Eric Dixon

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Eric "Big Daddy" Dixon (born March 28, 1930 in Staten Island ( New York ), † October 19, 1989 in New York City ) was an American jazz musician ( tenor saxophone , flute , composition and arrangement ).

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Eric Dixon played the horn in his childhood and switched to the tenor saxophone when he was twelve. He made his debut as a professional musician in 1950 after taking lessons with Peter Luisetti; from 1951 to 1953 he played in army bands during his military service. After his discharge from the army, he worked as a freelance musician, a. a. with Cootie Williams 1954, Johnny Hodges 1955 and Bennie Green ( Walkin 'Down , 1956). From the mid-1950s he can also be heard on the flute as a secondary instrument; During this time he played in the quartet of Bill English as well as in the house band of the Apollo Theater and in 1959 went on a European tour in the band of the drummer Curly Hamner.

From 1960 he played in the Quincy Jones orchestra and took part in his European tour in 1961. From the beginning of 1962 Dixon was a soloist on his two instruments in the Count Basie Orchestra ; he also wrote and arranged some tracks for the band. In 1972 he left Basie to start The Meeting Place , a restaurant in Staten Island, with his wife , but returned to Basie in 1975 and also played in the Ghost Band after the band leader's death . Over the course of his career he has worked on approximately 200 recordings and has also worked with Paul Gonsalves , Ahmed Abdul-Malik , Mal Waldron ( Mal - 3: Sounds , 1958), Oliver Nelson , Jack McDuff , Joe Williams , Frank Foster and Eddie Lockjaw Davis . Dixon is the composer of the tracks "Bug Out" and "Pootin 'It".

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SURNAME Dixon, Eric
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dixon, Big Daddy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH March 28, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH October 19, 1989
Place of death New York City