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]

Vessel in Orbit
Studio album by
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)

Reception edit

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 edit

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 edit

References edit

  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.