Vic Dickenson
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American jazz trombonist
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Victor Dickenson was an American jazz trombonist. His career began in the 1920s and continued through musical partnerships with Count Basie , Sidney Bechet , and Earl Hines. Life and career Born in Xenia, Ohio, in 1906, Dickenson wanted to be a plasterer like his father, but he abandoned the idea after injuring himself by falling off a ladder. He studied organ from 1922, then changed to performing trombone with local bands. He made his recording debut in December 1930 as a vocalist with Luis Russell's band. He joined Blanche Calloway's orchestra in the early 1930s. He led his own groups both on the east and west coast between 1947 and the mid-1950s.
