Serendipity (Walt Dickerson album)

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Serendipity
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Live album by
Released1977
RecordedAugust 11, 1976
Players Palace, Philadelphia, PA
Genre Jazz
Length60:01
Label SteepleChase
SCS 1070
Producer Nils Winther
Walt Dickerson chronology
Walt Dickerson 1976
(1976)
Serendipity
(1977)
Divine Gemini
(1977)

Serendipity is a live album recorded by composer and vibraphonist Walt Dickerson in Philadelphia in 1976 for the SteepleChase label. [1] [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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Allmusic reviewer Stewart Mason said "Serendipity is a stunner for fans of Dickerson's more out-there sets". [3]

Track listing

All compositions by Walt Dickerson

  1. "My Prayer" - 5:34
  2. "Magnificent Glimps" - 14:55
  3. "Serendipity" - 10:48
  4. "This Way, Please" - 13:53
  5. "Inner View" - 14:51 Bonus track on CD reissue

Personnel

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References

  1. SteepleChase Records discography accessed March 16, 2015
  2. Fitzgerald, M., Walt Dickerson discography accessed March 27, 2015
  3. 1 2 Mason, S., Allmusic Review accessed March 30, 2015
  4. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.