Impressions of a Patch of Blue is a 1966 album by vibraphonist Walt Dickerson

Walt Dickerson

Walter Roland Dickerson was an American jazz vibraphone player, most associated with post-bop....

 with keyboardist Sun Ra

Sun Ra

Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...

 in a rare appearance as a sideman. It is the last album Dickerson recorded before his decade long sabbatical from jazz before his comeback in the mid-1970s. The album is relatively mainstream considering the work of the contributing musicians. An interesting detail though, is that Sun Ra plays the harpsichord

Harpsichord

A harpsichord is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It produces sound by plucking a string when a key is pressed.In the narrow sense, "harpsichord" designates only the large wing-shaped instruments in which the strings are perpendicular to the keyboard...

, an instrument rarely used in a jazz setting.

Track listing

1. A Patch of Blue (part 1)
2. A Patch of Blue (part 2)
3. Bacon & Eggs
4. High Hopes
5. Alone in the Dark (part 1)
6. Alone in the Dark (part 2)
7. Selina's Fantasy
8. Thataway

Personnel

• Walt Dickerson
  Walt Dickerson
  Walter Roland Dickerson was an American jazz vibraphone player, most associated with post-bop....
  
  : Vibraphone
• Sun Ra
  Sun Ra
  Sun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...
  
  : Piano, harpsichord, celeste
• Bob Cunningham: Bass
• Roger Blank: Drums