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
Whit Dickey
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
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

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."[3]

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."[4]

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
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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. Allen, Clifford. Coalescence review at All About Jazz
  4. Kelsey, Chris. Coalescence review at JazzTimes
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