| A Sense of Direction | |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Walt Dickerson |
| Cover: | A Sense of Direction.jpg |
| Released: | 1961 |
| Recorded: | May 5, 1961 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 40:54 |
| Label: | New Jazz NJLP 8268 |
| Producer: | Esmond Edwards |
| Chronology: | Walt Dickerson |
| Prev Title: | This Is Walt Dickerson! |
| Prev Year: | 1961 |
| Next Title: | Relativity |
| Next Year: | 1962 |
A Sense of Direction is an album led by vibraphonist and composer Walt Dickerson recorded in 1961 and released on the New Jazz label.[1] [2]
AllMusic reviewer Steve Huey stated: "If it's a shade less challenging and inventive than This Is Walt Dickerson!, A Sense of Direction compensates by making Dickerson's innovations more accessible and inviting".[3] DownBeat reviewer Pete Welding wrote: "if it is only slightly less adventurous than his initial recording, it is still an ardent collection -- primarily of ballads -- treated with unflagging invention and restrain ...Were it not for the slight conventionality of some of the numbers, the rating would have been five stars."[4]
All compositions by Walt Dickerson except as indicated