Whit Dickey gives an open-eared listener plenty to think about with Tao Quartets. He is a veteran creative player in a scene with much to offer if you are up for an adventure. When the great moments arrive, his bands do seize them.
Will Layman, Pop Matters
ESP-Disk’ quickly understood why Dickey has released relatively few albums as a leader: he is incredibly demanding of himself. There were multiple sessions by each configuration heard here, not to mention a quartet as well; Dickey kept going back into the studio, pushing himself to greater heights until he was finally satisfied. We got so confused about it that the recording date of the first disc is incorrectly listed in the physical album’s packaging; the correct date is listed above.
Whit Dickey, drums; Matthew Shipp, piano; Nate Wooley, trumpet (CD 2)
Recorded by Jim Clouse at Park West Studios, Brooklyn NY on June 29 (CD 1) and March 27, 2019 (CD 2)
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