To My Queen

To My Queen
To My Queen
Studio album by Walt Dickerson
Released	1963
Recorded	September 21, 1962
Studio	Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Genre	Jazz
Length	32:31
Label	New Jazz ; NJLP 8283
Producer	Esmond Edwards
Walt Dickerson chronology

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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
Source	Rating
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

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

Personnel

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References

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

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[1] Prestige Records New Jazz catalogue discography accessed March 27, 2015

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

[Allmusic-3] 1 2 Huey, S., Allmusic Review, accessed March 27, 2015

[4] Down Beat : Vol. 30, No. 32, December 19, 1963

[Penguin-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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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)

v t e Andrew Hill
Year(s) indicated are for the recordings only, not first release.
As leader – Blue Note & Mosaic	Black Fire (1963) Smoke Stack (1963) Judgment! (1964) Point of Departure (1964) Andrew!!! (1965) Pax (1965) Compulsion (1965) Change (1966) Grass Roots (1968) Dance with Death (1968) Lift Every Voice (1969) Passing Ships (1969) One for One (1965–70) Mosaic Select 16: Andrew Hill (1967–70) Mosaic Select 23: Andrew Hill-Solo (1978) Eternal Spirit (1989) But Not Farewell (1990) Time Lines (2006)
As leader – other labels	So in Love (1959) Invitation (1974) Divine Revelation (1975) Spiral (1975) Live at Montreux (1975) From California with Love (1979) Strange Serenade (1980) Faces of Hope (1980) Shades (1986) Verona Rag (1986) Les Trinitaires (1998) Dusk (1999) A Beautiful Day (2002) The Day the World Stood Still (2003)
As co-leader	Dreams Come True (with Chico Hamilton, 1993)
With others	To My Queen (Walt Dickerson, 1962) Domino (Roland Kirk, 1962) Conflict (Jimmy Woods, 1963) No Room for Squares (Hank Mobley, 1963) Our Thing (Joe Henderson, 1963) Dialogue (Bobby Hutcherson, 1965) Earth Prayer (Russel Baba, 1992) Summit Conference (Reggie Workman, 1994) The Invisible Hand (Greg Osby, 2000)