.<ref name="AMG"/> His father played the clarinet, and two of his brothers and his nephew were musicians. He began playing drums professionally as a teenager. At age twenty, he toured with the ] All-Stars, a band that included ].


In 1940, he also toured with ].<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="LarkinGE"/> He then joined the band of ].<ref name="AMG"/> From 1947 until 1951, he worked as the house drummer at ] night club in New York City.<ref name="lastpost"/> He was a bandleader at ] club in New York City, and a member of the house band with his brother ] at George Wein's ] club in Boston. During these years he worked with ], ], ],<ref name="LarkinGE"/> ],<ref name="LarkinGE"/> ], ],<ref name="AMG"/> ], and ].
⚫ He also recorded with ], ], ], ], ], ], ], The Newport All-Stars, ], ], PeeWee Russell and ]. In 1968/69 he toured and recorded with Wild Bill Davison's Jazz Giants and then formed "Buzzy's Jazz Family" borrowing some of Wild Bill's sidemen (], ]) and adding ] on trumpet and his nephew Sonny Drootin on piano.


⚫ Drootin recorded with ], Bobby Hackett, ], Eddie Condon, Ruby Braff, ], ], the Newport All-Stars, ], ], PeeWee Russell and ]. In 1968–69, he toured and recorded with ]'s Jazz Giants and then formed Buzzy's Jazz Family, borrowing some of Davison's sidemen (], ]) and adding ] on trumpet and his nephew, Sonny Drootin, on piano.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
⚫ In 1973, after touring ] and ], he returned to his hometown of Boston where he and his brother Al (sax and clarinet), and nephew Sonny formed the Drootin Brothers Band. They played at the ]. Buzzy played at the very first Newport festival and at many of the festivals after that. He also played at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival in the 1980s.


⚫ In 1973, after touring Europe and America, he returned to his hometown of Boston, where he and his brother Al and nephew Sonny formed the Drootin Brothers Band.<ref name="LarkinGE"/> They played at the ]. Drootin played at the first Newport festival and at many festivals after that. He also played at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival in the 1980s.{{cn|date=November 2022}}
Drootin backed up many musicians over the years including ], ], ], ], ], and ]. He appears as a sideman on numerous recordings.


==Death==
He died, from cancer, at the age of eighty at the Actors Fund Retirement and Nursing Home in ].<ref name="lastpost"/> Buzzy Drootin died from cancer at the age of 80,<ref name="AMG"/> at the Actors Fund Retirement and Nursing Home in ].<ref name="lastpost"/>


== References == ==Discography==
'''With ]'''
{{reflist}}
* ''Braff!!'' (Epic, 1956)
* ''Ruby Braff'' (Jasmine, 1956)
* ''Hi-Fi Salute to Bunny'' (RCA Victor, 1957)
* '']'' (Verve, 1958)
* ''Blowing Around the World'' (United Artists, 1959)
* ''Ruby Braff Goes Girl Crazy'' (Warner Bros., 1959)
* ''The Ruby Braff-Marshall Brown Sextet'' (United Artists, 1960)


'''With ]'''
== External links ==
* ''Midnight in Moscow'' (Epic, 1956)
* ''Ringside at Condon's Featuring Wild Bill Davison'' (Savoy, 1956)
* ''Windy City Seven and Jam Sessions at Commodore'' (Commodore, 1979)


'''With others'''
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* ], ''Sidney Bechet at Storyville'' (Storyville, 1974)
* ], ''The Fable of Mabel'' (1201 Music, 1999)
* ], Buzzy Drootin, Herb Hall, ''The Jazz Giants'' (Biograph, 1970)
* Wild Bill Davison, ''Wild Bill Davison with Eddie Condon's All Stars'' (Storyville, 1977)
* ], ''Vic's Boston Story'' (Storyville, 1957)
* ] & ], ''We Gotta Shout!'' (CBS, 1963)
* ], ''Bobby Hackett at the Embers'' (Capitol, 1958)
* Bobby Hackett & ], ''Jazz Ultimate'' (Capitol, 1958)
* ], ''Old Tyme Modern'' (Biograph, 1969)
* ] & Pee Wee Russell, ''Max and Pee Wee at the Copley Terrace'' (Jazzology, 1996)
* ], ''The Final Bar'' (Jazzology, 1999)
* ], ''We're in the Money'' (Storyville, 1956)
* ], ''Ragtime U.S.A.'' (Roulette, 1962)
* ]'s Dixie-Victors, ''The Magic Horn'' (RCA Victor, 1956)
* George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival All Stars, ''George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival All Stars'' (Smash, 1963)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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Latest revision as of 17:11, 22 September 2024

American jazz musician

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

Career

Drootin was born near Kyiv, Ukraine, and moved to Boston, Massachusetts, United States, with his family when he was five. His father played the clarinet, and two of his brothers and his nephew were musicians. He began playing drums professionally as a teenager. At age twenty, he toured with the Jess Stacy All-Stars, a band that included Lee Wiley.

In 1940, he also toured with Ina Ray Hutton. He then joined the band of Wingy Manone. From 1947 until 1951, he worked as the house drummer at Eddie Condon's night club in New York City. He was a bandleader at El Morocco club in New York City, and a member of the house band with his brother Al at George Wein's Storyville club in Boston. During these years he worked with Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, Bobby Hackett, Ruby Braff, Claude Hopkins, Jimmy McPartland, Pee Wee Russell, and Arvell Shaw.

Drootin recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Bobby Hackett, Jack Teagarden, Eddie Condon, Ruby Braff, Anita O'Day, George Wein, the Newport All-Stars, Lee Konitz, Sidney Bechet, PeeWee Russell and The Dukes of Dixieland. In 1968–69, he toured and recorded with Wild Bill Davison's Jazz Giants and then formed Buzzy's Jazz Family, borrowing some of Davison's sidemen (Herb Hall, Benny Morton) and adding Herman Autrey on trumpet and his nephew, Sonny Drootin, on piano.

In 1973, after touring Europe and America, he returned to his hometown of Boston, where he and his brother Al and nephew Sonny formed the Drootin Brothers Band. They played at the Newport Jazz Festival. Drootin played at the first Newport festival and at many festivals after that. He also played at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival in the 1980s.

Death

Buzzy Drootin died from cancer at the age of 80, at the Actors Fund Retirement and Nursing Home in Englewood, New Jersey.

Discography

With Ruby Braff

With Eddie Condon

  • Midnight in Moscow (Epic, 1956)
  • Ringside at Condon's Featuring Wild Bill Davison (Savoy, 1956)
  • Windy City Seven and Jam Sessions at Commodore (Commodore, 1979)

With others

  • Sidney Bechet, Sidney Bechet at Storyville (Storyville, 1974)
  • Serge Chaloff, The Fable of Mabel (1201 Music, 1999)
  • Wild Bill Davison, Buzzy Drootin, Herb Hall, The Jazz Giants (Biograph, 1970)
  • Wild Bill Davison, Wild Bill Davison with Eddie Condon's All Stars (Storyville, 1977)
  • Vic Dickenson, Vic's Boston Story (Storyville, 1957)
  • Dukes of Dixieland & Clara Ward, We Gotta Shout! (CBS, 1963)
  • Bobby Hackett, Bobby Hackett at the Embers (Capitol, 1958)
  • Bobby Hackett & Jack Teagarden, Jazz Ultimate (Capitol, 1958)
  • Herb Hall, Old Tyme Modern (Biograph, 1969)
  • Max Kaminsky & Pee Wee Russell, Max and Pee Wee at the Copley Terrace (Jazzology, 1996)
  • Tony Parenti, The Final Bar (Jazzology, 1999)
  • Pee Wee Russell, We're in the Money (Storyville, 1956)
  • Ralph Sutton, Ragtime U.S.A. (Roulette, 1962)
  • George Wein's Dixie-Victors, The Magic Horn (RCA Victor, 1956)
  • George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival All Stars, George Wein's Newport Jazz Festival All Stars (Smash, 1963)

References

  1. ^ "Buzzy Drootin | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  2. ^ "Drootin". Archived from the original on 2005-05-09. Retrieved 2005-02-15.
  3. ^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 737. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
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