Dick Vance
Dick Vance | |
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| Birth name | Richard Thomas Vance |
| Born | November 28, 1915 Mayfield, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 1985(1985年07月27日) (aged 69) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Genres | Jazz |
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| Instrument(s) | Trumpet, Vocals |
Dick Vance (November 28, 1915 – July 31, 1985) was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger.[1]
Biography
[edit ]Richard Thomas Vance was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio,[1] where he learned violin before concentrating on trumpet.[2] He played in Cleveland with J. Frank Terry (1932) before joining Lil Armstrong's band in 1934.[1] He moved to New York City and played with Willie Bryant, Kaiser Marshall, and Fletcher Henderson (1936–38);[1] in Henderson's band he was lead trumpeter and occasionally sang. In 1939, he joined Chick Webb's orchestra, and remained in the group when Ella Fitzgerald took over leadership.[1] Upon the disbanding of the Webb band, Vance became the staff arranger for Glen Grey's band and, in 1942, joined the Lucky Millinder Orchestra.[1] Following this he worked with Charlie Barnet, Don Redman, Eddie Heywood (1944–45), and Ben Webster. From 1944 to 1947 he studied at Juilliard, and moonlighted as a pit orchestra musician and an arranger for artists Harry James, Cab Calloway, Earl Hines and Duke Ellington. During this time he played on notable Broadway productions including Pal Joey , Beggar's Holiday , and in the off-stage band for Streetcar Named Desire .[1] In 1950, Vance reunited with his former band leader, Fletcher Henderson, and played in his New York-based sextet (this was actually Henderson's last public engagement before his death).[1] 1951 to 1952 Dick Vance was a member of Duke Ellington's band's trumpet section where he arranged most of the items for the album Ellington ‘55. In 1958 he co-composed "Jazz Festival Suite" with Ellington for performance at the Newport Jazz Festival.[1] Vance led Sonny Stitt's trumpet section on the album Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (recorded in 1962). He toured abroad with his own band in 1969, which later appeared (1970) in the film L’aventure du jazz.[3]
He toured with Redman in 1953 and was a regular at the Savoy Ballroom throughout the 1950s.[1] He released two albums in the 1960s and toured with Eddie Barefield in 1969.
He appears briefly in episode 9 of the music documentary series All You Need Is Love: The Story of Popular Music .[4] In 1979, he was cited as the composer for the documentary film No Maps on My Taps, starring Lionel Hampton and Howard Sims.[5]
Vance died in New York City in July 1985, at the age of 69.[1]
Discography
[edit ]- Duke Ellington, Liberian Suite (CBS, 1973)
- Eddie Heywood Jr., Eddie Heywood at the Piano and His Orchestra Lightly and Politely (Decca, 1956)
- Ella Fitzgerald, Webb On the Air (Jazz Trip, 1970)
- Ella Fitzgerald, Newport Jazz Festival Live at Carnegie Hall July 5, 1973 (CBS, 1973)
- Ella Fitzgerald, Live from the Roseland Ballroom New York 1940 (Sunbeam, 1974)
- Fletcher Henderson, The Complete Fletcher Henderson 1927–1936 (RCA/Bluebird, 1976)
- Fletcher Henderson All Stars/Rex Stewart, The Big Reunion (Jazztone, 1958)
- Mary Lou Williams, Mary Lou Williams and Orchestra (Stinson, 1962)
- Paul Quinichette, Like Who? (United Artists, 1959)
- Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Atlantic, 1962)
References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Colin Larkin, ed. (2002). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Fifties Music (Third ed.). Virgin Books. p. 463. ISBN 1-85227-937-0.
- ^ "Jazzed in Cleveland - Part 125 - Cleveland Trumpeter Dick Vance". Archived from the original on 2015年09月23日. Retrieved 2013年11月28日.
- ^ Yanow, Scott (2003). Vance, Dick. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J463400. ISBN 978-1-56159-263-0.
- ^ "All You Need is Love (TV Series 1977) - IMDb". IMDb .
- ^ "No Maps on My Taps (1979) - IMDb". IMDb .