The Nommonsemble : Whit Dickey / Rob Brown / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp – Life Cycle

Life Cycle by The Nommonsemble : Whit Dickey / Rob Brown / Mat Maneri / Matthew Shipp   [AUM020] - CD in 4-panel digipak/// Last copies of original print (3 or fewer remain) Whit Dickey: drums Rob Brown: alto sax, flute Mat Maneri: viola Matthew Shipp: piano Following Transonic, Whit Dickey's debut as a leader, he returned on AUM with yet another tremendous group and this exquisite sound-song cycle. His abiding interest in the ancient essence of life which breathes freely in wide-open spaces – uncluttered by static – is here reflected. Life Cycle was the fruition of drummer Whit Dickey's then new deeply cohesive group concept, and it was/is something altogether new again. If you had been paying attention to what was happening in jazz & improvised music for the last half decade of the 20th century, you would have heard phenomenal music from all of these players. This album features the stunning talents of these long-time associates in this quartet configuration for the