Life Rays

by Walt Dickerson, Sirone & Andrew Cyrille

Life Rays cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1982
  • Label: Soul Note
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 45:27
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This brilliant acoustic trio session features the highly distinctive, rapid-mallet vibraphone work of Walt Dickerson alongside an unparalleled free-jazz rhythm section. The completely improvised recording is characterized by its intense, telepathic interplay and remarkably subtle, shimmering textures rather than purely abrasive atonality. It is a masterful, deeply spiritual exploration of space and spontaneous composition.

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Tracklist

  1. No Ordinary Man (9:02)
  2. Good Relationship (13:37)
  3. Life Rays (4:42)
  4. It Ain't Necessarily So (18:06)

Credits

  • Walt Dickerson - primary artist, vibraphone [vibes], written-by
  • Sirone - primary artist, bass
  • Andrew Cyrille - primary artist, drums
  • DuBose Heyward - written-by
  • George Gershwin - written-by
  • Ira Gershwin - written-by

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