Results for "Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke"

Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke

Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke: Drone Dream

by Alberto Bazzurro
September 11, 2019

Di duetti tromba/batteria, dai tempi dei due volumi-capostipiti (peraltro largamente polistrumentali) intitolati Mu e firmati congiuntamente da Don Cherry e Ed Blackwell (era il 1969, giusto mezzo secolo fa), ce ne sono stati svariati, pur entro una formula--un abbinamento--sempre piuttosto esclusiva, alla fin fine alquanto rara. Tornano sull'argomento Kirk Knuffke, trentanovenne trombettista di Denver ...

Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke: Drone Dream

by Mark Corroto
September 3, 2019

If the duo of drummer Whit Dickey and cornetist Kirk Knuffke were a baseball team, their signature style would be small ball, the opposite of towering home runs and 100 mph fast balls. They would win games like they sound here with tight efficient playing. They lay down perfect bunts and easily turn the double play ...

Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke: Drone Dream

by John Sharpe
August 18, 2019

Duets with drummers form the bedrock of cornetist Kirk Knuffke's whole musical experience, ever since jamming with a friend in high school. Consequently, Drone Dream constitutes the third such twosome to appear in his discography. And he obviously finds drummer Whit Dickey--still best known for his tenure with fiery saxophonist David S. Ware and adventurous pianist ...

Fierce Silence

By Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke

Label: Clean Feed Records
Released: 2016
Track listing: The Calling; Fierce Silence; Step Back; Stalker; Lodestar; Quarry; Bone; Legba’s Dance; Leave It To The Wind; Ashes.

Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke: Fierce Silence

by John Sharpe
December 9, 2016

Whether through economic necessity or artistic preference cornetist Kirk Knuffke's discography suggests a penchant for duets. Recent entries include Row For William O (Relative Pitch, 2016) with bassist Michael Bisio and Moon with pianist/vibraphonist Karl Berger (NoBusiness, 2015). Fierce Silence with David S. Ware and Matthew Shipp alumnus Whit Dickey isn't even his first hook up ...

Whit Dickey/Kirk Knuffke: Fierce Silence

by Mark Corroto
August 4, 2016

The fitness instructor kept yelling, “feel the burn, feel the burn." After an hour of aerobic exercise, that was not a difficult task. A much easier and painless way to experience the same fire is to listen to just one track of Fierce Silence, a collection of improvised duos between drummer Whit Dickey and cornetist Kirk ...