Sam Dockery

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.[ Allmusic Biography]. See also:"A Veteran Piano Man Just Keeps on Playing", Philadelphia Inquirer, August 9, 1996 Dockery was born in Camden, New Jersey."Samuel Dockery, 86; Philadelphia jazz pianist" He appears on 11 recordings as the pianist for Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers and composed "Sam's Tune" which... meer