Dick Vance

Dick Vance (November 28, 1915 – July 31, 1985) was an American jazz trumpeter and arranger.

Biography Richard Thomas Vance was born in Mayfield, Kentucky, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, He played in Cleveland with J. Frank Terry (1932) before joining Lil Armstrong's band in 1934.

He toured with Redman in 1953 and was a regular at the Savoy Ballroom throughout the 1950s. In 1979, he was cited as the composer for the documentary film No Maps on My Taps, starring Lionel Hampton and Howard Sims.

Vance died in New York City in July 1985, at the age of 69.

Discography Duke Ellington, Liberian Suite (CBS, 1973) Eddie Heywood Jr., Eddie Heywood at the Piano and His Orchestra Lightly and Politely (Decca, 1956) Ella Fitzgerald, Webb On the Air (Jazz Trip, 1970) Ella Fitzgerald, Newport Jazz Festival Live at Carnegie Hall July 5, 1973 (CBS, 1973) Ella Fitzgerald, Live from the Roseland Ballroom New York 1940 (Sunbeam, 1974) Fletcher Henderson, The Complete Fletcher Henderson 1927–1936 (RCA/Bluebird, 1976) Fletcher Henderson All Stars/Rex Stewart, The Big Reunion (Jazztone, 1958) Mary Lou Williams, Mary Lou Williams and Orchestra (Stinson, 1962) Paul Quinichette, Like Who? (United Artists, 1959) Sonny Stitt, Sonny Stitt & the Top Brass (Atlantic, 1962)