Sam Dockery
Sam Dockery (Sure-Footed Sam) was a hard bop pianist and well-respected musician on the Philadelphia jazz scene since the early 1950s.[1] He appears on 11 recordings as the pianist for Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and composed "Sam's Tune" which appears on their 1957 Blue Note recording, Ritual.[2] In 1963 he was the pianist for Betty Carter's extended engagement at Birdland.[3] and headed The Sam Dockery Trio in Philadelphia during the 1990s. He also taught at Philadelphia's University of the Arts.[1]
References
- ^ a b Allmusic Biography. See also:"A Veteran Piano Man Just Keeps on Playing", Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 1996
- ^ Alan Goldsher, Hard bop academy: the sidemen of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Hal Leonard Corporation, 2002, p. 91. ISBN 0634037935
- ^ William R. Bauer, Open the Door: The Life and Music of Betty Carter, University of Michigan Press, 2003, p.91.ISBN 0472067915
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