27 July 2007

WALT DICKERSON - SOLO LIVE , NEW ENGLAND THEATRE, WORCHESTER. MASS., DEC. 10, 1979


heres a great sounding audience recording, by master vibist walt dickerson
dickerson deserves to be much better known than he is, having recorded the acknowledged masterpiece "to my queen" in 1963
with andrew hill and andrew cyrille ,he went on to make lots of great records.
the first dickerson album i ever heard was the wonderful trio "life rays" on soul note, again with longstanding collaborators lisle atkinson on bass and master percussionist andrew cyrille on drums.
i thought i did'nt like jazz vibraphone at all until i heard walt's message, and a little later bobby naughton's essential contributions to leo smith's 'go in numbers, he budding of a rose and spirit catcher'.
i had heard gary burton, and later bobby hutcherson and didn't really appreciate them at the time.
here's a bare bones bio from wikipedia
Walter Roland Dickerson(born April 16, 1928 or 1931 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a jazz vibraphone player most associated with post-bop.
He graduated from Morgan State University in 1953 and after two years in the Army he settled in California. There he started to gain attention leading a band with Andrew Hill and Andrew Cyrille, but it was his later time in New York City that earned him full notice. In 1962 Downbeat named him the best new artist. In NYC he also worked with John Coltrane and Sun Ra acted as his sideman. From 1965 to 1975 he took a break from jazz, but later he worked again with Andrew Hill and Sun Ra.
there is no dickerson website, fan site and otherwise precious little about him at all.
the wikipedia bio falls short, and even the post bop tag seems an easy catch all.
dickerson is unique and has a very original style, its percussive , luminous and conceptually very abstract.
this is a wonderful concert, the sound quality is superb for the day, (almost soundboard quality).
buy walt dickerson discs, there are now quite a few available on soulnote/blacksaint, prestige/ojc, and steeplechase.
i'd especially recommend, gemini, peace, and life rays.
see comments for both mp3 and flac links.
cheers
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34 comments:

  1. SOTISE27 July 2007 at 12:04:00 CEST

    Dickerson solo live
    Mp3- 220 http://rapidshare.com/files/45278551/waltlive.rar

    FLAC (SPLIT ARCHIVE)
    1) http://rapidshare.com/files/45309257/walt_live.part1.rar
    2) http://rapidshare.com/files/45319684/walt_live.part2.rar
    3) http://rapidshare.com/files/45323866/walt_live.part3.rar

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  2. S27 July 2007 at 20:28:00 CEST

    Hey,

    if you could help me out with the Van Hove that would be sooo perfect. I'm not a member of Grown So Ugly, though...

    The linkage will be returned, of course.

    Best,
    Seth

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  3. Anonymous27 July 2007 at 20:50:00 CEST

    A great find! And a great post! Thank you!

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  4. Anonymous28 July 2007 at 22:36:00 CEST

    In case anyone is hesitating, the difference between the mp3 and flac downloads here is truly staggering! The overtones of the vibes are simply so very delicate.

    HUGE thanks to Sotise for this marvellous recording, and the glorious ease of direct download!

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  5. Anonymous28 July 2007 at 23:30:00 CEST

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  6. Anonymous30 July 2007 at 03:39:00 CEST

    not only is the recording and share tops, but that pic playing in front of all that vinyl is rad.

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  7. Nuage fiché qui rêve4 September 2007 at 22:48:00 CEST

    Merci Sotise, superbe. Quelle qualité sonore, en effet. A un moment, j'ai cru entendre une flute en plus du vibraphone :o)

    Waou

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  8. plosin24 October 2007 at 01:41:00 CEST

    Hey, thanks very much for putting this terrific show on the web. I have a rudimentary Dickerson disco on my website: http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/walt.aspx

    Wish there were more live material from this master musician...

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  9. orleyfarm19 January 2008 at 00:14:00 CET

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  10. arshille20 February 2009 at 22:53:00 CET

    hello sotise - just a quick line to thank you
    for the effort you put into posting this wonderful music -
    best wishes from arshille

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  11. Hookfinger30 April 2009 at 01:45:00 CEST

    Thank you for this one. Having just discovered the joys of Dickerson, and remember seeing this all in the same week is crazy. But Thanks again.

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  12. C29 July 2009 at 01:12:00 CEST

    This is definitely from Worcester, MA, not Dorchester. Presented by the Worcester Artists Group.
    Nice show! They put on manyconcerts over the years.
    C

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  13. bluebird21 September 2009 at 23:43:00 CEST

    Delighted to find this live WD still here. Many thanks.
    I don't know of any non-commercial recordings of his so this must be quite rare.
    Great FLAC quality too.

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  14. Hank25 April 2010 at 00:59:00 CEST

    In case anyone finds their way to this post and would like to learn more about the great Walt Dickerson, you can find the full transcript of a 2003 interview I conducted with him here: http://darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2008/05/rip-walt-dickerson.html

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  15. giappyc13 March 2012 at 05:17:00 CET

    Cuold you re-upload this one, please!!!

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  16. serviceton13 March 2012 at 13:08:00 CET

    I fondly remember this as being a 2007 I.S. highlight - a wonderful concert !
    Here's a new link
    https://rapidshare.com/files/2500613931/WD1979.rar

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  17. duck7 July 2012 at 08:12:00 CEST

    A Real pity that the RS links are dead. Now i know i am too late.

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  18. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth8 July 2012 at 23:49:00 CEST

    This comment has been removed by the author.

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  19. Anonymous7 February 2013 at 10:31:00 CET

    One more upload of this, pretty please for late arrivals??

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  20. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth7 February 2013 at 11:43:00 CET

    I've moved the RS link into the public folder, now it should work.

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  21. SOTISE11 February 2013 at 06:16:00 CET

    for those who no longer do RS
    http://www52.zippyshare.com/v/57636955/file.html
    http://www42.zippyshare.com/v/31599760/file.html

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  22. JC12 February 2013 at 16:38:00 CET

    Thanks for the repost or reminder.

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  23. actuelly29 May 2014 at 00:34:00 CEST


    oh no! these zippys expired and you must be fed up with re-upping this one by now...only, everyone agrees it's so great...--sotise, if you can face it, i'd love to find out too.

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  24. correct silence9 September 2020 at 08:39:00 CEST

    Hello
    is it possible to have a reup of this file, thanks in advance.

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  25. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth14 September 2020 at 00:12:00 CEST

    1fichier

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  26. correct silence14 September 2020 at 14:58:00 CEST

    thanks Ernst

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  27. pierre d'alai14 September 2020 at 23:09:00 CEST

    Thank you, Ernst. I'm glad you re-posted this because I'd had the mp3 and, indeed, the sound quality on the flac is much better.
    In the comments up above, 'C' says that this is from Worcester, not Dorchester. Worcester is in central Massachusetts, and Dorchester is part of Boston. So where is this actually from?

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  28. Ernst Grgo Nebhuth15 September 2020 at 08:19:00 CEST

    Sorry pierre d'alai - it is Wiorchester, Mass.

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  29. jeff17 September 2020 at 04:32:00 CEST

    Ernst, many thanks for bringing this post of dipmong's back to life. Did not have this one.

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  30. francisco santos7 October 2020 at 01:10:00 CEST

    BIG THX!...

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  31. roberth8 December 2021 at 09:39:00 CET

    thanks ernst
    roberth

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  32. Bhowani23 December 2021 at 13:58:00 CET

    Fabulous! How lucky I am! Thanks to you, Ernst!

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  33. hulaboy12 April 2022 at 13:54:00 CEST

    Amazing. Mahalo nui loa!

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  34. Otis Foster1 May 2022 at 11:54:00 CEST

    Thanks Ernst.

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