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The [[Allmusic]] site awarded the album 5 stars, stating "The whole album is swathed in a gauzy glow that speaks even more eloquently than its creator's conceptual ambition; this is music from the heart as well as the mind".<ref name="Allmusic">Huey, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/to-my-queen-mw0000087356 Allmusic Review], accessed March 27, 2015</ref> [[Down Beat]] reviewer Don Nelson wrote "This tribute from Dickerson to his wife constitutes some of the finest jazz I have heard this year. It is necessary listening not only to those interested in the forward march of Walt Dickerson, but to those interested in the forward march of jazz".<ref>Nelson, D., [http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/wdReviews.html Walt Dickerson Reviews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074433/http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/wdReviews.html |date=2015-09-24 }}, accessed March 27, 2015</ref>
The [[Allmusic]] reviewer stated: "The whole album is swathed in a gauzy glow that speaks even more eloquently than its creator's conceptual ambition; this is music from the heart as well as the mind".<ref name="Allmusic">Huey, S., [http://www.allmusic.com/album/to-my-queen-mw0000087356 Allmusic Review], accessed March 27, 2015</ref> ''[[Down Beat]]'' reviewer Don Nelson wrote: "This tribute from Dickerson to his wife constitutes some of the finest jazz I have heard this year. It is necessary listening not only to those interested in the forward march of Walt Dickerson, but to those interested in the forward march of jazz".<ref>Nelson, D., [http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/wdReviews.html Walt Dickerson Reviews] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924074433/http://www.plosin.com/MilesAhead/wdReviews.html |date=2015-09-24 }}, accessed March 27, 2015</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==

Revision as of 19:11, 30 April 2021

To My Queen
Studio album by
Walt Dickerson
Released1963
RecordedSeptember 21, 1962
StudioVan Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length32:31
LabelNew Jazz
NJLP 8283
ProducerEsmond Edwards
Walt Dickerson chronology
Relativity
(1962) 		To My Queen
(1963) 		Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia
(1963)

To My Queen is an album led by vibraphonist and composer Walt Dickerson recorded in 1962 and released on the New Jazz label.[1][2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Down Beat[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings [5]

The Allmusic reviewer stated: "The whole album is swathed in a gauzy glow that speaks even more eloquently than its creator's conceptual ambition; this is music from the heart as well as the mind".[3] Down Beat reviewer Don Nelson wrote: "This tribute from Dickerson to his wife constitutes some of the finest jazz I have heard this year. It is necessary listening not only to those interested in the forward march of Walt Dickerson, but to those interested in the forward march of jazz".[6]

Track listing

  1. "To My Queen" (Walt Dickerson) - 17:32
  2. "How Deep Is the Ocean?" (Irving Berlin) - 11:05
  3. "God Bless the Child" (Billie Holiday, Arthur Herzog, Jr.) - 3:54

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Prestige Records New Jazz catalogue discography accessed March 27, 2015
  2. ^ Fitzgerald, M., Walt Dickerson discography accessed March 27, 2015
  3. ^ a b Huey, S., Allmusic Review, accessed March 27, 2015
  4. ^ Down Beat: Vol. 30, No. 32, December 19, 1963
  5. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 372-3. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  6. ^ Nelson, D., Walt Dickerson Reviews Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 27, 2015
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