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Whit Dickey
Whit Dickey (born May 28, 1954) is an American drummer. He has recorded albums with David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp. Biography His first album as a leader was ''Transonic Transonic (or transsonic) flow is air flowing around an object at a speed that generates regions of both subsonic and supersonic airflow around that object. The exact range of speeds depends on the object's critical Mach number, but transoni ...'', in 1998. Two years later, Wobbly Rail issued his '' Big Top''. In 2001, Dickey recorded six of his compositions with Mat Maneri, Shipp, and Rob Brown under the name Nommonsemble, resulting in the album ''Life Cycle''. Discography As leader As sideman References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dickey, Whit Avant-garde jazz musicians American jazz drummers American jazz bandleaders Living people 1954 births 20th-century American drummers American male drummers 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians Clean Feed Records artists AUM Fide ...
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Transonic (album)
''Transonic'' is the debut album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, which was recorded in 1997 and released on AUM Fidelity. For his first record as leader, Dickey went into the studio with long-time associate, saxophonist Rob Brown (saxophonist), Rob Brown, and then relative newcomer to the scene, bassist Chris Lightcap.''Transonic''
at AUM Fidelity
He notes that many of the cuts were inspired by two Thelonious Monk compositions, "Off Minor" & "Criss Cross", along with the magic of tenor saxophonist David S. Ware.Original Liner Notes by Whit Dickey


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In his review for AllMusic, Hank Shteamer states that the album "features memorable writing, inspired performances, and a lush recording quality." ''The Penguin Guide to Jazz'' says that "''Transonic'' its flari ...
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Coalescence (Whit Dickey Album)
''Coalescence'' is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey recorded in 2003 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed Records, Clean Feed label. Dickey leads a quartet built around a traditional lineup with Roy Campbell, Jr., Roy Campbell on trumpet, Rob Brown (saxophonist), Rob Brown on alto sax and flute and Joe Morris (guitarist), Joe Morris on acoustic bass in place of guitar.''Coalescence''
at Clean Feed


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In his review for AllMusic, Thom Jurek notes "Dickey's own timekeeping is also full of dynamic control and keeps the entire process of unfolding within the linguistic sensibilities of hard-swinging jazz." The All About Jazz review by Clifford Allen states "Dickey is not, with this ensemble, presenting a dramatic new concept in improvised music, as his ...
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Big Top (album)
''Big Top'' is the second album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, which was recorded in 1999 and released on Wobbly Rail, a short-lived imprint started by Merge Records/Superchunk principal Mac McCaughan.Whit Dickey
at AUM Fidelity
For this record, Dickey expanded to a quartet consisting of the trio with whom he recorded '''', with the addition of guitarist Joe Morris. They played

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Peace Planet / Box Of Light
Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. Throughout history, leaders have used peacemaking and diplomacy to establish a type of behavioral restraint that has resulted in the establishment of regional peace or economic growth through various forms of agreements or peace treaties. Such behavioral restraint has often resulted in the reduced conflict, greater economic interactivity, and consequently substantial prosperity. "Psychological peace" (such as peaceful thinking and emotions) is perhaps less well defined, yet often a necessary precursor to establishing "behavioural peace." Peaceful behaviour sometimes results from a "peaceful inner disposition." Some have expressed the belief that peace can be initiated with a certain quality of inner tranquility that does not depend upo ...
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Emergence (Whit Dickey Album)
''Emergence'' is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey recorded in 2009 and released on the Polish Not Two label. It features eight collective improvisations by a trio which includes Japanese pianist Eri Yamamoto and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Carter. Yamamoto and Carter played together previously on ''Duologue'', a collection of duets by the pianist.''Emergence''
at Not Two


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The by John Sharpe states "It is Yamamoto who provides the best entry point, as she is not afraid to inject structure into the understated free form with her strong rhythmic foundation and bluesy intonation... Dickey is a master of multiple and implied rhythms, shifting in and out of ...
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Daniel Carter (musician)
Daniel Carter is an American free jazz musician who plays saxophone, trumpet, and flute. Career Carter has recorded and performed with many distinguished musicians, including William Parker, Federico Ughi, DJ Logic, The Negatones, Thurston Moore, Yo La Tengo, Soul-Junk, Anne Waldman, Cooper-Moore, Matthew Shipp and scientist/musician Matthew Putman among others. He is a member of the cooperative free jazz groups Test, Other Dimensions In Music, odon, Ghost Moth and Dissipated Face. In 2007 the Pendu Sound compilation album ''Getting rid of the glue''  with Excepter and Daniel Carter was listed as number 70 in Thurston Moore's "Top 80 of 2006". In 2015 thNew York Forward Festivalwas created to celebrate Carter's 70th birthday. Discography As co-leader * ''Switched-On Irresponsibility'' with Post Prandials (Artichoke & Tristero, 1995) * ''High Wire'' with Post Prandials (Artichoke & Tristero, 1996) * ''Tenor Rising Drums Expanding'' with Tenor Rising Drums Expanding (Sound@O ...
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Fierce Silence
''Fierce Silence'' is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey featuring a collection of improvised duos with cornetist Kirk Knuffke. It was recorded in 2015 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. Dickey refers to the album as a “collaborative meditation on the ballad form.”Original Liner Notes by Whit Dickey Reception The ''Down Beat'' review by Martin Langley notes "The session marks a significantly restrained and subtle approach from Dickey, when compared with his more turbulent work with Matthew Shipp and David S. Ware."Langley, Martin. ''Fierce Silence'' review. ''Down Beat'' November 16: page 62. Print. The All About Jazz by John Sharpe says "Kirk Knuffke's discography suggests a penchant for duets... Certainly the cornetist thrives in such open situations, and Dickey makes for an intriguing partner across the ten concise improvisations."Sharpe, John''Fierce Silence'' reviewat All About Jazz Another review by Mark Corroto states "Knuffke has made a soli ...
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Vessel In Orbit
''Vessel in Orbit'' is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp recorded in 2016 and released on the Aum Fidelity label. The recording presents a new trio with violist Mat Maneri and pianist Matthew Shipp, who were both part of the quartet, along with saxophonist Rob Brown, for 2001 Dickey's album ''Life Cycle''.''Vessel in Orbit''
at AUM Fidelity


Reception

The '''' review by Bradley Bambarger states "Although one must be open to a certain exposed-nerve intensity to fully appreciate it, ''Vessel In Orbit'' has the air of an abstract drama, the three storyteller-improvi ...
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Steve Swell
Steve Swell (born in Newark, New Jersey, December 6, 1954) is an American free jazz trombonist, composer, and educator. Music career Swell studied at Jersey City State Teachers College before moving to New York City in 1975 where he began his musical life, playing in top 40 bands, salsa bands, big bands (most notably those of Buddy Rich and Lionel Hampton) and performed on Broadway in Bob Fosse's ''Dancin' ''. He then became a member of Makanda Ken McIntyre's band which led to tours and recordings with Tim Berne, Joey Baron, Herb Robertson, Jemeel Moondoc, Anthony Braxton, Cecil Taylor, William Parker, Bill Dixon, Butch Morris, John Zorn, Dave Burrell, Elliott Sharp, Rob Mazurek, Perry Robinson, Ken Vandermark. He is greatly influenced by Roswell Rudd, with whom he studied in the mid-1970s. He was also a student of Grachan Moncur III and Jimmy Knepper. Swell has led a number of projects, including Slammin' the Infinite (w/Sabir Mateen, Matthew Heyner, Klaus Kugel), Fire ...
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William Parker (musician)
William Parker (born January 10, 1952) is an American free jazz double bassist. Beginning in the 1980s, Parker played with Cecil Taylor for over a decade, and he has led the Little Huey Creative Music Orchestra since 1981. ''The Village Voice'' named him "the most consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of all time" and ''DownBeat'' has called him "one of the most adventurous and prolific bandleaders in jazz". Early life and career Parker was born in the Bronx, New York City, and grew up in the Melrose housing project. His first instrument was the trumpet, followed by the trombone and cello. Parker was not formally trained as a classical player, but in his youth studied with Jimmy Garrison, Richard Davis, and Wilbur Ware in learning the tradition. While Parker has been active since the early 1970s, he first came to public attention playing with pianist Cecil Taylor in the 1980s. He has performed in many of Peter Brötzmann's groups, and played with saxophonist David S. W ...
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In A Heartbeat (album)
''In a Heartbeat'' is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey recorded in 2004 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. For this record, Dickey expanded to a quintet consisting of the quartet with whom he recorded '' Big Top'', with the addition of trumpeter Roy Campbell. The band plays four Dickey compositions and the Carla Bley original "Calls".''In a Heartbeat''
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In his review for , Scott Yanow states "The reason that this outing is a success is that the musicians are quite skilled, listen closely to each other, and make memorable music out of very open originals." ''