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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Ken Vandermark: The Passion and Ascension of a Brilliant Mind

Read "Ken Vandermark: The Passion and Ascension of a Brilliant Mind" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


This interview was originally published in 2006. In a world that has difficulty and attitude toward unfamiliar and creative thought, Ken Vandermark is a visionary exploring possibilities with improvisational and compositional forms.A recipient of the MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant, he has used the funding to support his interest in bringing together some of today's ...

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Article: Multiple Reviews

Ken Vandermark Vinyl Blowout!

Read "Ken Vandermark Vinyl Blowout!" reviewed by Robert Iannapollo


Ken Vandermark Reonance Ensemble Resonance Not Two 2009 Vandermark 5 Four Sides To The Story Not Two 2009 Ken Vandermark has had a productive relationship with the Polish label Not ...

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Article: Album Review

Marcin and Bartlomiej Brat Oles: Duo

Read "Duo" reviewed by John Sharpe


Faced with any bass and drums duo, the question is always going to be: does it pass the music minus one test? It is a brave and unforgiving furrow which not too many choose to plough. Of those that do, they often stretch the parameters by using tuned percussion or additional wind instruments like William Parker ...

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Article: My Playlist

Ken Vandermark

Read "Ken Vandermark" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff


01. Miles Davis Quintet & Sextet - Radio Broadcasts 1958-1959 (RLR Records - 2007). Uno dei più grandi gruppi del XX° secolo colti in concerto dal vivo. Cos'altro si può dire? 02. The Fall - Imperial Wax Solvent (Sanctuary Records Group - 2008). Mark E. Smith è uno dei miei artisti rock preferiti e appartiene a ...

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Article: Music and the Creative Spirit

Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: Bridging the Future with the Past

Read "Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet: Bridging the Future with the Past" reviewed by Lloyd N. Peterson Jr.


There may not be a more creative group of artists anywhere within the boundaries of any art form than those within the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet. These are individuals that comprehensively understand their responsibility to art and it is only through this level of integrity and creativity that art can, and will continue to move forward. ...

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Collected Fiction

Label: Okka Disk
Released: 2008
Track listing: Volume 1: Contour I; Torus III; Prop I; Contour II; Ellipse III; Spiral; Curve I; Torus I; Extension; Torque; Curve II Volume 2: Spline; Arc; Ellipse I; Torus II; Ellipse II; Ellipse IV; Torus IV; Contour III; Prop II; Curve III; Torus IV.

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Goofy June Bug

Label: Wig
Released: 2008
Track listing: Straws; Honest John; Losing Ground; Waltz Four Monk; Prince of Venosa; Then He Whirled About; Memory Moves Forward; Munmyo; Return; Goofy June Bug; Lunch Poem.

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Beat Reader

Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2008
Track listing: 1. Friction - 8:36; 2. New Acrylic - 9:35; 3. Any given Number - 8:02; 4. Signposts - 8:56; 5. Speedplay - 7:08; 6. Compass Shatters Magnet - 11:54; 7. Further from the Truth - 6:28; 8. Desireless - 8:44. Tutte le composizioni sono di Ken Vandermark

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Article: Live Review

London Jazz Festival 2008

Read "London Jazz Festival 2008" reviewed by Frederick Bernas


London Jazz Festival 2008 London, England Nov. 14-23, 2008 Ken Vandermark, Barry Guy, Mark SandersThe VortexNovember 14 In a meticulously unplanned concert, the music often seemed like a sonic battle between these three renowned improvisers. Sporting a black fitted tee and a hairstyle that could be straight from the ...

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Article: Album Review

Vandermark / Kessler / McBride / Joode / Flaten: Collected Fiction

Read "Collected Fiction" reviewed by Mark Corroto


The beauty and the challenge of undertaking a project like Collected Fiction, a collection of bass and reed improvised duos, is to make an engaging and thoughtful experience for both players and listeners. These 22-tracks do just that with a polymorphic approach that renews itself with each track.The organizer here is Chicagoan Ken Vandermark, ...


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