Vic Dickenson

Victor called Dickenson, Vic Dickenson ( born August 6, 1906, in Xenia, Ohio, † November 16, 1984 in New York City ) was an American jazz trombonist and singer of African-American origin, Mainstream Jazz and Oldtime Jazz played.

Life and work

Dickenson was a leading Swing trombonist, but also played Dixieland and was able to adapt to different styles and was also emerged as a companion of singers. As a teenager, he played in a local band after gave him his older brother play a trombone. In 1922 his family moved to Columbus ( Ohio), where he worked as a trombonist and vocalist in local bands until he a member of the Territory band of Speed ​​Webb in 1929. He made his first recordings as a singer with Luis Russell (Honey did Reminds Me 1930).

He played from 1933 to 1936 with Blanche Calloway, 1936 to 1939 with Claude Hopkins, 1939-1940 was a soloist with Benny Carter, from then until 1941 at the Count Basie Orchestra. In the 1940s he played with Sidney Bechet and Eddie Heywood (1943 to 1945), with whom he accompanied Billie Holiday 1944 ( The Complete Commodore Recordings). 1945/46, he worked with Lester Young ( The Complete Aladdin Recordings of Lester Young). With own groups he had s involvement in the New York Cafe Society, also he was playing with Bobby Hackett, Wild Bill Davison and Eddie Condon. 1953 and 1954 he had a septet with Ruby Braff, Sir Charles Thompson, Jo Jones, Walter Page and Edmond Hall. In the 1960s, he had 1963-1968 own band " Saints and Sinners " (with Red Richards ), played with the George Wein All Stars, with Bobby Hackett (with whom he led a quintet from 1968 to 1970 ) and Wild Bill Davison (1961 /62) as a frequent guest at festivals and went with Eddie Condon ( in the club, he also regularly occurred ) in the 1960s on tours (Asia, Australia, 1964 ). In 1965 he was a soloist on a European tour. In the 1970s he played in "The World's Greatest Jazz Band ".

Auswahldiskographie

• Breaks, Blues and Boogie ( Topaz, 1941-46 ) with James P. Johnson, Wilbur De Paris, Ben Webster, Coleman Hawkins
• Vic Dickenson Septet ( Vanguard, 1954)
• The Saints & Sinners In Europe (MPS, 1970) with Rudy Powell, Red Richards, George Reed, Herman Autrey
• Gentleman Of The Trombone ( Storyville, 1975) with Johnny Guarnieri, Bill Pemberton, Oliver Jackson

Collection

• The Complete Edmond Hall, James P. Johnson, Sidney De Paris & Vic Dickenson Blue Note Sessions ( Mosaic - 1985? ) 6 LPs with Bill Doggett organ, John Collins, Jo Jones - more details of this collection at Edmond Hall, James P. Johnson and Sidney De Paris