About:Andy Dickens

Andy Dickens (born 11 March 1953) 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.