Coalescence is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey recorded in 2003 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. Dickey leads a quartet built around a traditional lineup with Roy Campbell on trumpet, Rob Brown on alto sax and flute and Joe Morris on acoustic bass in place of guitar.[1]
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| Released | 2004 | |||
| Recorded | February 8, 2003 | |||
| Studio | Strobe Sound, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 45:04 | |||
| Label | Clean Feed | |||
| Producer | Whit Dickey | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |  [3] |
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."[2]
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 compositional style runs the gamut from driving free-bop to pastoral tone poems."[4]
In a review for JazzTimes Chris Kelsey says "Dickey has a huge jazz percussion vocabulary. He swings in about as many ways as is possible, and he's got a fine touch and big ears."[5]
Track listing
edit- All compositions by Whit Dickey
- "Mojo Rising" – 12:08
- "Coalescence" – 11:22
- "Steam" – 8:24
- "Coalescence 2" – 13:10
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Coalescence Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine at Clean Feed
- ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Whit Dickey – Coalescence: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Allen, Clifford. Coalescence review at All About Jazz
- ^ Kelsey, Chris. Coalescence review at JazzTimes