Vance Dixon

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Vance Dixon (* 1895 ; † unknown) was an American musician ( alto saxophone , clarinet , vocals ) and band leader of Chicago jazz , who was considered a novelty musician.

Live and act

Dixon played in the 1920s a. a. with Lois Deppes Serenaders (with Earl Hines , among others ), Sammy Stewart , Clarence M. Jones (1928), Erskine Tate (1930) and Kline Tyndall 's Paramount Serenaders. Under his own name - first as a duo with Tyndall and Alex Channey, then with his trio Jazz Maniacs (Kline Tyndall, Lawrence Dixon) - he recorded several titles for Paramount in 1926 . 1929 followed recordings with Hattie McDaniels and Frankie Jaxon ; as Vance Dixon and His Pencils , he recorded several titles in New York in 1931 for Columbia / Okeh (including the humorous numbers "Laughing Stomp" and "Meat Man Pete (Pete, The Dealer In Meat)"). Dixon was involved in twelve recording sessions from 1923 to 1932. From 1933 he played with the house band of the Brooklyn Club Casa Mia , which also included the banjoist Ikey Robinson . Before Dixon disappeared from the music scene, he was still working for June Clark in 1936 .

Discographic notes

  • Jimmy O'Bryant , Vance Dixon: Hot Clarinets - Jimmy O'Bryant Vol. 2 August 1925 - January 1926 / Vance Dixon 1923–1931 (RST, ed. 1995)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mark Berresford, That's Got 'Em !: The Life and Music of Wilbur C. Sweatman . 2010
  2. ↑ Earl Hines recalled that Vance Dixon was the first to play two clarinets at the same time. See Stanley Dance , Earl Hines: The World of Earl Hines . Da Capo Press, 1983
  3. ^ Max Jones: Jazz Talking: Profiles, Interviews, and Other Riffs . 2000, page 180
  4. ↑ Vance Dixon and His Pencils at Discogs (English)
  5. ↑ Vance Dixon on Red Hot Jazz
  6. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed September 16, 2015)
personal data
SURNAME Dixon, Vance
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (clarinet, saxophone, band leader)
DATE OF BIRTH 1895
DATE OF DEATH 20th century