Life Rays

Life Rays is an album by vibraphonist Walt Dickerson, bassist Sirone, and drummer Andrew Cyrille.

Dickerson's final release, it was recorded in Italy in 1982 for the Soul Note label.

[4] The authors of the Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings wrote: "In the dynamic company of Sirone and Cyrille, Walt emerges as a particular kind of modernist, a radical-conservative... Dickerson seems to be striking harder than usual, Cyrille is faultless and the music has a strongly percussive quality.

Sirone is magnificent whenever soloing..."[5] Writing for JazzTimes, Duck Baker commented that Dickerson's "conception of melodic/percussive development is really his own.

Regarding Sirone and Cyrille, he stated: "The context calls for the utmost in understatement and controlled passion, and even staunch fans of these two may be surprised at how well they answer the call.