Vic Dickenson / Urbie Green - Slidin' Swing (1957) [Reissue 2007]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 221 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 115 MB | Covers - 90 MB
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Dixieland | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Original Long Play/Membran Music (OLP #31, 223995-203)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 221 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 115 MB | Covers - 90 MB
Genre: Jazz, Swing, Dixieland | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: Original Long Play/Membran Music (OLP #31, 223995-203)
A distinctive trombonist with a sly wit and the ability to sound as if he were playing underwater, Vic Dickenson was an asset to any session on which he appeared. He stated out in the 1920s and '30s playing in the Midwest. Associations with Blanche Calloway (1933-1936), Claude Hopkins (1936-1939), Benny Carter (1939), Count Basie (1940), Carter again (1941), and Frankie Newton (1941-1943) preceded a high-profile gig with Eddie Heywood's popular sextet (1943-1946); Dickenson also played and recorded with Sidney Bechet. From then on he was a freelancing soloist who spent time on the West Coast, Boston, and New York, appearing on many recordings (including some notable dates for Vanguard) and on the legendary Sound of Jazz telecast (1957)…