To My Queen

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

To My Queen is the fourth 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 Allmusic site awarded the album 5 stars, stating "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".^[5]

Track listing

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

Personnel

• Walt Dickerson - vibraphone
• Andrew Hill – piano
• George Tucker – bass
• Andrew Cyrille – drums

References

1. Prestige Records New Jazz catalogue discography accessed March 27, 2015
2. Fitzgerald, M., Walt Dickerson discography accessed March 27, 2015
3. Huey, S., Allmusic Review, accessed March 27, 2015
4. Down Beat: Vol. 30, No. 32, December 19, 1963
5. Nelson, D., Walt Dickerson Reviews, accessed March 27, 2015