Visions is a duet album issued on LP format credited to Walt Dickerson (with Sun Ra), and later reissued on CD credited to Sun Ra and Walt Dickerson.[1][2][3]
Visions | ||||
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Studio album by Sun Ra and Walt Dickerson | ||||
Released | 1978 | |||
Recorded | July 11, 1978 | |||
Studio | C.I. Recording Studio, NYC | |||
Genre | Jazz | |||
Length | 61:34 | |||
Label | SteepleChase Records SCS 1126 | |||
Producer | Walt Dickerson | |||
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Walt Dickerson chronology | ||||
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Reception
editReview scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings | [6] |
The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | [5] |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 9/10[7] |
In his review for AllMusic, Stewart Mason stated: "Visions matches Walt Dickerson's cool vibes with Sun Ra's idiosyncratic piano in a way that shows both men's contrasting styles to surprisingly cohesive effect... Fans of Sun Ra's outer space mythology and chanting lyrics will have to look elsewhere for their fun, but fans of Ra's exceptionally gifted and distinctive free jazz piano playing should be fascinated. Dickerson, one of the few jazz vibraphonists to have little audible debt to Lionel Hampton, also plays with his characteristic exploratory but controlled style".[4]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Walt Dickerson.
- "Astro" – 7:50
- "Utopia" – 8:10
- "Visions" – 2.50
- "Constructive Neutrons" – 10:10
- "Space Dance" – 8:10
- "Light Years" – 15:18 Bonus track on CD reissue
- "Prophesy" – 9:06 Bonus track on CD reissue
Personnel
edit- Walt Dickerson: Vibraphone
- Sun Ra: Piano
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ SteepleChase Records discography accessed March 29, 2017
- ^ Fitzgerald, M., Walt Dickerson discography accessed March 29, 2017
- ^ SteepleChase Productions ApS accessed March 29, 2017
- ^ a b Mason, Stewart. Visions – Review at AllMusic. Retrieved March 29, 2017.
- ^ Swenson, J., ed. (1985). The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide. USA: Random House/Rolling Stone. p. 61. ISBN 0-394-72643-X.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. 1995. pp. 386, 388.