Joe Dixon (born Giuseppe Ischia; April 21, 1917 – May 28, 1998) was an American jazz reed player.
He began learning clarinet at age seven, later adding saxophone and flute to play in dance bands.
[1] After moving to New York City in 1935, he played with the Victor Young and Bill Staffon orchestras, then joined Tommy Dorsey in 1936–1937.
He served in the United States Navy in 1944, leading a radio orchestra during this time, then worked later in the 1940s with Eddie Condon (1945–46), Bobby Hackett (1945), Phil Napoleon (1946), and Miff Mole (1947).
From 1960 to 1963, he led the Long Island Jazz Quartette, but was hurt in a car crash in the 1960s which sidelined his career for several years.