Whit Dickey

Dickey worked across bandleader, conductor, jazz musician, composer and recording artist. The registers place that work in jazz. This article rests on 97 catalogued compositions, 34 issued recordings, 1 digitised documents and 11 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

• Name — Whit Dickey • Born — 28 May 1954 • Birthplace — New York City, U.S. • Genre — Jazz, free jazz avant-garde jazz, free improvisation • Occupation — Musician • Instrument — Drums

His first album as a leader was Transonic, in 1998. Two years later, Wobbly Rail issued his Big Top. In 2001, Dickey recorded six of his compositions with Mat Maneri, Shipp, and Rob Brown under the name Nommonsemble, resulting in the album Life Cycle.

• Release year — Title — Label — Notes • 1998 — Transonic — AUM Fidelity — Trio, with Rob Brown (alto sax, flute), Chris Lightcap (bass) • 2000 — Big Top — Wobbly Rail — Quartet, with Joe Morris (guitar), Chris Lightcap (bass), Rob Brown (alto sax, tenor sax, flute) • 2001 — Life Cycle — AUM Fidelity — As the band The Nommonsemble; quartet with Rob Brown (alto sax, flute), Mat Maneri (viola), Matthew Shipp (piano) • 2002 — Prophet Moon — Riti — As the band Trio Ahxoloxha; with Joe Morris (guitar), Rob Brown (alto sax) • 2004 — Coalescence — Clean Feed — Quartet, with Roy Campbell (trumpet), Rob Brown (alto sax, flute), Joe Morris (bass) • 2005 — In a Heartbeat — Clean Feed — Quintet, with Roy Campbell (trumpet, flugelhorn), Rob Brown (alto sax), Joe Morris (guitar), Chris Lightcap (bass) • 2006 — Sacred Ground — Clean Feed — Quartet, with Roy Campbell (trumpet), Rob Brown (alto sax), Joe Morris (bass) • 2009 — Emergence — Not Two — Trio, with Daniel Carter (reeds, trumpet, flute), Eri Yamamoto (piano) • 2016 — Fierce Silence — Clean Feed — Duo, with Kirk Knuffke (cornet) • 2017 — Vessel in Orbit — AUM Fidelity — Trio, with Mat Maneri (viola), Matthew Shipp (piano) • 2019 — Peace Planet / Box of Light — AUM Fidelity — Peace Planet (Quartet): with Rob Brown (alto sax), Matthew Shipp (piano), William Parker (bass) / Box of Light (Quartet): with Rob Brown (alto sax), Steve Swell (trombone), Michael Bisio (bass) • 2020 — Morph — ESP-Disk — CD 1: Reckoning: with Matthew Shipp (piano); CD 2: Pacific Noir with Nate Wooley (trumpet), Matthew Shipp (piano) • 2020 — Expanding Light — Tao Forms — Trio: Brandon Lopez (bass), Rob Brown (alto sax) • Illustration — Whit Dickey, Arts for Art - Vision Festival 2024. Photo by Marek Lazarski

• Release year — Leader — Title — Label • 1993 — David S. — Third Ear Recitation — DIW • 1994 — David S. — Earthquation — DIW • 1995 — David S. — Cryptology — Homestead • 1996 — David S. — Oblations and Blessings — Silkheart • 1996 — David S. — DAO — Homestead • 1992 — Matthew — Points — Silkheart • 1992 — Matthew — Circular Temple — Quinton • 1995 — Matthew — Critical Mass — 2.13.61 • 1996 — Matthew — Prism — Brinkman • 1997 — Matthew — The Flow of X — 2.13.61 • 2007 — Matthew — Piano Vortex — Thirsty Ear • 2008 — Matthew — Right Hemisphere — RogueArt • 2008 — Matthew — Cosmic Suite — Not Two • 2009 — Matthew — Harmonic Disorder — Thirsty Ear • 2011 — Matthew — Art of the Improviser — Thirsty Ear • 2012 — Matthew — Elastic Aspects — Thirsty Ear • 2014 — Matthew — Root of Things — Relative Pitch • 2015 — Matthew — To Duke — RogueArt • 2017 — Matthew — Not Bound — Fortune • 2018 — Matthew — Sonic Fiction — ESP-Disk' • 1992 — Rob — Youniverse — Riti • 1996 — Joe — Elsewhere — Homestead • 2012 — Ivo — The Clairvoyant — Leo Records • 2013 — Ivo — Enigma — Leo Records • 2013 — Ivo — The Edge — Leo Records • 2014 — Ivo — The Other Edge — Leo Records • 2015 — Ivo — Tenorhood — Leo Records • 2015 — Ivo — Butterfly Whispers — Leo Records • 2016 — Ivo — Soul — Leo Records • 2016 — Ivo — The Art Of The Improv Trio Volume 2 — Leo Records • 2017 — Ivo — The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 3: Pandora — Leo Records • 2017 — Ivo — The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 5: Rhea — Leo Records

Whit Dickey was born on 28 May 1954 in New York City. Dickey held the nationality of United States. Dickey worked as bandleader, conductor, jazz musician and composer, and the authority record catalogues a further 1 occupations under the same name, among them recording artist. The fields Dickey worked in include jazz. Dickey played the drum kit.