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Ben Dixon (born 25 December 1934 in Gaffney,
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; died 8 November 2018) was an American
jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a m ...
drummer. Dixon is best known for his contributions to many
soul jazz Soul jazz or funky jazz is a subgenre of jazz that incorporates strong influences from hard bop, blues, soul, gospel and rhythm and blues. Soul jazz is often characterized by organ trios featuring the Hammond organ and small combos including ten ...
albums on the
Blue Note In jazz and blues, a blue note is a note that—for expressive purposes—is sung or played at a slightly different pitch from standard. Typically the alteration is between a quartertone and a semitone, but this varies depending on the musical c ...
label led by
Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms ...
,
Lou Donaldson Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) is an American retired jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop ...
and Big John Patton. He died in 2018.


Discography


As Leader

* 2000: ''Say Yes to Your Best'' (American Classical Jazz) with Adam Scone, Coleman Mellett


As sideman

With
George Braith George Braith (born George Timothy Braithwaite on June 26, 1939) is a soul-jazz saxophonist from New York. Career Braith is known for playing multiple horns at once, a technique pioneered by Roland Kirk. Braith is credited with the invention of ...
*'' Laughing Soul'' (Prestige, 1966) With
Lou Donaldson Lou Donaldson (born November 1, 1926) is an American retired jazz Alto saxophone, alto saxophonist. He is best known for his soulful, bluesy approach to playing the alto saxophone, although in his formative years he was, as many were of the bebop ...
*'' The Natural Soul'' (Blue Note, 1962) *'' A Man with a Horn'' (Blue Note, 1963) *'' Good Gracious!'' (Blue Note, 1963) *''
Signifyin' Signifyin' (sometimes written "signifyin(g)") (vernacular), is a wordplay. It is a practice in African-American culture involving a verbal strategy of indirection that exploits the gap between the denotative and figurative meanings of words. A si ...
'' (Argo, 1963) *'' Possum Head'' (Argo, 1964) *'' Musty Rusty'' (Cadet, 1965) With
Ray Draper Raymond Allen Draper (August 3, 1940, New York City – November 1, 1982) was an American jazz tuba player. Early life and education Draper was born in New York City and attended the Manhattan School of Music in the mid-1950s. Career As a ...
*'' Tuba Sounds'' (Prestige, 1957) With
Grant Green Grant Green (June 6, 1935 – January 31, 1979) was an American jazz guitarist and composer. Recording prolifically for Blue Note Records as both leader and sideman, Green performed in the hard bop, soul jazz, bebop, and Latin-tinged idioms ...
*'' Grant's First Stand'' (Blue Note, 1961) *'' Sunday Mornin''' (Blue Note, 1961) *'' Blues for Lou'' (Blue Note, 1963) *'' Am I Blue'' (Blue Note, 1963) *'' His Majesty King Funk'' (Verve, 1965) *'' Iron City'' (Cobblestone, 1967) With
Johnny Hodges Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges (July 25, 1907 – May 11, 1970) was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many years. Hodges was also featured on soprano ...
*'' Wings & Things'' (Verve, 1965) with
Wild Bill Davis Wild Bill Davis (November 24, 1918 – August 17, 1995) was the stage name of American jazz pianist, organist, and arranger William Strethen Davis. He is best known for his pioneering jazz electric organ recordings and for his tenure with t ...
With
Richard "Groove" Holmes Richard Arnold "Groove" Holmes (May 2, 1931 – June 29, 1991) was an American jazz organist who performed in the hard bop and soul jazz genre. He is best known for his 1965 recording of " Misty". Career Holmes's first album, on Pacific ...
*''
Soul Power! ''Soul Power!'' is an album by jazz organist Richard "Groove" Holmes which was recorded in 1967 and released on the Prestige label.Joe Jones *'' Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones'' (Prestige, 1967) With Jack McDuff *''
The Honeydripper "The Honeydripper (Parts 1 and 2)" is an R&B song by Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers which topped the US Billboard R&B chart (at that time called the "Race Records" chart) for 18 weeks, from September 1945 to January 1946. History Liggins cla ...
'' (Prestige, 1961) With Big John Patton *''
Along Came John ''Along Came John'' is the debut album by American organist John Patton (musician), John Patton, recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note Records, Blue Note label.
'' (Blue Note, 1963) * '' Blue John'' (Blue Note, 1963) * '' The Way I Feel'' (Blue Note, 1964) * '' Oh Baby!'' (Blue Note, 1965) With
Stanley Turrentine Stanley William Turrentine (April 5, 1934 – September 12, 2000) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. He began his career playing R&B for Earl Bostic and later soul jazz recording for the Blue Note label from 1960, touched on jazz fusion ...
*''
A Chip Off the Old Block ''A Chip Off the Old Block'' (Traditional Chinese: 巴不得爸爸...) is a 2009 TVB television drama from Hong Kong produced and created by Poon Ka Tak. The original broadcast was on the TVB Jade with approximately 45-minute-long episodes airi ...
'' (Blue Note, 1963) With
Harold Vick Harold Vick (April 3, 1936 – November 13, 1987) was an American jazz saxophonist and flutist. Biography Harold Vick was born on April 3, 1936 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. At the age of 13 he was given a clarinet by his uncle, Prince Robin ...
*''
Steppin' Out! ''Steppin' Out!'' is the debut album by American saxophonist Harold Vick recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note Records, Blue Note label.
'' (Blue Note, 1963) With
Don Wilkerson Don Wilkerson (c. 1932 – 18 July 1986) was an American soul jazz / R&B tenor saxophonist born in Moreauville, Louisiana, probably better known for his Blue Note Records recordings in the 1960s as bandleader with guitarist Grant Green. Prior t ...
*''
Shoutin' ''Shoutin is an album by American saxophonist Don Wilkerson recorded in 1963 and released on the Blue Note Records, Blue Note label.
'' (Blue Note, 1963) With
Baby Face Willette Roosevelt "Baby Face" Willette (September 11, 1933 – April 1, 1971) was an American hard bop and soul-jazz musician who played the Hammond organ. Life and career He was born Roosevelt James Willett (no "e"), in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 19 ...
*'' Face to Face'' (Blue Note, 1961) *'' Stop and Listen'' (Blue Note, 1961)


References

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