Vic Dickenson – Biography, Discography & Instruments

Biography

Vic Dickenson was a jazz musician who played trombone. Vic Dickenson was born on 6 August 1906 in Xenia and died on 16 November 1984 in New York City. The music is usually filed under jazz and swing. Record labels: Vanguard Records. The discography here lists 9 albums, from “Vic's Boston Story” (1957) to “One Time Too Many” (2012).

Victor Dickenson (August 6, 1906 – November 16, 1984) was an American jazz trombonist. His career began in the 1920s and continued through musical partnerships with Count Basie (1940–41), Sidney Bechet (1941), and Earl Hines.

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Discography

Studio and live albums

Vic's Boston Story 1957 · Storyville

This Is My Bag 1969

In Holland 1976 · Riff

Just Friends 1986

Gentleman of the Trombone 1992

Vic Dickenson Septet 1993

Mainstream 1999

One Time Too Many 2012

Trombone Cholly

Also plays on

Albums where Vic Dickenson is credited as a sideman

1956	We're in the Money — Pee Wee Russell	trombone
1958	All About Memphis — Buster Bailey	trombone
1959	Easy Now — Ruby Braff	trombone
1960	Big Joe Rides Again — Big Joe Turner	trombone
1966	Alto Blue — Johnny Hodges	trombone
1968	Jazz Classic Volume 2 — Sidney Bechet with Bunk Johnson & Sidney De Paris	trombone
1970	The Ruby Braff Special — Ruby Braff	trombone
1973	Ruby Braff Special — Ruby Braff	trombone
1973	Swingin' — Jimmy McPartland, Vic Dickenson, Buddy Tate, Marian McPartland, Rusty Gilder & Gus Johnson	trombone
1975	Satchmo Remembered the Music of Louis Armstrong at Carnegie Hall — Dick Hyman, The New York Jazz Repertory Company	trombone
1980	Amtrak Blues — Alberta Hunter	trombone
1988	Jazz at Storyville — Sidney Bechet	trombone
1989	Count Basie Jam / Montreux '77 — Count Basie	trombone
1990	Tenor Genius at the Festivals in Cannes and Paris — Coleman Hawkins	trombone
1992	The Jazz Giants — Lester Young	trombone
1995	Roy Eldridge & Vic Dickenson With Eddie Locke and His Friends — Roy Eldridge & Vic Dickenson	trombone
1996	Teddy Wilson And His All Stars — Teddy Wilson	trombone
1996	At the Jazz Band Ball 1955-1957 — Eddie Condon & George Wettling	trombone
1999	Too Marvelous for Words — Count Basie	trombone
2000	Blue Lester — Lester Young	trombone
2001	Easy Does It — Lester Young	trombone
2004	Prestige Profiles — Coleman Hawkins	trombone
2010	In Concert at the Brussels Fair, 1958 — Sidney Bechet-Buck Clayton Sextet	trombone
2019	Selected Sessions (1934-1943) — Coleman Hawkins	trombone
2020	Bobby Hackett Sextet & Quintet — Bobby Hackett	trombone
2022	Recorded in Concert at St. Peter's Church — Roy Eldridge, Vic Dickenson	trombone
—	The Golden Era of Dixieland Jazz — Rex Stewart	trombone

Historic 78 rpm records

WHERE OR WHEN BENNY MORTON'S TROMBONE CHOIR · Benny Morton · Bill Harris · Vic… · 1944 archive.org ↗
SLIPHORN OUTING BENNY MORTON'S TROMBONE CHOIR · Benny Morton · Bill Harris · Vic… · 1944 archive.org ↗
ONCE IN A WHILE BENNY MORTON'S TROMBONE CHOIR · Benny Morton · Bill Harris · Vic… · 1944 archive.org ↗
WHERE OR WHEN BENNY MORTON'S TROMBONE CHOIR · Benny Morton · Bill Harris · Vic… · 1944 archive.org ↗
SLIPHORN OUTING BENNY MORTON'S TROMBONE CHOIR · Benny Morton · Bill Harris · Vic… · 1944 archive.org ↗
LIZA BENNY MORTON'S TROMBONE CHOIR · Benny Morton · Bill Harris · Vic… · 1944 archive.org ↗
WHERE OR WHEN BENNY MORTON'S TROMBONE CHOIR · Benny Morton, Bill Harris, Vic… · 1944 archive.org ↗
ONCE IN A WHILE BENNY MORTON'S TROMBONE CHOIR · Benny Morton, Bill Harris, Vic… · 1944 archive.org ↗