Coalescence (Whit Dickey album)

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]

Coalescence
Studio album by
Released2004
RecordedFebruary 8, 2003
StudioStrobe Sound, New York City
GenreJazz
Length45:04
LabelClean Feed
ProducerWhit Dickey
Whit Dickey chronology
Prophet Moon
(2002)
Coalescence
(2004)
In a Heartbeat
(2005)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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All compositions by Whit Dickey
  1. "Mojo Rising" – 12:08
  2. "Coalescence" – 11:22
  3. "Steam" – 8:24
  4. "Coalescence 2" – 13:10

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Coalescence Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine at Clean Feed
  2. ^ a b Jurek, Thom. Whit Dickey – Coalescence: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  3. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  4. ^ Allen, Clifford. Coalescence review at All About Jazz
  5. ^ Kelsey, Chris. Coalescence review at JazzTimes