| Coalescence | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Whit Dickey |
| Cover: | Coalescence_Whit_Dickey_cover.jpg |
| Released: | 2004 |
| Recorded: | February 8, 2003 |
| Studio: | Strobe Sound, New York City |
| Genre: | Jazz |
| Length: | 45:04 |
| Label: | Clean Feed |
| Producer: | Whit Dickey |
| Chronology: | Whit Dickey |
| Prev Title: | Prophet Moon |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | In a Heartbeat |
| Next Year: | 2005 |
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]
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."
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."[2]
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."[3]
All compositions by Whit Dickey