George Wettling
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. He was one of the young Chicagoans who fell in love with jazz as a result of hearing King Oliver's band (with Louis Armstrong on second cornet) at Lincoln Gardens in the early 1920s. Oliver's drummer, Baby Dodds, made a particular and lasting impression on Wettling. Wettling went on to work with the big bands of Artie Shaw, Bunny Berigan, Red Norvo, Paul Whiteman, and Chico Marx, but he was at his best with bands led by Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier, and himself. In these small bands, Wettling demonstrated the arts of dynamics and responding to a particular soloist that he had learned from Baby Dodds. Wettling was a member of some of Condon's bands, which included Wild Bill Davison, Billy Butterfield, Edmond Hall, Peanuts Hucko, Pee Wee Russell, Cutty Cutshall, Gene Schroeder, Ralph Sutton, and Walter Page. In 1957, he toured England with a Condon band that included Davison, Cutshall, and Schroeder. Toward the end of his life, Wettling, like his friend clarinetist Pee Wee Russell, took up painting and was influenced by the American cubist Stuart Davis. He has been said to have believed that "jazz drumming and abstract painting seemed different for him only from the point of view of craftsmanship: in both fields he felt rhythm to be decisive". |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 28, 1907 (Topeka), Died June 6, 1968 (New York City)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1956
Roles Represented in DAHR: drums, traps
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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 148 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Atlantic | 440 | 10-in. | 6/13/1950 | June night | Dorothy Ann "Dottie" Dillard ; Will Bradley Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 64791 | 10-in. | 12/8/1938 | Never felt better, never had less | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 64792 | 10-in. | 12/8/1938 | Mutiny in the nursery | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 64793 | 10-in. | 12/8/1938 | Jeepers creepers | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 64794 | 10-in. | 12/8/1938 | I go for that | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65358 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | Heat wave | Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65359 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | Home again blues | Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65360 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | I've found a new baby | Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65361 | 10-in. | 4/6/1939 | Rose room | Paul Whiteman's Bouncing Brass | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65362 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | Blue skies | Paul Whiteman's Sax Octette | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65363 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | What'll I do ? | Paul Whiteman's Sax Octette | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65364 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | I kiss your hand, Madame-1 | Paul Whiteman's Sax Octette | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65365 | 10-in. | 4/7/1939 | After you've gone | Paul Whiteman's Sax Octette | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65366 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Three little fishies | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65367 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Hooray for spinach | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65368 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Step up and shake my hand | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65369 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Now and then | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65370 | 10-in. | 4/8/1939 | Mandy | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65429 | 12-in. | 4/18/1939 | Concerto in F (Gershwin): 1st mvt. , part 1 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65430 | 12-in. | 4/18/1939 | Concerto in F (Gershwin): 1st mvt., part 2 | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65431 | 12-in. | 4/18/1939 | Concerto in F (Gershwin): 2nd mvt. | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65432 | 12-in. | 4/18/1939 | Concerto in F (Gershwin): 3rd mvt. | Paul Whiteman Concert Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65581 | 10-in. | 5/16/1939 | Lazy | Paul Whiteman and his Swing Wing | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65781 | 10-in. | 6/13/1939 | Say it with music | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums | ||
Decca | 65782 | 10-in. | 6/13/1939 | Lady of the evening | Paul Whiteman Orchestra | instrumentalist, drums |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Wettling, George," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105504.
Wettling, George. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105504.
"Wettling, George." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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