Sacred Ground is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey recorded in 2004 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed 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 Coalescence.[1]
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| Released | 2006 | |||
| Recorded | November 10, 2004 | |||
| Studio | Peter Karl Studio, New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 46:29 | |||
| Label | Clean Feed | |||
| Producer | Whit Dickey | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings |   [2] |
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 Frank Zappa or Henry Threadgill."[3]
Track listing
edit- 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
editReferences
edit- ^ Sacred Ground at Clean Feed
- ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
- ^ Convery, Scott. Sacred Ground review at All About Jazz