''Impressions of a Patch of Blue'' is a 1966 album by vibraphonist Walt Dickerson with keyboardist Sun Ra in a rare appearance as a sideman. It is based on themes from Jerry Goldsmith's score for the film ''

A Patch of Blue ''A Patch of Blue'' is a 1965 American drama film directed by Guy Green about the friendship between an educated black man (played by Sidney Poitier) and an illiterate, blind, white 18-year-old girl (played by Elizabeth Hartman), and the problem ...

'' (1965) starring

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. Sun Ra plays the

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, an instrument rarely used in a jazz setting. It is the last album Dickerson recorded before his decade long sabbatical from jazz before his comeback in the mid-1970s.

Track listing

#"A Patch of Blue (Part 1)" #"A Patch of Blue (Part 2)" #"Bacon & Eggs" #"High Hopes" #"Alone in the Dark (Part 1)" #"Alone in the Dark (Part 2)" #"Selina's Fantasy" #"Thataway"

Personnel

* Walt Dickerson – vibraphone * Sun Ra – piano, harpsichord, celeste * Bob Cunningham – bass *

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– drums

References

{{Authority control 1966 albums MGM Records albums Walt Dickerson albums Sun Ra albums Albums produced by Tom Wilson (record producer)