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Neville Dickie (born 1 January 1937 in
Durham Durham most commonly refers to:
*Durham, England, a cathedral city and the county town of County Durham
*County Durham, an English county
* Durham County, North Carolina, a county in North Carolina, United States
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) is an English
boogie-woogie
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and
stride piano
Stride jazz piano, often shortened to stride, is a jazz piano style that arose from ragtime players. Prominent stride pianists include James P. Johnson, Willie "The Lion" Smith, Willie "the Lion" Smith, Fats Waller, Luckey Roberts, Mrs Mills a ...
player.
He has performed all over Europe and North America.
Career
After serving in the
RAF
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, Dickie left Durham and moved to London, where he began playing piano for small wages in various
pubs
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. It was only after Doreen Davies, who was head of
BBC Radio 2
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, noticed him at a
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audition that he took a notable stride in his musical career.
He has played on hundreds of
BBC Radio
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broadcasts.
Dickie has produced scores of records and can be heard on hundreds of
jazz
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recordings, as well as several recordings with the French pianist, Louis Mazetier. Dickie had a
Top 40
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UK hit single in 1969 with "Robin's Return" on the
Major Minor Records
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Phil Solomon was also co-director of Radio Caroli ...
label (MM 644). It reached number 33 on the
UK Singles Chart
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.
His album ''Back to Boogie'' (1975) has sold over 100,000 copies.
Dickie formed a band called the Rhythmakers in 1985 and continues to perform with that group and with his trio.
When in the United States he frequently appears with The Midiri Brothers and is annually hosted by the Tri-State Jazz Society for mid-Atlantic appearances. He also regularly appears at the Scott Joplin International Ragtime Festival in Sedalia Missouri and other major jazz festivals around the United States.
Partial discography
*''The Robins Return'' (1969)
*''Back To Boogie'' (1975)
*''Eye Opener'' (1982)
*''Taken in Stride'' (1985)
*''Neville Dickie Meets Fats, the Lion, and the Lamb'' (1988)
*''The Piano Has It'' (1993)
*''Harlem Strut'' (1996)
*''Shout for Joy'' - Neville Dickie and His Rhythm Kings, featuring
Al Casey and
Dick Morrissey
Richard Edwin Morrissey (9 May 1940 – 8 November 2000) was a British jazz musician and composer. He played the tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone and flute.
Biography Background
He was born in Horley, Surrey, England. Dick Morrissey emerg ...
, Southland (1997)
*''Oh Play That Thing'' (1998)
*''Charleston Mad'' (1998)
*''Shout for Joy'' (1999)
*''Never Heard Such Stuff!'' - Neville Dickie and Norman Emberson, Stomp Off Records (2004)
*''Stride Summit'' (2004)
*''To Be Played Any Time'' (2005)
*''Don't Forget to Mess Around'' (2005)
*''My Little Pride and Joy'' (2006)
*''By Request'' (2007)
*''Strut Miss Lizzie '' (2008)
*''Stridin' The Blues Away'' (2008)
*''Show Stoppers (2010)
References
External links
*
ebsite: http://www.nevilledickie.com/
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1937 births
Living people
Stride pianists
Boogie-woogie pianists
English jazz pianists
21st-century pianists
Stomp Off artists