trombone · 1906–1984
Vic Dickenson
Trombonist from Xenia, Ohio, who meant to be a plasterer like his father. Count Basie and Bechet, then a Blue Note regular whose smears, growls made him a player other musicians rated highly.
- Sessions
- 18
- Records
- 22
- First date
- May 30, 1944
- Latest
- April 11 and 12, 1962
On the records
MG 15028 · 1954Jazz At The Savoy Cafe, BostonVarious Artists
BCP-1014 · 1955Jonah Jones SextetJonah Jones Sextet
MG-36038 · 1955Boning Up The 'BonesVarious Artists
CL 901 · 1956Blues By BasieCount Basie And His Orchestra
MGN-1056 · 1956The Jazz Giants '56Lester Young, Teddy Wilson, Roy Eldridge, Vic Dickenson, Jo Jones, Freddie Green, Gene Ramey
BCP-4 · 1957Jazz KaleidoscopePete Brown/Jonah Jones
CL 963 · 1957The Jazz Odyssey Of James Rushing Esq.Jimmy Rushing With Buck Clayton And His Orchestra
CL 1089 · 1958The Roaring TwentiesEddie Condon And His All-Stars
CL 1098 · 1958The Sound Of JazzVarious Artists
CL 1152 · 1958Little Jimmy Rushing And The Big BrassJimmy Rushing And His Orchestra
LP 1281 · 1958LaVern Baker Sings Bessie SmithLaVern Baker With Phil Moore's Orchestra
BCP-85 · 1959Nothing Cheesy About This Jazz - Do You Dig It?Various Artists
LP 1303 · 1959MainstreamVic Dickenson & Joe Thomas & Their All-Star Jazz Groups
MGV-8308 · 1959The Lester Young StoryThe Lester Young - Buddy Rich Trio
MG 12128 · 1959Dixieland Jazz PartyBobby Donaldson
LP 1331 · 1960Newport Jazz Festival All StarsNewport Jazz Festival All Stars
LP 1332 · 1960Big Joe Rides AgainJoe Turner
CL 1410 · 1960Recorded In Concert At The Brussels Fair, 1958Sidney Bechet
BCP-6042 · 1960DixielandJonah Jones, Jack Teagarden
MGV-8358 · 1960Blues-A-PlentyJohnny Hodges And His Orchestra
RLP 417 · 1962Odetta And The BluesOdetta
MG-26019Holiday In TromboneVarious ArtistsEvery date, in order
1944
1949
1950
1954
1956
- January 12, 1956The Jazz Giants '56Fine Sound, NYC

trombone - November 6-8, 1956Jimmy Rushing With Buck Clayton And His Orchestra
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1957
- June 28, 1957; August 19, 1957Eddie Condon And His All-StarsNew York, (A2, A5, B2, B4), (A1, B1, B5, B6), Sept. 24, 1957 (A3, A4, B3), Sept. 25, 1957 (A6)
trombone - December 5, 1957Billie Holiday With Mal Waldron And All-Starsrehearsal, The Sound Of Jazz, CBS Studio #58, NYC
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1958
- 1958Jimmy Rushing And His Orchestra
trombone - January 27, 1958LaVern Baker With Phil Moore's OrchestraNYC
trombone - April 5, 1958Johnny Hodges And His OrchestraNYC
trombone - May 22, 1958Bobby Donaldson's 7th Avenue StompersVan Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ
trombone - October 28, 1958Vic Dickenson And His OrchestraNYC
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1959
- circa June, 1959Newport Jazz Festival All StarsBoston, MA
trombone - September 9, 1959Joe TurnerNYC
trombone - September 10, 1959Joe TurnerNYC
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