WALT DICKERSON~RELATIVITY~NEW JAZZ 8275~ORIG 1962 MONO LP~DEEP GROOVE~RVG~EX! WALT DICKERSON~RELATIVITY~NEW JAZZ 8275~ORIG 1962 MONO LP~DEEP GROOVE~RVG~EX!

Walt Dickerson ‎– Relativity
New Jazz ‎– NJ 8275

FIRST PRESSING FROM 1962 - 56 YEARS AGO!!!
HEAVYWIEGHT VINYL WITH Purple "New Jazz" labels and silver text.
DEEP GROOVE PRESSING!
HEAVYWEIGHT CARDBOARD COVER IS IN VG++ CONDITION WITH SOME WEAR ALONG THE BOTTOM EDGE.
THERE ARE NO SPLITS.
VINYL IS EXCELLENT WITH ONLY LIGHT WEAR!
"VAN GELDER" STAMP IN THE DEAD WAX.
AMAZING CONDITION FOR A JAZZ CLASSIC THAT IS MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY OLD!


Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ; January 16, 1962.

Largely continuing the blueprint of A Sense of Direction, Relativity finds Walt Dickerson mixing standards with adventurous yet upbeat originals. This time around, though, there's a subtext to Dickerson's standards selection: all three -- "It Ain't Necessarily So," "I Can't Get Started," and "Autumn in New York" -- had been previously recorded by Milt Jackson, which invited explicit comparisons and gave Dickerson a chance to show off how distinctive and pioneering his Coltrane-influenced approach to vibes really was. As for his originals, Dickerson is once again in a good mood, offering bursts of up-tempo energy in "Steppin' Out" and the title track, as well as a playfully swinging tribute to his eight-year-old sister titled "Sugar Lump." On the more cerebral side, there's a free-form dialogue with bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik, "The Unknown," which features some of Dickerson's freest playing. If there is a flaw with Relativity, it's that it doesn't have quite the same spark of revelation as Dickerson's first two albums; critics were beginning to identify his brief note clusters and stop-start phrasing as stylistic trademarks, and aside from the duet with Abdul-Malik, the record doesn't really push Dickerson's sound into new territory. Still, taken independently of context, Relativity is another fine recording and one of the better pieces of Dickerson's underappreciated legacy.

Tracklist
A1     Relativity     
A2     It Ain't Necessarily So     
A3     I Can't Get Started     
A4     Stepping Out     
B1     The Unknown     
B2     Sugar Lump     
B3     Autumn In New York     

    Bass – Ahmed Abdul-Malik
    Drums – Andrew Cyrille
    Engineer [Recording] – Rudy Van Gelder
    Liner Notes – Robert Levin
    Piano – Austin Crowe
    Supervised By – Esmond Edwards
    Vibraphone – Walt Dickerson