Harold Vick
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Harold Edward Vick |
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April 3, 1936 Rocky Mount, North Carolina, United States |
| Died | November 13, 1987 (aged 51) New York, New York, United States |
| Genres | Hard bop, Soul jazz |
| Instruments | Tenor saxophone, clarinet, flute |
| Years active | 1950s–1987 |
| Labels | Blue Note Records, RCA Victor |
| Associated acts | Grant Green, Jack McDuff, Jimmy McGriff, Shirley Scott |
Harold Vick (April 3, 1936 – November 13, 1987) was an American hard bop and soul jazz saxophonist and flautist.
Harold Vick was born on April 3, 1936 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. At the age of 13 he was given a clarinet by his uncle, Prince Robinson, a clarinet and tenor saxophone player who had been a member of McKinney's Cotton Pickers. Three years later he took up the tenor saxophone, and soon began playing in R&B bands. He continued to perform, still largely with R&B bands, while studying psychology at Howard University.
Steppin' Out!, Vick's first album as leader, was recorded for Blue Note in 1963. After a 1965 performance at Carnegie Hall with Donald Byrd, Vick secured a contract for further albums as leader, and from 1966 to 1974 he had further recording sessions for the RCA, Muse, and Strata-East labels.
Vick worked as a sideman with Jack McDuff from 1960 to 1964, and also with other organists such as Jimmy McGriff, Big John Patton, and Larry Young. For the rest of the 1960s he played on and off with Walter Bishop, Jr., and also worked with Philly Joe Jones, Howard McGhee, Donald Byrd and Ray Charles, and appeared with Dizzy Gillespie at the 1968 Newport Jazz Festival.
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