Transonic (album)

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Transonic
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Studio album by
Released1998
RecordedJanuary 17, 1997
StudioSystems Two, Brooklyn
Genre Jazz
Length52:36
Label AUM Fidelity
Producer Whit Dickey, Steven Joerg
Whit Dickey chronology
Transonic
(1998)
Big Top
(2000)

Transonic is the debut album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, recorded in 1997 and released on AUM Fidelity. For his first record as leader, Dickey went into the studio with long-time associate, saxophonist Rob Brown, and then relative newcomer to the scene, bassist Chris Lightcap. [1] He notes that many of the cuts were inspired by two Thelonious Monk compositions, "Off Minor" & "Criss Cross", along with the magic of tenor saxophonist David S. Ware. [2]

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Reception

Professional ratings
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In his review for AllMusic, Hank Shteamer states that the album "features memorable writing, inspired performances, and a lush recording quality." [3] The Penguin Guide to Jazz says that "Transonic its flaring and exciting trio free-jazz, much of it played at full tilt, yet never so chaotically noisy that you feel the players are blowing just for the hell of it." [4]

The album was voted No. 3 in the Cadence Readers Poll for Top Records of 1998. [5]

Track listing

All compositions by Whit Dickey except as indicated
  1. "Planet One" – 4:50
  2. "Penumbra" – 6:19
  3. "Transonic" – 9:16
  4. "Second Skin" (Dickey/Brown/Lightcap) – 8:02
  5. "Volleys" – 5:45
  6. "Tableau" – 5:11
  7. "Kinesis" (Dickey/Brown/Lightcap) – 3:36
  8. "Skyhook" – 9:37

Personnel

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References

  1. Transonic at AUM Fidelity
  2. Original Liner Notes by Whit Dickey
  3. 1 2 Shteamer, Hank. Whit Dickey – Transonic: Review at AllMusic . Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2002). The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (6th ed.). London: Penguin. p. 401. ISBN   0140515216.
  5. Whit Dickey at AUM Fidelity