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Nasir Dickerson

Nasir Dickerson, BA, MA, Saxophonist, Kora player, African Flutist, composer, producer and recording artist. Emmy Award winning music educator. A student of the late greats, Charles Bowen, Robert Bootsie Barnes and Leon Mitchell; and Presently Cullen Knight. Nasir is the Leader of the jazz sextet, “The Renaissance Messengers” & “Life Light Empower”. He is also the Artistic/music director of “The Universal African Dance & Drum Ensemble,” and a World Champion 7th Degree Master Black Belt in the martial arts, inducted into three Hall of Fames.
Lights on a Satellite

Label: In + Out Records
Released: 2024
Track listing: Lights On A Satellite; Dorothy´s Dance; Big John´s Special; Images; Friendly Galaxy; Baby Won´t You Please Be Mine;
Holiday For Strings; Tapestry From An Asteroid; Reflects Motion; Joy Delight; Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Sun Ra Arkestra: Lights on a Satellite

by Joshua Weiner
As befits a being whose life encompassed much of the Solar System, from his origins on Saturn to his long earthly sojourn that ended in 1993, Sun Ra composed, played and recorded an astronomical panoply of musical styles across six decades. Lights On A Satellite, a new double album released by Germany's In+Out Records, presents a ...
Let It Shine

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2022
Track listing: Mode For Trane;
Djeli Diabate;
Bow of Injustice;
Let It Shine;
No Words;
Letting Go;
Sweet Love;
Opportunity Givers;
Mamadi-Ousman;
Let It Shine (Instrumental).
Nasir Dickerson’s Light Shines Bright!

by J. Michael Harrison
"Let It Shine" begins with a powerful poem (see below) that's beautifully sung by vocalist Danielle Nichole. It offers a warm and comforting gateway into the title selection of talented multi-instrumentalist Nasir Dickerson's album Let It Shine. For decades Nasir, his parents and siblings have been a source of inspiration, a bright light, and a tremendous ...
Living Sky

Label: Omni Sound
Released: 2022
Track listing: Chopin; Somebody Else’s Idea; Day of the Living Sky; Marshall’s Groove; Night of the Living Sky; Firefly; Wish Upon a Star.
Time & Space

Label: Independent Release
Released: 2010
Track listing: Work Hard; What's Wrong?; Time & Space I; Don't Fit; One + One; Wonderland; Pickin' Up; Time &
Space II; Finally; Love Souldier; Blue Light
Coltrane at 90: A week long celebration for John Coltrane in Philadelphia

Philadelphia Jazz Project in collaboration with Temple University Libraries, WRTI, PhillyCAM, Jazz Near You and other partners will celebrate John Coltrane's 90th Birthday with nine days of FREE events. These events will take place between September 17th to 25th, 2016. One of the most important artists of the 20th century was our neighbor. He walked among ...