Title of Collection: Ed Dix Audio Collection Reference Code: US-MoKcUMS-MSA275 Repository: Marr Sound Archives UMKC Miller Nichols Library 800 E. 51st Street Kansas City, MO 64110 Creator: Dix, Ed Biographical History: Tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and financial planner, Ed Dix was born in Kansas City in 1930. He began playing clarinet at age five, but switched to tenor sax at fourteen. While in high school, he toured the U.S. in bands styled after Glenn Miller’s. He was, himself, influenced by the playing of Lester Young, the tenor saxophonist in Count Basie’s band. For the first years of his adult life, Dix continued to tour in bands. It was Mary Ann (Dix’s wife, married 1950) who got him an audition for the Ralph Flanagan Band, with which he toured throughout the country – even playing at the Palladium. Dix also led a band of his own: The Eddie Dix Orchestra (“Music That Clicks with Dix”). Fatherhood encouraged Dix to reconsider his priorities and refocus towards his family. After a brief stint at Bendix Aviation at a time when they were making atom bombs, he began a second career as a financial planner in 1952. Eventually, he settled in Beaumont, TX, where he worked until his retirement. His musical activities resumed after retiring, performing regularly as well as recording. Dix was a lifelong friend of Bob Brookmeyer (1929-2011), another Kansas City-born jazz musician and a master composer/arranger and valve trombonist. Their friendship is well documented through their numerous letters to each other, photographs/scrapbooks, and the many big band charts that Brookmeyer wrote for the Eddie Dix Orchestra. Date Range: 1946-2011 University of Missouri – Kansas City Marr Sound Archives Extent: 1.5 Linear feet, includes 33 Grooved Discs, 38 Cassettes, 40 CD-Rs, 18 Minidiscs, and 2 DVD-Rs. Scope and Content: The audio collection contains 131 items spanning Ed Dix’s musical career, from instantaneous-cut lacquer discs of the 1940s to CD-Rs of the 2000s. The early instantaneous-cut discs are studio recordings but many of the later recordings were recorded live from venues such as the Blue Room and New Point Grille in Kansas City. Jazz artists Arch Martin, Paul Smith, Bob Bowman, Tommy Ruskin, and other Kansas City musicians accompany Ed Dix in these live recordings. The collection also contains recordings of Bob Brookmeyer, Warren Durrett and various Kansas City jazz radio programs. Conditions of Access: The collection is open for research and educational use. The physical items in this collection are non- circulating. All audio materials in the collection are digitized and can be requested. Please refer to the Marr Sound Archives website for more information about requesting items. Language: English Related Archival Material: The Ed Dix Collection located in Labudde Special Collections at the University of Missouri – Kansas City holds the paper materials in this collection. System of Arrangement: Series 1: Grooved Discs Series 2: Optical Discs Series 3: Audio Cassettes Series 4: Addendum (received 2016) Collection Inventory Series 1: Grooved Discs Box Item Item Title Description File Date(s) Format ID 1 1 No information 2 unnamed tracks undated 12 in. Grooved disc, available Lacquer 1 2 Bob Brookmeyer Track listing: Isn't it Romantic -- Red undated 12 in. Grooved disc, Quartet Devil -- Last Chance -- Body and Soul Lacquer -- Liberty Belle -- Miss Jones -- Traditional -- Doe Eyes; Van Gelder Studios 1 3 Dancing in the Dark by Track listing: Dancing in the Dark undated 12 in. Grooved disc, Eddie Dix and His (vocals: Glenn Miller) -- unnamed Lacquer Orchestra track; Vic Damon Recording Studios 2 Ed Dix Audio Collection University of Missouri – Kansas City Marr Sound Archives 1 4 Temptation by Eddie Track listing: Temptation -- undated 12 in. Grooved disc, Dix and His Orchestra unnamed track; Vic Damon Lacquer Recording Studios 1 5 No information 2 unnamed tracks undated 10 in. Grooved disc, available Lacquer 1 6 I May Be Wrong -- Hot Track listing: I May Be Wrong -- Hot undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Hokum by Eddie Dix Hokum Lacquer and His Orchestra 1 7 Sweet Lovely by Eddie Track listing: Sweet Lovely (Beverly undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Dix and His Orchestra Cassady) -- unnamed track Lacquer 1 8 Hot Hokum -- Track listing: Hot Hokum -- undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Marchetta by Eddie Dix Marchetta Lacquer and His Orchestra 1 9 Ain't Misbehavin' -- Track listing: Ain't Misbehavin' -- undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Can't Help Lovin' by Can't Help Lovin' (Beverly Cassady); Lacquer Eddie Dix and His Vic Damon Recording Studios Orchestra 1 10 Stardust by Eddie Dix Track listing: Stardust -- unnamed undated 10 in. Grooved disc, and His Orchestra track Lacquer 1 11 Stompin' At The Savoy Track listing: Stompin' At The Savoy - 1948-06-04 10 in. Grooved disc, -- Robbin's Nest by Joe - Robbin's Nest; Midwestern Lacquer Zammar All-star Band Recording Studios 1 12 Just You by Eddie Dix Track listing: Just You -- unnamed undated 10 in. Grooved disc, and His Orchestra track Lacquer 1 13 I May Be Wrong -- Track listing: I May Be Wrong -- undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Solitude by Eddie Dix Solitude Lacquer and His Orchestra 1 14 Just You -- Stardust by Track listing: Just You -- Stardust undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Eddie Dix and His Lacquer Orchestra 1 15 Laura -- Tush by Eddie Track listing: Laura -- Tush; Edward undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Dix and His Orchestra A. Roche Recording Studios Lacquer 1 16 Bottoms Up -- Solitude Track listing: Bottoms Up -- Solitude; undated 10 in. Grooved disc, by Eddie Dix and His Edward A. Roche Recording Studios Lacquer Orchestra 1 17 Gentle People -- Track listing: Gentle People -- 1948-12-26 10 in. Grooved disc, Summer Vacation by Summer Vacation; Edward A. Roche Lacquer Eddie Dix and His Recording Studios Orchestra 1 18 Gentle People -- Track listing: Gentle People -- 1948-12-26 10 in. Grooved disc, Summer Vacation by Summer Vacation; Edward A. Roche Lacquer Eddie Dix and His Recording Studios Orchestra 1 19 Hadenbash -- The Story Track listing: Hadenbash -- The Story undated 10 in. Grooved disc, of a Starry Night by of a Starry Night; Vic Damon Lacquer Eddie Dix Orchestra Recording Studios 3 Ed Dix Audio Collection University of Missouri – Kansas City Marr Sound Archives 1 20 In My Solitude -- Bebop Track listing: In My Solitude -- Bebop undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Combo by Eddie Dix Combo Lacquer and His Orchestra 1 21 Love Letter -- 9:20 Track listing: Love Letter -- 9:20 undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Special by Eddie Dix Special Lacquer and His Orchestra 1 22 Circus -- Tonsillectomy Track listing: Circus -- Tonsillectomy; undated 10 in. Grooved disc, by Eddie Dix and His Edward A. Roche Recording Studios Lacquer Orchestra 1 23 Paper Moon -- Track listing: Paper Moon -- undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Memphis in June by Memphis in June Lacquer Eddie Dix and His Orchestra 1 24 Can't Help Lovin' That Track listing: Can't Help Lovin' That undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Man -- Out Of Man (Beverly Cassidy) -- Out Of Lacquer Nowhere by Eddie Dix Nowhere; Vic Damon Recording and His Orchestra Studios 1 25 Swanee Sayman by Track listing: Swanee Sayman -- undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Eddie Dix and His unnamed track Lacquer Orchestra 1 26 Combo I -- Combo II Track listing: Combo I -- Combo II undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Lacquer 1 27 Kansas City Chamber Track listing: I Woke Up Jose Swartze undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Music Society -- Vivace Con Brio; Edward A. Roche Lacquer Recording Studios 1 28 Wha' Hoppen -- Deep Track listing: Wha' Hoppen -- Deep 1949-12-26 10 in. Grooved disc, Freeze by Eddie Dix Freeze Lacquer and His Orchestra 1 29 Wha' Hoppen -- Deep Track listing: Wha' Hoppen -- Deep 1949-12-26 10 in. Grooved disc, Freeze by Eddie Dix Freeze Lacquer and His Orchestra 1 30 Memphis In June -- Track listing: Memphis In June undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Paper Moon by Eddie (Beverly Cassidy) -- Paper Moon Lacquer Dix and His Orchestra 1 31 Six Saxes 1 -- Six Saxes Track listing: Six Saxes 1 -- Six Saxes undated 10 in. Grooved disc, 2 2 Lacquer 1 32 Bebop Combo -- Wha' Track listing: Bebop Combo -- Wha' undated 10 in. Grooved disc, Hoppen by Eddie Dix Hoppen Lacquer and His Orchestra 1 33 Medley -- Paper Moon Track listing: Medley -- Paper Moon undated 10 in. Grooved disc, by Eddie Dix and His Lacquer Orchestra Series 2: Optical Discs Box Item Item Title Description File Date(s) Format ID 4 Ed Dix Audio Collection University of Missouri – Kansas City Marr Sound Archives 2 34 Ed Dix and His undated Optical disc, CD-R Orchestra: Disc 1 2 35 Ed Dix and His undated Optical disc, CD-R Orchestra: Disc 2 2 36 Helen Schneider Set 1 Some Cats Know; Arrangements by undated Optical disc, CD-R Bob Brookmeyer 2 37 Helen Schneider Set 2 Some Cats Know; Arrangements by undated Optical disc, CD-R Bob Brookmeyer 2 38 Helen Schneider Set 1 Jazz Book; Arrangements by Bob undated Optical disc, CD-R Brookmeyer 2 39 Helen Schneider Set 2 Jazz Book; Arrangements by Bob undated Optical disc, CD-R Brookmeyer 2 40 Live At The Half Note 1 Bob Brookmeyer and Zoot Sims, 1965-11-26 - Optical disc, CD-R November 26, 1965; Al Cohn and 1966-01-21 Phil Woods, January 14, 1966; Clark Terry, December 3, 1965; Sonny Rollins and Frankie Dunlop, January 4, 1966; Thad Jones and Pepper Adams, January 21, 1966 2 41 Live At The Half Note 2 Al Cohn and Zoot Sims, July 9, 1965; 1965-07-09 - Optical disc, CD-R Clark Terry, March 11, 1966; Clark 1966-03-04 Terry and Bob Brookmeyer, March 4, 1966 2 42 Live At The Half Note 3 Horace Silver Quintet, February