Vessel in Orbit is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp recorded in 2016 and released on the Aum Fidelity label. The recording presents a new trio with violist Mat Maneri and pianist Matthew Shipp, who were both part of the quartet, along with saxophonist Rob Brown, for 2001 Dickey's album Life Cycle.[2]
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| Released | March 24, 2017[1] | |||
| Recorded | March 18, 2016 | |||
| Studio | Park West, Brooklyn | |||
| Genre | Jazz | |||
| Length | 48:14 | |||
| Label | Aum Fidelity | |||
| Producer | Whit Dickey | |||
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Reception
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| Down Beat |    [3] |
The Down Beat review by Bradley Bambarger states "Although one must be open to a certain exposed-nerve intensity to fully appreciate it, Vessel In Orbit has the air of an abstract drama, the three storyteller-improvisers utterly in sync."[3]
Track listing
editAll compositions by Dickey/Maneri/Shipp.
- "Spaceship 9" – 5:15
- "Space Walk" – 6:37
- "Dark Matter" – 5:58
- "Galaxy 9" – 9:13
- "Turbulence" – 4:51
- "To a Lost Comrade" – 5:39
- "Space Strut" – 4:29
- "Hyperspatial" – 6:12
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ Joerg, Steven (March 16, 2017). "Whit Dickey / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp Album To Be Released March 24 On AUM Fidelity". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
- ^ Vessel in Orbit at AUM Fidelity
- ^ a b Bambarger, Bradley. Vessel in Orbit review. Down Beat May 17: page 56. Print.