Life Cycle (Whit Dickey album)

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Life Cycle
Life cycle Dickey cover.jpg
Studio album by
Whit Dickey
Released2001
RecordedSeptember 15, 2000
StudioHillside Sound, Englewood, New Jersey
GenreJazz
Length41:44
LabelAum Fidelity
ProducerWhit Dickey
Whit Dickey chronology
Big Top
(2000) 		Life Cycle
(2001) 		Prophet Moon
(2002)

Life Cycle is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey recorded in 2000 and released on the Aum Fidelity label. Dickey leads the Nommonsemble, which includes Rob Brown on alto sax and flute, Mat Maneri on viola and Matthew Shipp on piano.[1]

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz3/4 stars[3]

In his review for AllMusic, Sam Samuelson states "The Nommonsemble pull together a concise and pleasing recording that for the most part proves itself to be relevant and thought-provoking."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz notes that "They're a highly compatible quartet, four thinkers who prefer the dryer end of free jazz and, while the record isn't exactly exciting, it certainly makes its own space."[3]

The JazzTimes review by Aaron Steinberg says "Though obdurate and knotty on the whole, Life Cycle maintains a calm and spacious core throughout, which is due largely to Dickey's drumming and his sensitive interaction with Shipp."[4]

Track listing[]

All compositions by Whit Dickey
  1. "Wonder" – 5:32
  2. "War" – 7:04
  3. "Games" – 4:50
  4. "Love" – 7:02
  5. "Acceptance" – 7:55
  6. "Transformation" – 9:21

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Life Cycle at AUM Fidelity
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Samuelson, Sam. Whit Dickey - Life Cycle: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 348. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.
  4. ^ Steinberg, Aaron. Life Cycle review at JazzTimes
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