Divine Gemini

Divine Gemini
Divine Gemini
Studio album by Walt Dickerson and Richard Davis
Released	1978
Recorded	February 9, 1977
Studio	C.I. Recording Studio, NYC
Genre	Jazz
Length	33:48
Label	SteepleChase ; SCS 1089
Producer	Nils Winther
Walt Dickerson chronology
Richard Davis chronology

Last updated February 11, 2024

Divine Gemini is an album of duets by vibraphonist Walt Dickerson and bassist Richard Davis, recorded in 1977 for the SteepleChase label.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings	^[5]

The Globe and Mail wrote that "Richard Davis here alters the context just enough to put Dickerson's rather small world of pensive, psycologically intense music in a new and still interesting perspective."^[6]

Track listing

All compositions by Walt Dickerson

"Lucille" - 12:33
"Divine Gemini" - 4:02
"Always Positive" - 2:49
"Her Intuition" - 14:24

Personnel

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References

↑ SteepleChase Records discography accessed March 16, 2015
↑ Fitzgerald, M., Walt Dickerson discography accessed March 27, 2015
↑ Boyd, Herb (21 Sep 2023). "Richard Davis, master bassist no matter the genre". New York Amsterdam News. No. 38. p. 26.
↑ Allmusic listing accessed March 30, 2015
↑ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
↑ "Divine Gemini Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis". The Globe and Mail. 16 Aug 1980. p. F6.

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[1] SteepleChase Records discography accessed March 16, 2015

[2] Fitzgerald, M., Walt Dickerson discography accessed March 27, 2015

[3] Boyd, Herb (21 Sep 2023). "Richard Davis, master bassist no matter the genre". New York Amsterdam News. No. 38. p. 26.

[Allmusic-4] Allmusic listing accessed March 30, 2015

[Penguin-5] Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.

[6] "Divine Gemini Walt Dickerson & Richard Davis". The Globe and Mail. 16 Aug 1980. p. F6.

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v t e Richard Davis
Studio albums	Heavy Sounds [with Elvin Jones] (1967) Muses for Richard Davis (1969) The Philosophy of the Spiritual (1971) Dealin' (1973) Fancy Free (1977) Divine Gemini [with Walt Dickerson] (1977) Harvest (1979) Way Out West (1980) Tenderness [with Walt Dickerson] (1985) Persia My Dear (1987)
Live albums	Epistrophy & Now's the Time (1972) As One (1975)
Creative Construction Company	Creative Construction Company (1975) Creative Construction Company Vol. II (1976)
Related articles	Discography

v t e Walt Dickerson
Years indicated are for the recording(s), not release.
As leader	This Is Walt Dickerson! (1961) A Sense of Direction (1961) Relativity (1962) To My Queen (1962) Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia (1963) Walt Dickerson Plays Unity (1964) Impressions of a Patch of Blue (1965) Tell Us Only the Beautiful Things (1974) Peace (1975) Walt Dickerson 1976 (1976) Serendipity (1976) Shades of Love (1977) To My Queen Revisited (1978) To My Son (1978) Life Rays (1982)
As co-leader	Divine Gemini (with Richard Davis, 1977) Tenderness (with Richard Davis, 1977) Vision (with Sun Ra, 1978) Landscape with Open Door (with Pierre Dørge, 1978) I Hear You John (with Jimmi Johnsun, 1978)
Arranger	Sounds from Rikers Island (Elmo Hope, 1963)