Vessel in Orbit is an album by American jazz drummer Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp recorded in 2016 and released on the Aum Fidelity label. The recording presents a new trio with violist Mat Maneri and pianist Matthew Shipp, who were both part of the quartet, along with saxophonist Rob Brown, for 2001 Dickey's album Life Cycle.[2]

Vessel in Orbit
Studio album by Whit Dickey, Mat Maneri, and Matthew Shipp
Released	March 24, 2017[1]
Recorded	March 18, 2016
Studio	Park West, Brooklyn
Genre	Jazz
Length	48:14
Label	Aum Fidelity
Producer	Whit Dickey
Whit Dickey chronology
Fierce Silence (2016) Vessel in Orbit (2017)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Down Beat	[3]

The Down Beat review by Bradley Bambarger states "Although one must be open to a certain exposed-nerve intensity to fully appreciate it, Vessel In Orbit has the air of an abstract drama, the three storyteller-improvisers utterly in sync."[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Dickey/Maneri/Shipp.

1. "Spaceship 9" – 5:15
2. "Space Walk" – 6:37
3. "Dark Matter" – 5:58
4. "Galaxy 9" – 9:13
5. "Turbulence" – 4:51
6. "To a Lost Comrade" – 5:39
7. "Space Strut" – 4:29
8. "Hyperspatial" – 6:12

Personnel

• Whit Dickey – drums
• Mat Maneri – viola
• Matthew Shipp – piano

References