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Dickenson, Vic

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Personal name headingDickenson, Vic
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Variant(s)Dickenson, Albert Victor
Dickenson, Victor
Birth date1906-08-06
Death date1984-11-16
Place of birthXenia (Ohio)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
AffiliationCount Basie's band Wein's Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars
Profession or occupationTrombonists Jazz musicians
Found inCount Basie jam. [SR] p1977.
Dickenson, V. The essential Vic Dickenson [SR] c1977: labels (Vic Dickenson) container (b. 1906, Xenia, Ohio)
His Just friends [SR] 1986?: label (Vic Dickenson) container (d. New York City, Nov. 16, 1984)
Selchow, M. Ding! ding!, c1998: t.p. (Ding! ding! : a vio-discographical scrapbook on Vic Dickenson) p. 15, etc. (Albert Victor Dickenson; b. Aug. 6, 1906, Xenia, Oh.; Victor Dickenson; d. Nov. 16, 1984)
Information from 678 field, converted 2014-04-16 (Trombonist)
African American National Biography, accessed January 13, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Dickenson, Vic; Albert Victor Dickenson; jazz musician, trombonist; born 06 August 1906 in Xenia, Ohio, United States; made his first records with South Bend; worked with the bands of Bill Broadhus; went with Zack Whyte's Chocolate Beau Brummels at the Savoy Ballroom in New York City; replaced, Benny Morton in Count Basie's band (1940); 1960s he toured with Wein's Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars; recorded frequently with Louis Armstrong; died 16 November 1984 in New York, New York, United States)