Samuel Dockery (1929 – December 21, 2015), nicknamed Sure-Footed Sam, was ahard bop pianist and well-respected musician on thePhiladelphiajazz scene since the early 1950s.[1] Dockery was born inCamden, New Jersey.[2] He appears on 11 recordings as the pianist forArt Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and composed "Sam's Tune" which appears on their 1957Blue Note recordingRitual.[3] In 1963 he was the pianist forBetty Carter's extended engagement atBirdland,[4] and headed The Sam Dockery Trio in Philadelphia during the 1990s. He also taught at Philadelphia'sUniversity of the Arts.[1] He died in a nursing home in 2015, aged 86.[2] His brother was bassistWayne Dockery.
WithArt Blakey
WithClifford Brown
WithButch Ballard andDylan Taylor
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