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Samuel Dockery (1929 – December 21, 2015), nicknamed Sure-Footed Sam, was a
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pianist and well-respected musician on the
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Dockery was born in Camden, New Jersey."Samuel Dockery, 86; Philadelphia jazz pianist"
/ref> He appears on 11 recordings as the pianist for Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and composed "Sam's Tune" which appears on their 1957
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recording ''Ritual''. In 1963 he was the pianist for Betty Carter's extended engagement at Birdland,William R. Bauer
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and headed The Sam Dockery Trio in Philadelphia during the 1990s. He also taught at Philadelphia's University of the Arts. He died in a nursing home in 2015, aged 86. His brother was bassist Wayne Dockery.


Discography

With Art Blakey * '' Originally'' ( Columbia, 1956) - unreleased until 1982 * ''
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'' (Columbia, 1956) * '' Originally'' (Columbia, 1956
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* '' Drum Suite'' (Columbia, 1956) * '' Mirage'' ( Savoy, 1957) * '' Ritual: The Modern Jazz Messengers'' (
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, 1957) With Clifford Brown * '' The Beginning and the End (Columbia, 1973) - 1956 performance recorded in Philadelphia With Butch Ballard and Dylan Taylor * '' Mozaic ''


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dockery, Sam 1929 births 2015 deaths musicians from Camden, New Jersey Hard bop pianists The Jazz Messengers members Musicians from Philadelphia University of the Arts (Philadelphia) faculty