SUN RA & WALT DICKERSON 1978 duo - SEALED LP
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"Visions" on STEEPLECHASE ( SCS-1126 )
Here's the 4-star review from ALLMUSIC.COM:
"A largely overlooked duo improv date recorded on July 11, 1978, by the Danish jazz impresario Nils Winther, 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. This was not the first time Dickerson and Ra had recorded together; producer Tom Wilson had used the duo on the soundtrack of the 1966 film Impressions on a Patch of Blue. This was their first extended series of duo improvs, however, and each seems to know exactly when to let the other hog the spotlight for a while, as during the moment toward the end of the opening "Astro," when Dickerson lays out and lets Ra launch into a two-fisted free solo. Similarly, Ra leaves the extended opening of "Utopia" almost entirely to Dickerson, adding only a few explosive thumps and some Paul Bley-style picking and strumming of the piano's strings to Dickerson's graceful and melodic playing. 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."
This record album came from a buy-out of a long-term record store which yielded unexpected treasures in storage. It is FACTORY SEALED with a cut-out notch.
This is a NO RESERVE auction for a Sun Ra collectible that you WILL NOT FIND in sealed condition anywhere on this planet ( other than here at the inimitable SOMETHINGSOMETHINGDOTNET ).
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