Vic Dickenson
Known for his comic growls and slurs on the trombone, Vic Dickenson (1906-84), was also a laid-back, supple soloist and, in the 1950s, leader of a series of classic combo sessions featuring the likes of Edmund and Ruby Braff. Geoffrey Smith salutes a well-loved sliphorn star.
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Count Basie
Let Me See
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Sidney Bechet
After You've Gone
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Albert Ammons
Bottom Blues
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Edmond Hall
Downtown Cafe Blues
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Lester Young
D B Blues
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Pee Wee Russell
Red Hot Mama
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Vic Dickenson
You Made Me Love You
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Louis Armstrong
Sugar
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Bobby Hackett
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone
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Vic Dickenson
I Cover The Waterfront
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Vic Dickenson
Jeepers Creepers
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Vic Dickenson
Let Me See
Count Basie
Count Basie & Harry “Sweets” Edison
Retrospective RTS 4294
Count Basie, p; Buck Clayton, Harry “Sweets” Edison, Ed Lewis & Al Killian, t; Vic Dickenson, Dicky Wells & Dan Minor, tb; Earl Warren, as; Lester Young, & Buddy Tate, ts; Jack Washington, bar&as; Freddie Green, g; Walter Page, b; Jo Jones, d.
After You’ve Gone
Sidney Bechet
Turner Layton
Retrospective RTS 4294
Sidney Bechet, ss; Vic Dickenson, tb; Don Donaldson, p; Wilson Myers, b; Wilbert Kirk, d.
Bottom Blues
Albert Ammons
Young
Topaz TPZ 1067
‘Hot Lips’ Page, t; Vic Dickenson, tb; Don Byas, ts; Albert Ammons, p; Israel Crosby, b; Sid Catlett, d.
Downtown Cafe Boogie
Edmond Hall
Edmond Hall & Eddie Haywood
Retrospective RTS 4294
Edmond Hall, cl; Emmett Berry, t; Vic Dickenson, tb; Eddie Heywood, p; Al Casey, g; Billy Taylor Sr, b; Big Sid Catlett, d.
D B Blues
Lester Young
Lester Young
Retrospective RTS 4294
Lester Young, ts; Vic Dickenson, tb; Dodo Marmarosa, p; Red Callender, b; Henry Tucker, d.
Red Hot Mama
Pee Wee Russell
Gilbert Wells, Bud Cooper & Fred Rose
Retrospective RTS 4294
Pee Wee Russell, cl; Muggsy Spanier, c; Vic Dickenson, tb; Cliff Jackson, p & v; Francis Palmer, b, Joe Grauso, d.
You Made Me Love You
Vic Dickenson
Jimmy Monaco
Retrospective RTS 4294
Eddie Heywood, p; Leonard Hawkins, t; Vic Dickenson & Henry Coker, tb; Jimmy Powell, as; Ernie Shepherd, b; Keg Purnell, d.
Sugar
Louis Armstrong
Maceo Pinkard
Retrospective RTS 4294
Louis Armstrong, t & v; Vic Dickenson, tb; Barney Bigard, cl; Charlie Beal, p; Allan Reuss, g; Red Callender, b; Zutty Singleton, d.
Please Don’t Talk About Me When I’m Gone
Bobby Hackett
Sammy Stept
Retrospective RTS 4294
Bobby Hackett, c; Vic Dickenson, tb; Gene Sedric, cl; Teddy Roy, p; John Guiffrida, b; Morey Feld, d.
I Cover the Waterfront
Vic Dickenson
Johnny Green
Retrospective RTS 4294
Vic Dickenson, tb; Ruby Braff, t; Edmond Hall, cl; Sir Charles Thompson, p; Steve Jordan, g; Walter Page, b; Les Erskine, d.
Jeepers Creepers
Vic Dickenson
Harry Warren
Retrospective RTS 4294
Vic Dickenson, tb; Ruby Braff, t; Edmond Hall, cl; Sir Charles Thompson, p; Steve Jordan, g; Walter Page, b; Les Erskine, d.
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