Walt Dickerson - To My Queen (1963) [Reissue 2009]
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 172 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 76 MB | Covers - 32 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/New Jazz Records (00025218188029)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+.cue+log) - 172 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps (LAME 3.93) - 76 MB | Covers - 32 MB
Genre: Jazz, Post-Bop, Cool Jazz | RAR 3% Rec. | Label: OJC/New Jazz Records (00025218188029)
To My Queen is Walt Dickerson's crowning achievement, a perfect balance between his intellectually advanced concepts and deeply felt passion. Dickerson had always displayed a fertile imagination, but there hadn't been much indication that his vision could be as expansive as it was on To My Queen. Never before had he attempted such extended, freely structured performances, which makes the album's consistency and focus all the more impressive. Like the foreground of a canvas, the listener's attention naturally falls on the title cut, a side-long, 17-and-a-half-minute opus (written in tribute to his wife, Elizabeth) that became Dickerson's signature piece. It's deliberate, spare, and tender, with the soloists accompanied by either a gentle swing or the barest hints of support…