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| He began playing the drums professionally as a teenager. He earned cash working in bars. When he was twenty he was touring with the Jess Stacy All-Stars featuring Lee Wiley. After the war he worked as the house drummer at Eddie Condon's in ] from ] until ]. | He began playing the drums professionally as a teenager. He earned cash working in bars. When he was twenty he was touring with the Jess Stacy All-Stars featuring Lee Wiley. After the war he worked as the house drummer at Eddie Condon's in ] from ] until ]. | ||
| Over the years in the 1950's and 1960's he worked in clubs in New York, Chicago and Boston and played with musicians such as Jimmy McPartland, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, PeeWee Russell, and Wingy Manone. He also recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Bobby Hackett, Jack Teagarden, Eddie Condon, Ruby Braff, Anita O'Day, George Wein, Lee Konitz, and |
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| In ], after touring ] and ], he and his brother Al, and nephew Sonny formed the Drootin Brothers Jazz Band. They played at the Newport Jazz Festival. Buzzy played at the very first Newport festival and for many of the festivals after that. He also played at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival in the 1980's. | In ], after touring ] and ], he and his brother Al, and nephew Sonny formed the Drootin Brothers Jazz Band. They played at the Newport Jazz Festival. Buzzy played at the very first Newport festival and for many of the festivals after that. He also played at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival in the 1980's. | ||
| Drootin backed up many musicians over the years including ], Maxine Sullivan, Joe Venuti, and Zoot Sims. | Drootin backed up many musicians over the years including ], ], ], and ]. | ||
| He died, from cancer, at the age of eighty at the Actors Fund Retirement and Nursing Home in ]. | He died, from cancer, at the age of eighty at the Actors Fund Retirement and Nursing Home in ]. | ||
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Benjamin Buzzy Drootin (April 22, 1920 - May 21, 2000) was a Russian born jazz drummer. He played with some of the greatest leading jazz musicians for over fifty years.
Drootin was born in Kiev, Ukraine and moved to Boston, Massachusetts with his family when he was five. His family was musical, his father played the clarinet and two of his brothers were also musicians.
He began playing the drums professionally as a teenager. He earned cash working in bars. When he was twenty he was touring with the Jess Stacy All-Stars featuring Lee Wiley. After the war he worked as the house drummer at Eddie Condon's in New York from 1947 until 1951.
Over the years in the 1950's and 1960's he worked in clubs in New York, Chicago and Boston and played with musicians such as Jimmy McPartland, Doc Cheatham, Vic Dickenson, PeeWee Russell, and Wingy Manone. He also recorded with Tommy Dorsey, Bobby Hackett, Jack Teagarden, Eddie Condon, Ruby Braff, Anita O'Day, George Wein, Lee Konitz, Sidney Bechet and The Dukes of Dixieland.
In 1973, after touring Europe and America, he and his brother Al, and nephew Sonny formed the Drootin Brothers Jazz Band. They played at the Newport Jazz Festival. Buzzy played at the very first Newport festival and for many of the festivals after that. He also played at the Los Angeles Classic Jazz Festival in the 1980's.
Drootin backed up many musicians over the years including Wild Bill Davison, Maxine Sullivan, Joe Venuti, and Zoot Sims.
He died, from cancer, at the age of eighty at the Actors Fund Retirement and Nursing Home in Englewood, New Jersey.