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Ben Dixon


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American jazz drummer, composer, arranger and teacher.
Played (and recorded) with : Lou Donaldson, Ray Draper, Grant Green, Big John Patton, Harold Vick, Don Wilkerson, Baby Face Willette and others.

Born : December 25, 1934 in Gaffney, South Carolina.

APPEARANCES +


The Valley Gate
All God's Children
2022, File, AAC, Single, Not On Label
Grant Green
Grantstand
2019, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Jazz Images, ,
Hard Bop
Various
The Story Of Blue Note Records
2019, Vinyl 180 Gram, Vinyl 180 Gram, Vinyl 180 Gram, Vinyl 180 Gram, Vinyl 180 Gram, 2x Vinyl, Box Set, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Post Bop/Fusion/Latin Jazz/Contemporary Jazz
Grant Green
3 Essential Albums
2018, 3xCD, Comp, RM, Blue Note, Universal Classics & Jazz
Grant Green
5 Original Albums
2018
Various
Groovin'
2017, LP, Comp, Blue Note, Decca,
Various
One Way Glass (Dancefloor Prog, Brit Jazz & Funky Folk 1968-1975)
2017, 3x CD, Box Set, ,
Prog Rock/Art Rock/Folk Rock/Jazz-Rock
Black Dyke Band*
Arabian Nights (The Music Of Stephen Roberts)
2016, CD, Album, Doyen
Grant Green
The 1961 Summer Sessions
2015, 2xCD, Comp, RM, American Jazz Classics
Brother Jack McDuff
Eight Classic Albums
2015, 4xCD, Comp, RM, Real Gone, ,
Hard Bop/Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Various
Uncompromising Expression
2014, 5xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note, Blue Note, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Bossa Nova/Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Vocal/Modal/Post Bop/Swing/Piano Blues
The Brother Jack McDuff Quartet, Grant Green
Goodnight, It's Time To Go / The Honeydrippers
2013, CD, Album, Comp, Groove Hut Records
Grant Green
Seven Classic Albums
2013
Roman Pokorný
Feelin' The Spirit - Grant Green Tribute
2013, 2x Vinyl B&W Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz
Grant Green
Four Classic Albums
2012, 2xCD, Comp, RM, Avid Entertainment, Avid Jazz
Various
Music & Cuisine: Sizzlin' BBQ
2011, CD-ROM, Album, Comp, Somerset Entertainment
Various
Hip Hammond & Soulful Grooves
2009, 2xCD, Comp, Blue Note, EMI, ,
Soul-Jazz/Smooth Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Hans Mantel
Highlights Blue Note (A Groove Selection By Hans Mantel)
2009, 8xCD, Comp + Box, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Hard Bop/Post Bop/Cool Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Vocal/Modal
Stanley Turrentine
A Chip Off The Old Block
2009, CD, ,
Cool Jazz/Bop
Various
Professor Roswell Presents History & Spirit Of Jazz "Study In Blue" Vol. 2
2008, CD, Comp, Promo, Smplr, Pap, Blue Note, ,
Avant-garde Jazz/Bop/Fusion/Hard Bop/Modal/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz/Swing
Maestro*
Blue Note Trip - Birds / Beats
2008, 2x CD Triple Digipack, ,
Bop/Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz
Grant Green
Organ Trio And Quartet
2007, CD, Album, Comp, Groove Hut Records
Grant Green
The Finest In Jazz
2007, CD, Comp, Dig, Blue Note, ,
Jazz-Funk/Contemporary Jazz/Cool Jazz
Claus Raible
Don't Blame Me
2007, CD, Album, Pirouet
Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis Featuring Grant Green
Joe's Blues
2007, CD, Comp, RE, Lone Hill Jazz, Phono (4)
Tomas Janzon
Coast To Coast To Coast
2006, CD, Album, Changes Music
Various
Blue Note Plays Ray Charles
2005
Richard "Groove" Holmes
Super Soul
2004
Johnny Hodges And Wild Bill Davis
Johnny Hodges - The Rabbit
2003, CD, Comp, EmArcy
Adam Scone
The Wild New Electric Organ Sounds Of Adam Scone
2002, CD, Album, OrganTone Records
Stanley Turrentine
The Blue Note Quintet/Sextet Studio Sessions
2002, 5xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Ltd, Num, Mosaic Records (2), ,
Hard Bop
Eddie Landsberg
Remembering Eddie Jefferson
2002, CD, Album, Berghem Records, ,
Vocal/Bop
Various
Hip Walk - Jazz Undercurrents In 60s New York
2002, 2x Vinyl, ,
Contemporary Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk/Modal
Grant Green
Ballads
2002, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz
Various
Have You Had Your Vitamin B-3 Today?
2001, CD, Comp, Label M,
The JLE Organ Trio
Something Different
2001, CD, Berghem Records,
Various
Maximum Rhythm & Blue
2001
Various
Blue Funk
2001, CD, ,
Funk
Don Wilkerson
The Complete Blue Note Sessions
2001, 2x CD, ,
Soul-Jazz
Various
Classic Jazz: The Sixties
2001
Various
Romance In Rio
2000, CD, ,
Latin Jazz
Various
Jazz That Swings II
2000
Grant Green
The Blue Note Years
1999, CD, Comp, Pap, Blue Note
Various
The Lost Sessions
1999
Lou Donaldson
A Man With A Horn
1999
Grant Green
Blues For Lou
1999, CD, ,
Hard Bop
Various
Blue 45s (The Ultimate Jukebox)
1998, CD, Comp, Mono, Enh, Blue Note, Blue Note, Blue Note
Various
Swing Journal Presents The Blue Note
1998, 4xCD, Comp, Blue Note
Various
Jazz For The Open Road
1998, ,
Post Bop/Jazz-Rock
Various
The Blue Note Years Volume Three: Organ And Soul 1956 - 1967
1998
Lou Donaldson
Blue Breakbeats
1998
Grant Green
Blue Breakbeats
1998, Vinyl, ,
Jazz-Funk
Various
Blue Notables Vol. 12 : Blue Note's Six Vital Organs - Home Of The Hammond
1996, CD, Comp, Smplr, Blue Note, ,
Jazz-Funk
Grant Green
The Best Of Grant Green Vol. II
1996, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Various
Have Guitar, Will Travel - featuring Grant Green
1996
Various
The Soul Of Jazz Volume 2
1995, CD, Comp, Verve Records, Gitanes Jazz Productions
Various
Deep Jazz Trip
1995
Grant Green / Donald Byrd
His Majesty King Funk / Up With Donald Byrd
1995, CD, ,
Soul-Jazz
Various
Talkin' Verve
1995, 2x Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Swing
Various
Funky Good Time
1995, CD, ,
Jazz-Funk
'Big' John Patton*
The Organization! The Best Of 'Big' John Patton
1994
Various
The Prestige Soul/Jazz Encyclopedia Volume 1
1994
Various
So Blue So Funky (Heroes Of The Hammond / Volume 2)
1994
Sonny Phillips
Sure 'Nuff/Black Magic!
1993, CD, Comp, BGP Records, ,
Soul-Jazz
Lou Donaldson
The Best Of Lou Donaldson Vol. 1 1957-1967
1993, CD, Comp, Blue Note
Boogaloo Joe Jones*
Introducing the Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar of Joe Jones • My Fire
1993
Various
Cordon Blue (Savour The Soul Sauce With Blue Note)
1993
Grant Green
The Best Of Grant Green Vol. 1
1993
Various
Blue Bop
1993
Lou Donaldson
Midnight Soul
1992
Various
Blue Guitar
1992, CD,
Various
Funktified ...And Groovin' Hard
1991, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Soul-Jazz
Lou Donaldson
Signifyin' (The Best Of Lou Donaldson)
1991, CD, Comp, Affinity, ,
Soul-Jazz/Bop
Various
So Blue, So Funky (Heroes Of The Hammond)
1991
Various
Soul Fingers... And Funky Feet
1990, CD, Comp, Blue Note
Grant Green
The Blue Note Years
1989, CD, Comp, Blue Note, ,
Bop/Modal/Soul-Jazz/Latin Jazz
Various
Urban Jazz: The Original Illicit Grooves
1989
Johnny Hodges And Wild Bill Davis
Johnny Hodges - Wild Bill Davis
1989,
Dodo Marmarosa
The Chicago Sessions
1989
Various
Jazz-Club • Guitar
1989, CD, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Soul-Jazz/Jazz-Funk
Various
Baptist Beat!
1987, Vinyl, ,
Hard Bop/Post Bop/Soul-Jazz
Sonny Phillips
My Black Flower
1977, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz
Jack McDuff*
Rock Candy
1972, 2x Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz/Hard Bop
Grant Green
Iron City!
1972, Vinyl, ,
Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Grant Green
Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? / Cantaloupe Woman
1971, 7", Single, Blue Note
Lou Donaldson
Ha' Mercy
1971
Grant Green
Visions
1971
Sonny Phillips
Black Magic!
1970
Pesky Gee*
Exclamation Mark
1969
Richard "Groove" Holmes
The Best Of Richard "Groove" Holmes
1969
Brother Jack McDuff
Plays For Beautiful People
1969
Richard "Groove" Holmes
Soul Power!
1968, LP, Album, Prestige, Prestige
Joe Jones*
Introducing The Psychedelic Soul Jazz Guitar Of Joe Jones
1968, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz
Grassella Oliphant
The Grass Is Greener
1967
George Braith
Musart
1967
Brother Jack McDuff
Greatest Hits
1966, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz
George Braith
Laughing Soul
1966
'Big' John Patton*
Fat Judy
1965, 7", Single, Blue Note
Johnny Hodges / Wild Bill Davis
Wings & Things
1965
Don Wilkerson
Shoutin'
1965, Vinyl,
Lou Donaldson
Musty Rusty
1965
Grant Green
The Cantaloupe Woman / Daddy Grapes
1965
Big John Patton*
Oh Baby!
1965, Vinyl DG, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Grant Green
His Majesty, King Funk
1965
Lou Donaldson
Good Gracious!
1964
'Big' John Patton*
'The Way I Feel'
1964
Lou Donaldson
Possum Head
1964
Grant Green
Am I Blue
1964
'Big' John Patton*
Along Came John / I'll Never Be Free
1963, 7", Single, Blue Note
'Big' John Patton*
The Silver Meter
1963, 7", Single, Blue Note
Harold Vick
Our Miss Brooks / Vicksville
1963, 7", Single, Blue Note
Lou Donaldson
Signifyin'
1963
John Patton
Along Came John
1963, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz
Lou Donaldson
The Natural Soul
1963
John Patton
Blue John
1963
Harold Vick
Steppin' Out!
1963, Vinyl, ,
Soul-Jazz/Post Bop/Hard Bop
Lou Donaldson
Spaceman Twist
1962, 7", Single, Blue Note
Lou Donaldson
Funky Mama
1962
Baby Face Willette*
Stop And Listen
1962
Grant Green
Sunday Mornin'
1962, ,
Hard Bop
'Baby Face' Willette
Goin' Down
1961, 7", Blue Note
'Baby Face' Willette
Swingin' At Sugar Ray's / Somethin' Strange
1961, 7", Blue Note
''Baby Face'' Willette*
Face To Face
1961
Jack McDuff*
The Honeydripper
1961
Grant Green
Grant's First Stand
1961, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
Ray Draper Quintet*
Tuba Sounds
1957
Various
British Blues In Memoriam (Volume 2)
LP, Comp, Immediate
Various
FM Yokohama Presents Ouch
CD, Comp, Prestige, Fantasy, Riverside Records, ,
Bop/Afro-Cuban Jazz/Big Band/Cool Jazz/Hard Bop/Latin Jazz/Modal/Soul-Jazz
Various
Mojo Club Presents Dancefloor Jazz
CD, ,
Afro-Cuban Jazz/Funk/Jazz-Funk/Soul-Jazz
Various
Blue Notes III (Milestones Of Jazz Legends)
Various
More Blue Notes - Milestones Of Jazz Legends
10x CD, Box Set, ,
Bop/Hard Bop
Various
Orgue
CD, ,
Swing/Cool Jazz/Bop
Various
The Chronic 2011: Millennium Tribute To The Songs Of Dr. Dre
2011, CD, Comp, Re-Invention Records, Versailles Records
Grant Green
Grant's First Stand
2022, Vinyl 180g, ,
Hard Bop/Soul-Jazz
'Baby Face' Willette
Face To Face
2011
Pesky Gee*
Exclamation Mark
CDr, ,
Psychedelic Rock
Lou Donaldson
Musty Rusty
CD, ,
Soul-Jazz
Jack McDuff*
The Honeydripper