Morph (album)
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2 CD, download |
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Modern free, avant-garde jazz , post bop |
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17th |
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1:39:23 |
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Park West Studios, Brooklyn |
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Morph is a jazz album by Whit Dickey with pianist Matthew Shipp and trumpeter Nate Wooley . The recordings made on June 29 (CD 1) and March 27, 2019 (CD 2) in Park West Studios, Brooklyn, were released on May 12 (download) and May 29, 2020 on ESP disc .
background
Morph is Whit Dickey's thirteenth recording as a leader since his debut on Matthew Shipp's 1992 albums Points and Circular Temple . He has also recorded thirteen other albums under Shipp's direction, most notably as a member of the Matthew Shipp Trio with bassist Michael Bisio , and five with him and Shipp as half of the David S. Ware Quartet. Not for the first time Dickey worked with Matthew Shipp and Nate Wooley. They both played - together with Michael Bisio and saxophonist Ivo Perelman on The Edge (2013), while Shipp and Wooley Perelman also supported Philosopher's Stone (2017) and later in the duo session What If? got together.
The double album Morph actually consists of two separate albums that were recorded for ESP-Disk every two months in 2019. The first, titled Reckoning , recorded June 29th, is a duo with longtime collaborator, pianist Matthew Shipp. The second, Pacific Noir , was recorded on March 27th as a trio with Shipp and trumpeter Nate Wooley.
Track list
- Whit Dickey: Morph (ESP-Disk ESP5026)
CD 1: Whit Dickey / Matthew Shipp Duo - Reckoning
- Blue Threads 3:30
- Reckoning 5:09
- Dice 4:51
- Thick 4:53
- Helix 8:11
- Steps 6:48
- Morph 7:37
- Firmament 4:32
CD 2: Whit Dickey / Matthew Shipp / Nate Wooley Trio - Pacific Noir
- Noir 1 5:09
- Noir 2 4:45
- Take The Wild Train 6:52
- To Planet Earth 7:44
- Epiphany 6:43
- Pulse Morph 3:41
- Space trance 7:22
- Noir 3 6:03
- Noir 4 4:33
- All compositions are by Whit Dickey.
reception
Thom Jurek awarded the album 3½ stars in Allmusic and wrote that drummer / composer Whit Dickey has been one of the most compelling artists on the music scene since the early 1990s, regardless of whether he leads his own groups or sideman to some of the most creative talents in jazz games. Because of their long relationship, the intimacy and depth of the interaction between Dickey and Shipp on the first CD ( Reckoning ) are excellent. The eight pieces would convey the drummer's far-reaching aesthetic point of view. What unites and merges these demanding but extremely gratifying visions on Morph is, as the author summarizes, not surprisingly defined by imagination and unparalleled fluidity. Whitey is not only an empathic, but also a motivating drummer. While morph is not that easy to hear, "it's as warm and inviting as it is thought-provoking."
S. Victor Aaron wrote in Something Else! , Reckoning (dt. Billing ) bring Whit Dickey undoubtedly a familiar company, but without a man like the bassist Michael Bisio , who normally enshrines the low notes, the plot keep a good level of tension. “Steps” is an achievement that is only possible if you play together for many years, especially how the two musicians change the density and tempo on the fly and do this with elegance. For Pacific Noir , Shipp's role adapts to Nate Wooley, whose trumpet on “Noir 1” sounds vulnerable and colorful. Comparable to the Shipp-Dickey affinity that can be heard throughout the recording, "is the kind of affinity" that is revealed between Wooley and Dickey in the first part of "Take the Wild Train". Whit Dickey's way of thinking plays at the highest level, regardless of the circumstances, sums up Aaron: " Morph gives ESP-Disk another quality addition to its legendary catalog."
Paul Semel noted that although Morph's Reckoning CD may sound omnipresent, it is held together by the unmistakable piano playing of Matthew Shipp and the ever-flattering drumming of Whit Dickey. The same applies to Morph's second disc , Pacific Noir . This adds the trumpet tones of Nate Wooley, but also has a deceptive scatter shot approach, which is held together by Matthew Shipp's piano playing and Whit Dickey's drums. Morph would not be for everyone, even if these were normal times, the author sums up. Regardless of whether you go full throttle into Free Jazz (“Helix”, “Noir 1”), the adjacent free playing styles (“Morph”, “To Planet Earth”) or relatively gently, but still relaxed and percussive (“Noir 2 “) Play, be it not music for people who like it easy or catchy or who are stressed.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Stylistic assignment according to Allmusic
- ^ A b Paul Semel: Whit Dickey: Morph. Paul Semel, May 6, 2020, accessed on June 22, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Review of the album at Allmusic (English). Retrieved June 21, 2020.
- ^ Whit Dickey: Morph at Discogs
- ↑ S. Victor Aaaron: Whit Dickey: Morph. ´Something Else !, May 15, 2020, accessed on June 22, 2020 (English).