Walt Dickerson Recordings

Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia

Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia (30:47)
Dauntless DS 6313
Recorded Mar 21, 1963; Mar 25, 1963
Gotham Studios, NYC

Walt Dickerson (vb); Austin Crowe (p); Ahmed Abdul-Malik (b); Henry Grimes (b); Andrew Cyrille (d)

Theme from Lawrence of Arabia (M. Jarré)	2:49
That is the Desert (M. Jarré)	5:13
Motif from Overture (M. Jarré) [Part 1]	4:01
Motif from Overture (M. Jarré) [Part 2]	3:48
Arrival at Auda's Camp (M. Jarré)	2:24
Nefud Mirage (M. Jarré) [Part 1]	4:39
Nefud Mirage (M. Jarré) [Part 2]	4:23
The Voice of the Guns (K. Alford)	3:30

Also issued as a monaural LP, Dauntless DM 4313. Henry Grimes is the only bassist mentioned in the notes, but Ahmed Abdul-Malik plays in the March 21 session at which "Theme from Lawrence of Arabia" and "That is the Desert" were recorded. The remaining tunes were recorded on March 25, and Grimes replaces Abdul-Malik.

A Down Beat review of this LP is available elsewhere on this site.