caption website years_active article_title background birth_date instrument genre image origin name
dickens in 2006 . -lsb- http://www.andydickens.com www.andydickens.com -rsb- 1974 -- present andy dickens
 solo_singer 11 march 1953 trumpet , flugel horn , vocals jazz , blues andy_dickens . jpg birmingham , england andy dickens
andy dickens

andy dickens -lrb- born 11 march 1953 -rrb- is an english jazz trumpeter , singer and bandleader .
dickens was born in birmingham , england , the son of a patent agent and headmistress .
educated at solihull school he began playing trumpet at the age of 14 .
largely self-taught , his style spans new orleans jazz , swing and cool jazz but most typically evokes the pre-bop era of roy eldridge and oran page although his concert performances regularly combine works from the early jazz repertoire of gospel and blues with contemporary compositions .
he has performed with and accompanied ken peplowski , peter king , bruce turner , dick morrissey , john crocker , slim gaillard , jools holland , neville dickie ; kid sheik , clark tracey as well as mainstream entertainers jimmy edwards and judith durham .
the current andy dickens band is described by jazz uk as exhibiting `` creative music that shows there can be vivid new life in any style , '' and saxophonist alan barnes described the band in musician magazine -lsb- http://www.musiciansunion.org.uk/html/member_benefits_magazine.html as `` swinging and eclectic . ''
