VIC DICKENSON — Nice Work (1999) RM | Vanguard Jazz Showcase Series | FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

As part of the John Hammond Masters series, this combines two dates that Hammond produced for the label in the 1950s. The first is a septet date in 1953, which yielded nice versions of "Jeepers Creepers" and "Russian Lullaby" to close the disc. The rest of the collection comes from an album entitled Vic Dickenson Showcase, Volume 2, recorded in 1954 in the company of Edmond Hall on clarinet, Sir Charles Thompson on piano, Walter Page on bass, Steve Jordan on guitar, Jo Jones on drums, and Shad Collins and Ruby Braff sharing the trumpet honors. Solid, no-nonsense versions of "Running Wild," "You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me," "Nice Work If You Can Get It," and "Everybody Loves My Baby" are the high spots here. Dickenson had a broad, almost brassy and declamatory style on trombone, but no one's mastery of melody was any better. A classic that deserves to be reissued. Cub Koda
Tracklist :
1    When You And I Were Young Maggie Blues    4:51
 James Austin Butterfield / George Washington Johnson
2    Everybody Loves My Baby     9:32
 Jack Palmer / Spencer Williams
3    Old Fashioned Love    9:34
 James P. Johnson / Cecil Mack
4    Nice Work If You Can Get It    4:42
 George Gershwin / Ira Gershwin
5    Suspension Blues    8:38
 Vic Dickenson
6    Runnin' Wild    5:31
 Arthur Gibbs / Joe Grey / Leo Wood
7    You Brought A New Kind Of Love To Me    5:17
 Sammy Fain / Irving Kahal / Peter Norman
8    Jeepers Creepers    12:05
 Johnny Mercer / Harry Warren
9    Russian Lullaby    9:21
 Irving Berlin
Credits :
Bass – Walter Page
Clarinet – Edmond Hall
Drums – Jo Jones (tracks: 1 to 7), Les Erskine (tracks: 8, 9)
Guitar – Steve Jordan
Piano – Sir Charles Thompson
Trombone – Vic Dickenson
Trumpet – Ruby Braff, Shad Collins (tracks: 1 to 7)
Notes :
Tracks 1-7, from Vic Dickenson Showcase Vol. 2, recorded November 29, 1954
Tracks 8 & 9, from Vic Dickenson Septet - Vic Dickenson Septet, Vol. I, recorded December 29, 1953