Big Top

Big Top

Track Listings

1. Big Top

2. Prophet

3. Skippy

4. Immortals

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
Drummer Whit Dickey earned his stripes playing with Matthew Shipp and David S. Ware, two of the more formidable stars of the avant-garde jazz scene. Big Top, Dickey's second project as a leader, features saxist Rob Brown, a regular in William Parker's gritty, freewheeling big band In Order to Survive; bassist Chris Lightcap; and prominent free guitarist Joe Morris. While it seems unusual to note an improvisational jazz record's exquisite pacing, Big Top shines with tunes that are dynamic and wonderfully put together. A prime example is the band's laid-back rendition of Eric Dolphy's "The Prophet" featuring a luminescent solo by Morris. Thelonious Monk's "Skippy" is a deliciously topsy-turvy romp featuring fine work by Morris and Brown. The final work, a lighthearted Dickey original called "The Immortals," features spry interplay, and yet again, wonderful note tinkering by Joe Morris. --S. Duda

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