Info on Dickie's Dream by L Young & Count Basie
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Topic: Info on Dickie's Dream by L Young & Count Basie
Posted By: silvia.cherneva
Subject: Info on Dickie's Dream by L Young & Count Basie
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 4:48pm
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Hey guys, I'm doing a dance routine to a recording of Dickie's Dream by Lester Young and Count Basie Kansas City Seven. Exact version is on Spotify but not youtube but anyway a similar enough version here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iivFg_6IKkk I'm interested in finding out more about the background of the song. Like was Dickie someone? It is often that those tunes have a back story, like a reference to the popular culture at the time that stops being understood after a while. Any ideas here? Cheers!
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Posted By: js
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 5:05pm
| Possibly it refers to Dickie Wells who played trombone with Basie. I'll see if I can find out more. |
Posted By: js
Date Posted: 05 Apr 2018 at 5:09pm
| Ah yes, The song was written by Dickie Wells, I am sure thats who it refers to, just as in the tune "Monk's Dream" by Thelonious Monk. |
Posted By: silvia.cherneva
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2018 at 12:41am
That's great - thanks a lot. 
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