A Sense of Direction
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| A Sense of Direction | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1961 | |||
| Recorded | May 5, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 40:54 | |||
| Label | New Jazz NJLP 8268 | |||
| Producer | Esmond Edwards | |||
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A Sense of Direction is an album led by vibraphonist and composer Walt Dickerson recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label.[1][2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Down Beat | [4] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [5] |
AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey stated: "If it's a shade less challenging and inventive than This Is Walt Dickerson!, A Sense of Direction compensates by making Dickerson's innovations more accessible and inviting".[3] DownBeat reviewer Pete Welding wrote: "if it is only slightly less adventurous than his initial recording, it is still an ardent collection -- primarily of ballads -- treated with unflagging invention and restrain ...Were it not for the slight conventionality of some of the numbers, the rating would have been five stars."[6]
