Vessel in Orbit

Vessel in Orbit
Studio album by
Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp
ReleasedMarch 24, 2017[1]
RecordedMarch 18, 2016
StudioPark West, Brooklyn
GenreJazz
Length48:14
LabelAum Fidelity
ProducerWhit Dickey
Whit Dickey chronology
Fierce Silence
(2016) 		Vessel in Orbit
(2017)

Vessel in Orbit is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp recorded in 2016 and released on the Aum Fidelity label. The recording presents a new trio with violist Mat Maneri and pianist Matthew Shipp, who were both part of the quartet, along with saxophonist Rob Brown, for 2001 Dickey's album Life Cycle.[2]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[3]

The Down Beat review by Bradley Bambarger states "Although one must be open to a certain exposed-nerve intensity to fully appreciate it, Vessel In Orbit has the air of an abstract drama, the three storyteller-improvisers utterly in sync."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dickey/Maneri/Shipp.

  1. "Spaceship 9" – 5:15
  2. "Space Walk" – 6:37
  3. "Dark Matter" – 5:58
  4. "Galaxy 9" – 9:13
  5. "Turbulence" – 4:51
  6. "To a Lost Comrade" – 5:39
  7. "Space Strut" – 4:29
  8. "Hyperspatial" – 6:12

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Joerg, Steven (March 16, 2017). "Whit Dickey / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp Album To Be Released March 24 On AUM Fidelity". All About Jazz. Retrieved April 9, 2017.
  2. ^ Vessel in Orbit at AUM Fidelity
  3. ^ a b Bambarger, Bradley. Vessel in Orbit review. Down Beat May 17: page 56. Print.