Vicksville – Harold Vick

Yet another blues from Harold Vick, this time a minor-key medium swinger that really sits in the pocket.

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Recording: Harold Vick - Steppin' Out
Recorded on: May 27, 1963
Label: Blue Note (BLP 4138)
Concert Key: C minor
Vocal Range: , to
Style: Swing (medium)

Trumpet - Blue Mitchell
Tenor Sax - Harold Vick
Guitar - Grant Green
Organ - Big John Patton
Drums - Ben Dixon

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As you hear from the audio excerpt, this 2-feel minor blues melody immediately starts setting a groove that climaxes into a stop time melody triplet run to set up the first and second ending. The solo section is 4-feel and is written out in all leadsheets. The opening two melody chorus's chord progression is approached in two ways; the second chorus changes are indicated under the melody.

"Steppin' Out" was recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs.

Harold Vick had just recorded on Big John Patton's Blue Note session "Along Came John" less than two months before his "Steppin' Out" date. The Patton session was Harold's first for Blue Note, and Harold obviously impressed Blue Note's owners, Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff. They gave Harold his own date, this recording, which was Harold's first as a leader. Harold would also record again with Big John Patton on Patton's Blue Note session "Oh Baby" in 1965.

Harold Vick

April 3, 1936 – November 13, 1987

Harold Vick is a quintessential example of a great saxophonist and composer who never gained wide public recognition, but was always highly regarded by his fellow musicians. Even jazz legend Sonny Rollins paid compositional tribute to him in 1998 with Did You See Harold Vick? Harold was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, which is also the birthplace of Thelonious Monk. At 13, Harold received a clarinet and inspiration from his uncle Prince Robinson, a well-respected clarinetist and tenor saxophonist who played with the likes of Duke Ellington, Roy Eldridge and Louis Armstrong from the 1920s-1950s. Read more...

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Vicksville – Harold Vick

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