Carroll Dickerson

Carroll Dickerson (born November 11, 1895 , † October 9, 1957 in Chicago ) was an American band leader and violinist of old-time jazz and swing .

Live and act

Carroll Dickerson played an important role as a band leader in Chicago . First he directed a band that appeared in the " Sunset Cafe " from 1922 to 1924 , with which he went on a longer tour in which Louis Armstrong quickly became known (and took his place). His "Carroll Dickerson Savoyagers" then performed in the Savoy Ballroom , but also in New York in the late 1920s. Musicians such as Louis Armstrong, Buster Bailey , George Mitchell , Earl Hines and Zutty Singleton played in his “Savoy Orchestra” . The musicians of the second edition of Louis Armstrong and His Hot Five from 1928 were musicians of the Dickerson Orchestra. He was also on tour with King Oliver . He briefly led the Mills Blue Rhythm Band before returning to Chicago. Under his own name, he recorded the titles Savoyagers Stomp and Symphony Raps (with his Savoyagers , behind which Armstrong's Savoy Ballroom Five hid) in 1927 .

Selection discography

• Louis Armstrong: Hot Fives and Hot Sevens (JSP, rec. 1928, ed. 2000)
• King Oliver and his Orchestra (RCA, 1929-1930)

literature

• Ian Carr , Digby Fairweather , Brian Priestley : Jazz: The Rough Guide The Rough Guides. 1995. ISBN 1-8582-8137-7
• Carlo Bohländer , Karl Heinz Holler, Christian Pfarr: Reclam's Jazz Guide . 4th, revised and supplemented edition. Reclam, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-15-010355-X .

Web links

• Savoy Orchestra with discography
• Carroll Dickerson at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

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