Between 1921 and 1923, Dixon was a member of Johnny Dunn's Original Jazz Hounds,[2] one of several Dunn-led line-ups that recorded in New York around that time for the Columbia label.
Dixon played in local ensembles in Boston and New York before becoming a member of Sam Wooding's orchestra in 1922.
Among the musicians he played with while under Wooding and Henderson were Kaiser Marshall, Louis Armstrong, Ralph Escudero, Coleman Hawkins, Don Redman, and Elmer Chambers.
In the 1930s, he led a band which accompanied dancer Cora LaRedd, and also arranged and composed for Chick Webb, including Dixon's arrangements for the latter of "That Naughty Waltz" and "Harlem Congo".
[1] Unlike most of the banjoists of his era, he never switched to guitar, and his banjo work is often difficult to hear on record.