{{short description|American drummer}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians --> | name = Whit Dickey | image = Whit_Dickey.jpg | caption = Dickey at the world premiere of the David S. Ware Unit, International House, Philadelphia, January 12, 2007 | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|5|28}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | genre = Jazz, free jazz avant-garde jazz, free improvisation | occupation = Musician | instrument = Drums | years_active = | label = | associated_acts = | website = }}
'''Whit Dickey''' (born May 28, 1954) is an American drummer. He has recorded albums with David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp.<ref name="AM">{{cite web |title=Whit Dickey > Biography |last=Seida |first=Linda |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p150923|pure_url=yes}} |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=20 March 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Whit Dickey at All About Jazz |url=https://www.allaboutjazz.com/musicians/whit-dickey |access-date=20 March 2010}}</ref>
==Biography== His first album as a leader was ''Transonic'', in 1998.<ref name="AM" /> Two years later, Wobbly Rail issued his ''Big Top''.<ref name="AM" /> 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''.<ref name="AM" />
==Discography== ===As leader=== {|class="wikitable sortable" !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) |} thumb|424x424px|Whit Dickey, Arts for Art - Vision Festival 2024. Photo by Marek Lazarski
===As sideman=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Release year !Leader !Title !Label |- |1993 |{{sortname|David S.|Ware}} |''Third Ear Recitation'' |DIW |- |1994 |{{sortname|David S.|Ware|nolink=1}} |''Earthquation'' |DIW |- |1995 |{{sortname|David S.|Ware|nolink=1}} |''Cryptology'' |Homestead |- |1996 |{{sortname|David S.|Ware|nolink=1}} |''Oblations and Blessings'' |Silkheart |- |1996 |{{sortname|David S.|Ware|nolink=1}} |''DAO'' |Homestead |- |1992 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp}} |''Points'' |Silkheart |- |1992 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Circular Temple'' |Quinton |- |1995 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Critical Mass'' |2.13.61 |- |1996 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Prism'' |Brinkman |- |1997 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''The Flow of X'' |2.13.61 |- |2007 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Piano Vortex'' |Thirsty Ear |- |2008 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Right Hemisphere'' |RogueArt |- |2008 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Cosmic Suite'' |Not Two |- |2009 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Harmonic Disorder'' |Thirsty Ear |- |2011 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Art of the Improviser'' |Thirsty Ear |- |2012 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Elastic Aspects'' |Thirsty Ear |- |2014 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Root of Things'' |Relative Pitch |- |2015 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''To Duke'' |RogueArt |- |2017 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Not Bound'' |Fortune |- |2018 |{{sortname|Matthew|Shipp|nolink=1}} |''Sonic Fiction'' |ESP-Disk' |- |1992 |{{sortname|Rob|Brown|Rob Brown (saxophonist)}} |''Youniverse'' |Riti |- |1996 |{{sortname|Joe|Morris|Joe Morris (guitarist)}} |''Elsewhere'' |Homestead |- |2012 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|Ivo Perelman}} |''The Clairvoyant'' |Leo Records |- |2013 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''Enigma'' |Leo Records |- |2013 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''The Edge'' |Leo Records |- |2014 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''The Other Edge'' |Leo Records |- |2015 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''Tenorhood'' |Leo Records |- |2015 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''Butterfly Whispers'' |Leo Records |- |2016 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''Soul'' |Leo Records |- |2016 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''The Art Of The Improv Trio Volume 2'' |Leo Records |- |2017 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 3: Pandora'' |Leo Records |- |2017 |{{sortname|Ivo|Perelman|nolink=1}} |''The Art Of Perelman-Shipp Volume 5: Rhea'' |Leo Records |}
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