# Whit Dickey

Whit Dickey (born May 28, 1954) is an American drummer. He has recorded albums with David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp.

## Biography

His first album as a leader was Transonic, in 1998. Two years later, Wobbly Rail issued his Big Top. In 2001, Dickey recorded six of his compositions with Mat Maneri, Shipp, and Rob Brown under the name Nommonsemble, resulting in the album Life Cycle.

## Discography
### As leader

| Release year | Title | Label | Notes |
| 1998 | Transonic | AUM Fidelity | Trio, with Rob Brown (alto sax, flute), Chris Lightcap (bass) |
| 2000 | Big Top | Wobbly Rail | Quartet, with Joe Morris (guitar), Chris Lightcap (bass), Rob Brown (alto sax, tenor sax, flute) |
| 2001 | Life Cycle | AUM Fidelity | As the band The Nommonsemble; quartet with Rob Brown (alto sax, flute), Mat Maneri (viola), Matthew Shipp (piano) |
| 2002 | Prophet Moon | Riti | As the band Trio Ahxoloxha; with Joe Morris (guitar), Rob Brown (alto sax) |
| 2004 | Coalescence | Clean Feed | Quartet, with Roy Campbell (trumpet), Rob Brown (alto sax, flute), Joe Morris (bass) |
| 2005 | In a Heartbeat | Clean Feed | Quintet, with Roy Campbell (trumpet, flugelhorn), Rob Brown (alto sax), Joe Morris (guitar), Chris Lightcap (bass) |
| 2006 | Sacred Ground | Clean Feed | Quartet, with Roy Campbell (trumpet), Rob Brown (alto sax), Joe Morris (bass) |
| 2009 | Emergence | Not Two | Trio, with Daniel Carter (reeds, trumpet, flute), Eri Yamamoto (piano) |
| 2016 | Fierce Silence | Clean Feed | Duo, with Kirk Knuffke (cornet) |
| 2017 | Vessel in Orbit | AUM Fidelity | Trio, with Mat Maneri (viola), Matthew Shipp (piano) |
| 2019 | Peace Planet / Box of Light | AUM Fidelity | Peace Planet (Quartet): with Rob Brown (alto sax), Matthew Shipp (piano), William Parker (bass) / Box of Light (Quartet): with Rob Brown (alto sax), Steve Swell (trombone), Michael Bisio (bass) |
| 2020 | Morph | ESP-Disk | CD 1: Reckoning: with Matthew Shipp (piano); CD 2: Pacific Noir with Nate Wooley (trumpet), Matthew Shipp (piano) |
| 2020 | Expanding Light | Tao Forms | Trio: Brandon Lopez (bass), Rob Brown (alto sax) |

### As sideman

| Release year | Leader | Title | Label |
| 1993 | David S. Ware | Third Ear Recitation | DIW |
| 1994 | David S. Ware | Earthquation | DIW |
| 1995 | David S. Ware | Cryptology | Homestead |
| 1996 | David S. Ware | Oblations and Blessings | Silkheart |
| 1996 | David S. Ware | DAO | Homestead |
| 1992 | Matthew Shipp | Points | Silkheart |
| 1992 | Matthew Shipp | Circular Temple | Quinton |
| 1995 | Matthew Shipp | Critical Mass | 2.13.61 |
| 1996 | Matthew Shipp | Prism | Brinkman |
| 1997 | Matthew Shipp | The Flow of X | 2.13.61 |
| 2007 | Matthew Shipp | Piano Vortex | Thirsty Ear |
| 2008 | Matthew Shipp | Right Hemisphere | RogueArt |
| 2008 | Matthew Shipp | Cosmic Suite | Not Two |
| 2009 | Matthew Shipp | Harmonic Disorder | Thirsty Ear |
| 2011 | Matthew Shipp | Art of the Improviser | Thirsty Ear |
| 2012 | Matthew Shipp | Elastic Aspects | Thirsty Ear |
| 2014 | Matthew Shipp | Root of Things | Relative Pitch |
| 2015 | Matthew Shipp | To Duke | RogueArt |
| 2017 | Matthew Shipp | Not Bound | Fortune |
| 2018 | Matthew Shipp | Sonic Fiction | ESP-Disk' |
| 1992 | Rob Brown | Youniverse | Riti |
| 1996 | Joe Morris | Elsewhere | Homestead |
| 2012 | Ivo Perelman | The Clairvoyant | Leo Records |
| 2013 | Ivo Perelman | Enigma | Leo Records |
| 2013 | Ivo Perelman | The Edge | Leo Records |
| 2014 | Ivo Perelman | The Other Edge | Leo Records |
| 2015 | Ivo Perelman | Tenorhood | Leo Records |
| 2015 | Ivo Perelman | Butterfly Whispers | Leo Records |
| 2016 | Ivo Perelman | Soul | Leo Records |
| 2016 | Ivo Perelman | The Art Of The Improv Trio Volume 2 | Leo Records |
| 2017 | Ivo Perelman | The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 3: Pandora | Leo Records |
| 2017 | Ivo Perelman | The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 5: Rhea | Leo Records |