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George Godfrey Wettling (November 28, 1907 – June 6, 1968) was an American jazz drummer. He was born in Topeka, Kansas, United States, and from his early teens was living in Chicago, Illinois.
November 28, 1907 - June 6, 1968. George Wettling. One of the great Dixieland drummers, George Wettling's ability to alertly change patterns behind each soloist usually inspired the other musicians to play their best. He was part of the Chicago jazz scene of the 1920s (where he moved with his family in 1921), and Baby Dodds was his main idol.
George Godfrey Wettling (1907 – 1968), fue un buen baterista de jazz estadounidense adscrito al estilo dixieland. Nació en Topeka, Kansas, Estados Unidos, y desde su adolescencia vivió en Chicago, Illinois. Fue uno de los jóvenes de Chicago que se enamoró del jazz después de escuchar a la banda de King Oliver (con Louis Armstrong […]
5 de ago. de 2018 · “George Wettling had his own way of doing things. But his roots were quite apparent. Like a number of his contemporaries, he was genuinely inspired by the music of the New Orleans jazz pioneers. His love for jazz in general — the New Orleans style and its Chicago offshoot in particular — was so intense that he built a life ...
George Wettling (November 28, 1907 - June 6, 1968) was an American jazz drummer. He was one of the young white Chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing King Oliver's band (with Louis Armstrong on second cornet) at the Lincoln Gardens in Chicago in the early 1920s.
George Wettling, a jazz drummer who played with the bands of Artie Shaw, Paul Whiteman and Bunny Berigan as well as many small groups, died of lung cancer Thursday night at Roosevelt Hospital....
George Wettling began to paint in 1943-44; a portrait of Maggie. Condon as an infant, his second painting, dates the beginning. In 1970 Eddie Condon recalled: "George Wettling learned to paint in our apartment in 1943. We were moving out and to get back at a pesty super we decided to have a wall-painting party.
