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Walt Dickerson
American jazz vibraphone player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walter Roland Dickerson (April 16, 1928 – May 15, 2008)[1] was an American jazz vibraphone player, most associated with the post-bop idiom.[2]
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Biography
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States,[3] Walt Dickerson graduated from Morgan State University in 1953 and after two years in the Army he settled in California.[2] There he started to gain attention by leading a group with Andrew Hill and Andrew Cyrille,[3] but it was Dickerson's later period in New York City when he gained some further notice. For the Prestige label he recorded four albums.[4] In 1962 Down Beat named him the best new artist.[5]
From 1965 to 1975, he took a break from jazz, but later he worked again with Andrew Hill and Sun Ra.[3] After 1975 Dickerson recorded several albums for the Danish Steeplechase label.[3]
He died in May 2008 from a cardiac arrest.[6]
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As arranger
With Elmo Hope
- Sounds from Rikers Island (1963)
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