''In a Heartbeat'' is an album by American jazz drummer

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 ...

recorded in 2004 and released on the Portuguese

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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

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original "Calls".''In a Heartbeat''
at Clean Feed

Reception

In his review for

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, 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." ''

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'' observes that "Brown sounds as if he's looking for extremes which don't really suit him. But some passages offer gripping and wholly absorbing playing."

Track listing

:''All compositions by Whit Dickey except as indicated'' # "Calls" (

) – 11:17 # "In a Heartbeat" – 15:29 # "Peace Overture" – 9:48 # "Dubya's Flying Lesson" – 13:11 # "Democracy at Home" – 12:02

Personnel

* Roy Campbell –

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flugelhorn The flugelhorn (), also spelled fluegelhorn, flugel horn, or flügelhorn, is a brass instrument that resembles the trumpet and cornet but has a wider, more conical bore. Like trumpets and cornets, most flugelhorns are pitched in B, though some ...

* Rob Brown –

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* Joe Morris –

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Chris Lightcap Chris Lightcap is an American double bassist, bass guitarist and composer born in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Career In addition to his work as a bassist he has led a variety of bands since 2000 and has produced six albums of original music. Lightcap' ...

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References

{{Authority control 2005 albums Whit Dickey albums Clean Feed Records albums