''Sacred Ground'' 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. Dickey leads a quartet with Roy Campbell on trumpet, Rob Brown on alto sax and Joe Morris on double bass instead of his usual guitar, the same lineup as the previous album ''

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Reception

The All About Jazz by Scott Convery observes that "the sound is anything but traditional. The melodies are short and complex and bring to mind the precision of

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or Henry Threadgill."Convery, Scott
''Sacred Ground'' review
at All About Jazz

Track listing

:''All compositions by Whit Dickey'' # "Vortex" – 7:15 # "Soldier of Uncertainty" – 12:09 # "Sacred Ground" – 8:38 # "Vital Transmission" – 11:18 # "Dream of Caravans" – 7:09

Personnel

* Roy Campbell –

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* Rob Brown – alto sax * Joe Morris –

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References

{{Authority control 2006 albums Whit Dickey albums Clean Feed Records albums