Games from Life Cycle by The Nommonsemble : Whit Dickey / Rob Brown / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp
Drummer-composer with a singularly potent drum voice. He first made his mark in the groups of Matthew Shipp & David S. Ware; featured here are his leader works on the AUM Fidelity & TAO Forms labels.
In 2020, Dickey & AUM launched TAO Forms, a label also devoted to jazz of an elevated nature, with WD as creative director: https://taoforms.bandcamp.com/
Photo © R.I. Sutherland-Cohen, 2019