Don Sickler


Don Sickler is an American jazz trumpeter, arranger, and producer.
In the 1980s, he set up a tribute band called Dameronia, with Philly Joe Jones, to play the music of Tadd Dameron.
He also worked extensively with Joe Henderson, a collaboration leading to four Grammy Awards.
Sickler and his wife, Maureen Sickler, have been the co-owners of the Van Gelder Studio since 2016, when it was entrusted to Maureen after the death of Rudy Van Gelder.

Discography

As leader

With Dameronia
With Superblue
  • Superblue
  • Superblue II
With Larry Coryell
  • Inner Urge
With Meredith d'Ambrosio
With Clifford Jordan
  • Play What You Feel
  • Down Through the Years
With T. S. Monk
  • Take One
  • Changing of the Guard
  • The Charm
  • Monk on Monk
With Freddie Redd
  • Lonely City – trumpet and arranger
With Ben Riley
  • Memories of T – trumpet and arranger
With Claudio Roditi
  • Claudio! – as arranger
With Charlie Rouse
With Jack Sheldon
With James Spaulding
  • Blues Nexus – flugelhorn on one track
  • Escapade
With Buddy Tate and Al Grey
  • Just Jazz – as arranger
With Joe Thomas and Jay McShann
  • Blowin' in from K.C. – as arranger
With Jack Walrath
  • Gut Feelings – as conductor
With Cedar Walton
  • Cedar Walton Plays
  • Roots
With Frank Wess and Johnny Coles
  • Two at the Top – as arranger