In a Heartbeat (album)

In a Heartbeat is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey recorded in 2004 and released on the Portuguese Clean Feed label. For this record, Dickey expanded to a quintet consisting of the quartet with whom he recorded Big Top, with the addition of trumpeter Roy Campbell. The band plays four Dickey compositions and the Carla Bley original "Calls".[1]

In a Heartbeat
Studio album by
Released2005
RecordedFebruary 24, 2004
StudioAvatar Studios, New York City
GenreJazz
Length61:47
LabelClean Feed
Whit Dickey chronology
Coalescence
(2004)
In a Heartbeat
(2005)
Sacred Ground
(2006)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic     [2]
The Penguin Guide to Jazz    [3]

In his review for AllMusic, Scott Yanow states "The reason that this outing is a success is that the musicians are quite skilled, listen closely to each other, and make memorable music out of very open originals."[2]

The Penguin Guide to Jazz observes that "Brown sounds as if he's looking for extremes which don't really suit him. But some passages offer gripping and wholly absorbing playing."[3]

Track listing

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All compositions by Whit Dickey except as indicated
  1. "Calls" (Carla Bley) – 11:17
  2. "In a Heartbeat" – 15:29
  3. "Peace Overture" – 9:48
  4. "Dubya's Flying Lesson" – 13:11
  5. "Democracy at Home" – 12:02

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ In a Heartbeat at Clean Feed
  2. ^ a b Yanow, Scott. Whit Dickey – In a Heartbeat: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 27, 2014.
  3. ^ a b Cook, Richard; Brian Morton (2006). The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings. The Penguin Guide to Jazz (8th ed.). London: Penguin. pp. 349. ISBN 978-0-141-02327-4.