Dickie Thompson
James Edward "Dickie" Thompson (born December 13, 1917 in Jersey City , New Jersey , † February 22, 2007 in Tucson , Arizona ) was an American rhythm and blues and jazz musician (guitar, vocals) and songwriter .
Thompson learned to play the guitar when he was 15; stylistically he was influenced by the jazz guitarist Bill Jennings . In 1945 he recorded four tracks for the small label Signature Records with his studio band Dickie Thompson & His Blue Five - consisting of John Hardee (ts), Teddy Brannon (p), Franklin Skeete (kb) and Gene Groves (dr) , including the Blues number "Hand in Hand Blues". In the following years he worked in New York a. a. with Doles Dickens and Dinah Washington ; In 1949 other titles such as “Gambler's Blues” and “Jailhouse Blues” were created, and in 1951 two more titles were created ( Dickie Thompson & His Orchestra with Taft Jordan , Tyree Glenn , Buddy Tate , Cecil Payne , Joe Black , Aaron Bell and Jimmy Crawford ) for Decca Records ("What's the Reason (I'm Not Pleasin 'You)" / "Whiskey and Gin").
Thompson recorded with his own ensemble (with Budd Johnson , Mickey Baker , Sticks Evans ) the R&B-oriented original composition "Thirteen Women and One Man" (1954), a number that u. a. was covered by Bill Haley as "Thirteen Women (And Only One Man in Town)," originally the A-side of his later hit " Rock Around the Clock, " which earned Thompson lifetime royalties. In 1958 he played with Cozy Cole ( Cozy's Caravan / Earl's Backroom ); in the same year he joined a. a. with jazz greats like Pee Wee Russell , Coleman Hawkins and Lester Young at Art Ford's Jazz Party . In 1959 he presented the rock'n'roll -oriented single "Real Zan-Zee". From 1965 to the mid-1980s he played with Wild Bill Davis , to be heard on his albums Free, Frantic and Funky (1965) and Live at Count Basie’s (1966). In the field of jazz he was involved in 29 recording sessions between 1945 and 1986.
Web links
- Dickie Thompson at Discogs (English)
- Kimberly Matas, "James" Dickie "Thompson: Complete guitarist is gone, but 'Dickie influence' lives" in the Arizona Daily Star, March 9, 2007
Individual evidence
- ^ Bob L. Eagle, Eric S. LeBlanc: Blues: A Regional Experience . 2013, p. 264
- ^ Billboard August 17, 1946
- ^ Billboard October 27, 1951
- ↑ Tom Lord The Jazz Discography (online, accessed May 11, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Thompson, Dickie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thompson, James Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American R&B and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 13, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jersey City |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 22, 2007 |
| Place of death | Tucson |