Walt Dickerson
Walter Roland "Walt" Dickerson (* 16th April 1931 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ; † 15. May 2008 ) was an American jazz - vibraphone player of modern jazz (Hard Bop, Post Bop).
Dickerson studied at Morgan State University and after graduation in 1953 and two years of military service went to California, where he led a band with Andrew Hill and Andrew Cyrille . He attracted attention in the New York jazz scene in the early 1960s with the albums This is Walt Dickerson (1961), A Sense of Direction (1961) and Relativity (1962). That year he won Down Beat magazine's Best New Star Poll for his best album, To My Queen (after Richard Cook and Brian Morton) , which featured Andrew Hill, George Tucker and Andrew Cyrille. Cyrille remained his drummer until he switched to Cecil Taylor's band . He worked under his own name and with John Coltrane and Sun Ra , who was the sideman on piano in Impressions of a Patch of Blue (1965). In 1964 he moved to Copenhagen , where he worked as a teacher and did not appear for ten years. From the mid-1970s, he made recordings for the Steeplechase jazz label . a. Duos with Sun Ra ("Visions", 1978), the Danish guitarist Pierre Dørge and with Richard Davis ("Divine Gemini", 1977).
literature
- Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD . 6th edition. Penguin, London 2002, ISBN 0-14-051521-6 .
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| SURNAME | Dickerson, Walt |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dickerson, Walter Roland (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American modern jazz vibraphonist (hard bop, post bop) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Philadelphia , Pennsylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 15, 2008 |