''Transonic'' is the debut 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 ...

, 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, 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

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compositions, "Off Minor" & "Criss Cross", along with the magic of tenor saxophonist

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.Original Liner Notes by Whit Dickey

Reception

In his review for

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, 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 flaring and exciting trio free-jazz, much of it played at full tilt, yet never so chaotically noisy that you feel the players are blowing just for the hell of it." The album was voted #3 in the Cadence Magazine Readers Poll for Top Records of 1998.Whit Dickey
at AUM Fidelity

Track listing

:''All compositions by Whit Dickey except as indicated'' # "Planet One" – 4:50 # "Penumbra" – 6:19 # "Transonic" – 9:16 # "Second Skin" (Dickey/Brown/Lightcap) – 8:02 # "Volleys" – 5:45 # "Tableau" – 5:11 # "Kinesis" (Dickey/Brown/Lightcap) – 3:36 # "Skyhook" – 9:37

Personnel

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* Rob Brown – alto sax,

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* Chris Lightcap –

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References

{{Authority control 1998 debut albums Whit Dickey albums AUM Fidelity albums