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The Vandermark 5: Alchemia

by A. Henkin
September 23, 2005

People always asked why Grateful Dead fans used to tour with the band; the answer was that they never played the same show twice. This box-set recording of the Vandermark 5's five-night stand at the Alchemia Club in Krakow, Poland last March does not quite live up to that high standard, but it does offer a ...

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Vandermark 5: Alchemia

by Michael McCaw
August 25, 2005

Vandermark 5 Alchemia Not Two Records 2005When Ken Vandermark was awarded the MacArthur Genius Grant in 1999, a lot of eyebrows and questions were raised. Past jazz oriented recipients had included such luminaries as Ornette Coleman, Steve Lacy, Cecil Taylor, and Anthony Braxton; Vandermark's name carried little recognition ...

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The Cosmosamatics: Reeds & Birds

Read "Reeds & Birds" reviewed by Germein Linares

by Germein Linares
June 21, 2005

Reeds & Birds is an excellent tribute to the adventurous spirit of Charlie Parker. The album soars with a technical facility that is, like Bird's, furious and musical, yet effortless and cool. Playing some of Parker's more obscure compositions like “Cheryl," “Drifting on a Reed," and “Bird Feathers," the group of Michael Marcus, Sonny Simmons, and ...

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Carter/Blumenkranz/Zubek: Chinatown

by Ty Cumbie
January 30, 2005

This début recording by Chinatown, an unusual trio made up of downtown's wildly diverse music scene, finds the venerable free player Daniel Carter still doing his thing, this time with a young, unique rhythm section. Bassist Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz's playing is muscular and gutteral, and his bowing is turgidly pleasing. On this outing he also shows ...

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