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Ken Vandermark: A Discontinuous Line, Free Jazz Classics Vol. 3&4, Ideas, Montage

Read "Ken Vandermark: A Discontinuous Line, Free Jazz Classics Vol. 3&4, Ideas, Montage" reviewed by Jeff Stockton

by Jeff Stockton

Vandermark 5 A Discontinuous Line Atavistic 2006 Vandermark 5 Free Jazz Classics, Vol. 3&4 Atavistic 2006 Ken Vandermark Ideas Not Two 2006 FME Montage Okka 2006

Ken Vandermark remains wildly prolific, not only ...

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Album Review

The Vandermark 5: A Discontinuous Line

Read "A Discontinuous Line" reviewed by Nic Jones

by Nic Jones

Ken Vandermark could never be accused of wasting time, and while this particular documentation of his music lacks the rarefied air of his work with the SIA trio from earlier in 2006, this programme comes from an aesthetically different place. Vandermark's artistry is far from mono-dimensional.

Also, the dynamics of the V5 are of a radically different order, and on “Aperture (For Walker Evans)" Vandermark's squally sound on the baritone sax can get a little wearing, not least because the ...

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Album Review

Sound in Action Trio: Gate

Read "Gate" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Nuovo capitolo discografico [la registrazione però risale al 2003], tra le tante formazioni in cui Ken Vandermark distribuisce le proprie idee, per il trio Sound In Action, che già aveva colpito nel segno nel 1999 con il precedente Design in Time: la formula è quella - abbastanza inconsueta - della triangolazione fra sassofono [o clarinetto] e due batterie. Rispetto alla formazione del primo disco, c'è Tim Daisy al posto di Tim Mulvenna, mentre il secondo batterista è sempre l'ottimo Robert ...

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Album Review

Vandermark 5: A Discontinuous Line

Read "A Discontinuous Line" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Dopo il rodaggio dal vivo, assai promettente, di cui abbiamo avuto qualche assaggio anche in Italia, la “nuova formula" dei Vandermark 5, con il violoncello di Fred Lonberg-Holm al posto del trombonista Jeb Bishop, giunge ora al primo disco in studio [dietro il vetro c'è sempre Bob Weston] e conferma gli interessanti segnali che avevamo già colto dalle prime uscite. Il naturale ripensamento delle dinamiche del gruppo che l'ingresso di un musicista dalla personalità così forte ha portato è subito ...

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Album Review

The Vandermark 5: Free Jazz Classics Vols. 3 & 4

Read "Free Jazz Classics Vols. 3 & 4" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff

Terzo e quarto volume della serie Free Jazz Classics, originariamente abbinati come “bonus disc" alle prime copie degli ultimi due dischi in studio dei Vandermark 5 con ancora il trombonista Jeb Bishop in formazione, qui riuniti in un doppio come fu per i loro fratelli maggiori, questi “percorsi" di rilettura del repertorio di Sonny Rollins e Rahsaan Roland Kirk sono in qualche modo un punto di snodo nella ormai consistente storia del quintetto chicagoano. Non solo perché, come accennato, vedono ...

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Album Review

Ken Vandermark: The Color of Memory

Read "The Color of Memory" reviewed by A. Henkin

by A. Henkin

Music is the only creative endeavour where fans spend much of their time lamenting over impermanence. There are still those who disregard any Mahavishnu Orchestra that doesn't have Jan Hammer in it or shudder at the thought of Led Zeppelin with Jason Bonham. But these fans would do well to keep in mind that Pink Floyd and the Grateful Dead are known most for later incarnations, and even Miles' second quintet and Coltrane's quartet went through changes before settling down. ...

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Interview

Ken Vandermark: Raw and Refined

Read "Ken Vandermark: Raw and Refined" reviewed by Shawn McGrew

by Shawn McGrew

Sometimes stumbling blocks and dumb luck can lead to a more satisfyingly final presentation than if everything went as originally planned. This was intended to be a phone interview from the outset, however equipment failures combined with difficult scheduling conspired to turn this into an email interview.

Despite Ken's Herculean effort to key paragraph after paragraph into a tiny BlackBerry keypad, it became difficult for him to keep track and the written word (anybody's) lacks a certain visceral flavor of ...

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