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Donald's Encyclopedia of Popular MusicA B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y ZDICKENSON, Vic(b 6 Aug. '06, Xenia OH; d 16 Nov. '84 NYC) Trombone. Gigged around Midwest at 21; with Benny Moten, then Claude Hopkins '36-9; Benny Carter '40; Count Basie '40-1; Eddie Heywood sextet '43-45; Blue Note records with Edmond Hall, James P. Johnson, Sidney De Paris '43-4, quartet session with Bill Doggett '52; freelanced on East Coast for many years. Appeared in CBS TV The World of Jazz with Billie Holiday, Lester Young, Coleman Hawkins, etc '57; also PBS TV's Just Jazz '71. Played mostly dixieland style in post-war years w. Eddie Condon, Red Allen, Bobby Hackett (Live At The Roosevelt Grill '70 on Chiaroscuro); but fluent and versatile veteran of the Swing Era, admired by young and old: master of trad. hot style and mellow ballad sound as well. Often with World's Greatest Jazz Band; Newport and Colorado jazz festivals; LPs with Buck Clayton's jam sessions, Ruby Braff, many others. |