Coalescence (Whit Dickey album)

Coalescence
Studio album by Whit Dickey
Released	2004
Recorded	February 8, 2003
Studio	Strobe Sound, New York City
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:04
Label	Clean Feed
Producer	Whit Dickey
Whit Dickey chronology
Prophet Moon (2002) Coalescence (2004) In a Heartbeat (2005)

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]

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
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

All compositions by Whit Dickey

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

Personnel

• Roy Campbell – trumpet
• Rob Brown – alto sax, flute
• Joe Morris – double bass
• Whit Dickey – drums

References

1. Coalescence Archived 2014-10-27 at the Wayback Machine at Clean Feed
2. 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