Dottie Dodgion (1929–2021), pioneering jazz drummer
Dottie Dodgion was a drummer who worked with jazz icons including Benny Goodman (1909–1986) and Marian McPartland (1918–2013).Dodgion began her musical career as a singer, but by the early 1950s, she had learned drums. One of the few women playing drums at that time, she sometimes met with pushback from men who didn’t expect a female drummer – including from her second husband, jazz bassist Monty Budwig, whom she soon divorced.