Victor Dickenson was an American jazz trombonist.
11 Facts About Vic Dickenson
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Vic Dickenson's career began in the 1920s and continued through musical partnerships with Count Basie, Sidney Bechet, and Earl Hines.
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Vic Dickenson studied organ from 1922, then changed to performing trombone with local bands.
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Vic Dickenson made his recording debut in December 1930 as a vocalist with Luis Russell's band.
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Vic Dickenson joined Blanche Calloway's orchestra in the early 1930s.
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Vic Dickenson led his own groups both on the east and west coast between 1947 and the mid-1950s.
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Vic Dickenson appeared on the television program The Sound of Jazz in 1957 with Count Basie, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge, Gerry Mulligan, and Billie Holiday.
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Vic Dickenson was a member of "The World's Greatest Jazz Band", the house band at The Roosevelt Grill in New York City.
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Vic Dickenson performed at the same venue in a smaller group that featured him alongside trumpeter Bobby Hackett.
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Vic Dickenson is in Art Kane's photograph, A Great Day in Harlem, which includes trombonist Miff Mole.
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Vic Dickenson died in New York City in 1984 at the age of 78 as a result of cancer.