Harold Vick

 

Artist:  Harold Vick 

Birth Name:  Harold Edward Vick

Born:  April 3. 1936.  Rocky Mount. North Carolina, USA

Died:  November 13,1987 (Aged 51).  New York City, New York, USA

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Tenor Saxophone, Flute

Harold Vick was an American Jazz Saxophonist and Flutist from Rocky Mount., North Carolina.  He worked as a sideman with Jack McDuff from 1960 to 1964, and also with organists such as Jimmy McGriff, Big John Patton and Larry Young, also with Philly Joe Jones, Howard McGhee, Donald Byrd and Ray Charles, and appeared with Dizzy Gillespie the 1968 Newport Jazz Festival.  He worked for around 5 years with Soul Artists, from 1969 to 1973 with King Curtis, Aretha Franklon, Jac DeJohnette's Jazz Rock Band, and return to Soul Jazz with Shirley Scott, Jimmy McGriff.  As late as 1987, he performed with Abbey Lincoln.

Title:  Steppin' Out (Blue Note Tone Poet Series) (2022)

Genre:  Jazz, Hard Bop, Soul Jazz, Jazz Instrument, Saxophone Jazz

Label:  Blue Note Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side A:

 1.  Our Miss Brooks O7:27)

 2.  Trimmed In Blue (6:10)

 3.  Laura (4:39)

Side B:

 1.  Dotty's Dream (6:24)

 2.  Vicksville 5:39)

 3. Steppin' Out (5:50)

Personnel:

Harold Vick:  Tenor Saxophone

Blue Mitchell:  Trumpet

John Patton:  Organ

Grant Green:  Guitar

Ben Dixon:  Drums

Steppin' Out  is the debut album by Harold Vick, originally released in 1963 by Blue Note Records, remastered and reissued on November 6, 2022 by Blue Note Records.  Audiophile 180 Gram Vinyl.