To My Son

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To My Son
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Studio album by
Released1980
RecordedNovember 29, 1978
StudioSweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark
Genre Jazz
Length42:10
Label SteepleChase
SCS 1130
Producer Nils Winther
Walt Dickerson chronology
I Hear You John
(1978)
To My Son
(1980)
Life Rays
(1982)

To My Son is an album by vibraphonist Walt Dickerson recorded in 1978 for the SteepleChase label. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Allmusic gave the album 3 stars. [4]

Track listing

All compositions by Walt Dickerson

  1. "You Can" – 11:31
  2. "You Will" – 9:16
  3. "It Is Done" – 8:08
  4. "Thank You Son" – 11:15

Personnel

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References

  1. SteepleChase Records discography accessed March 29, 2017
  2. Fitzgerald, M., Walt Dickerson discography accessed March 29, 2017
  3. SteepleChase Productions ApS accessed March 29, 2017
  4. 1 2 Allmusic listing accessed March 29, 2017
  5. Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN   978-0-141-03401-0.