Carroll Dickerson (November 1, 1895 – October 9, 1957) was a

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, probably better known for his extensive work with Louis Armstrong and Earl Hines or his more brief work touring with

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. Dickerson played a major role as a bandleader in Chicago; his sidemen there included

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, Honore Dutrey,

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, Sterling Conaway,

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, Fred Robinson, Jimmy Strong,

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, Pete Briggs, and

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. He first directed a band from 1922 to 1924 in the Sunset Cafe, which led to a longer tour, in which his sideman, Louis Armstrong, quickly became known (and later took his place). He was known for his strictness, issuing penalties to musicians who missed notes. His "Carroll Dickerson Savoyagers" then appeared in the Savoy Ballroom, as well as in New York in the late 1920s. Despite their differences in Chicago over Armstrong taking over the orchestra, musicians such as Armstrong,

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, George Mitchell, Earl Hines and

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played in his Savoy Orchestra. The musicians of Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven of 1927 were musicians taken from the Dickerson orchestra, and he himself played with some recordings as a violinist. He also toured with

. Dickerson briefly directed the

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before returning to Chicago.

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