Sacred Ground (Whit Dickey album)

Sacred Ground is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey recorded in 2004 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. Dickey leads a quartet with Roy Campbell on trumpet, Rob Brown on alto sax and Joe Morris on double bass instead of his usual guitar, the same lineup as the previous album Coalescence.[1]

Sacred Ground
Studio album by
Released2006
RecordedNovember 10, 2004
StudioPeter Karl Studio, New York City
GenreJazz
Length46:29
LabelClean Feed
ProducerWhit Dickey
Whit Dickey chronology
In a Heartbeat
(2005)
Sacred Ground
(2006)
Emergence
(2009)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings     [2]

The All About Jazz by Scott Convery observes that "the sound is anything but traditional. The melodies are short and complex and bring to mind the precision of Frank Zappa or Henry Threadgill."[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Whit Dickey
  1. "Vortex" – 7:15
  2. "Soldier of Uncertainty" – 12:09
  3. "Sacred Ground" – 8:38
  4. "Vital Transmission" – 11:18
  5. "Dream of Caravans" – 7:09

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ Sacred Ground at Clean Feed
  2. ^ Cook, Richard; Morton, Brian (2008). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings (9th ed.). Penguin. p. 373. ISBN 978-0-141-03401-0.
  3. ^ Convery, Scott. Sacred Ground review at All About Jazz