Sam Dockery
Biography
Samuel Dockery (1929 – December 21, 2015), nicknamed Sure-Footed Sam, was a hard bop pianist and well-respected musician on the Philadelphia jazz scene since the early 1950s. Dockery was born in Camden, New Jersey. 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. In 1963 he was the pianist for Betty Carter's extended engagement at Birdland, 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.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
355 releases · 40 albums · active 1957–2023
- Performance · 391
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Swedien Recording Studio · Webster Hall · Columbia 30th Street Studio · Carl Fischer Concert Hall
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Art Blakey
- Art Blakey And The Jazz Messengers
- Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers
- The Jazz Messengers Featuring Art Blakey
- Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers
- The Jazz Messengers
- Max Roach