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Ken Vandermark Resonance Ensemble: Double Arc
ByDouble Arc by his Resonance Ensemble, a collaborative big band of European and Chicago musicians draws on his explorations, not only writing and arranging for multiple players, but adds the electronics voice of Christof Kurzmann. Kurzmann is a member of the saxophonist's Made to Break, a groove-based improvising ensemble. This session, the fifth stand alone release, is the ensemble's most diverse and perhaps most unbounded recording to date. It draws from the composer's explorations as a solo performer, his love of 70s funk and action cinema, and his wholly improvised work with the likes of Paal Nilssen-Love, Barry Guy, and Nate Wooley. This germination has resulted in a more open-ended sound, though one still without clutter.
The 14 tracks that make up this singular work oscillate between the odd electric gatherings of Kurzmann's electronics, the two drum pulse of Tim Daisy and Michael Zerang, and brilliant soloing by Atomic's trumpeter Magnus Broo, saxophonist Dave Rempis, trombonist Steve Swell, clarinetist Waclaw Zimpel, and Vandermark's baritone saxophone. The music pulls together the classic Vandermark sound he created for (the now defunct) Vandermark 5, of a broad shouldered horn section march and his passion for modern composition with its indefiniteness. These seemingly two dissimilar elements coexist within Double Arc quite nicely.
Track Listing
ARC ONE 1: Section A; Section B; Section C; Section D; Section E; Section F; Section G; Section H; ARC TWO: Section A; Section B; Section C; Section D; Section E;Section F.
Personnel
Christof Kurzmann: lloop; Mark Tokar: double bass; Magnus Broo: trumpet; Per-Ake Holmlander: tuba; Steve Swell: trombone; Tim Daisy: drums; Michael Zerang: drums; Dave Rempis: alto saxophone, tenor saxophone; Mikolaj Trzaska: alto saxophone, bass clarinet; Ken Vandermark: baritone saxophone, bb clarinet; Waclaw Zimpel: bb clarinet, alto clarinet.
Album information
Title: Double Arc | Year Released: 2015 | Record Label: Not Two Records