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Airports For Light

Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2003
Track listing: 1. Cruz Campo (For Gerhard Richter) - 8:58; Staircase (For John Cassavetes) - 8:23; 7 Plus 5 (For Fredrik Ljungkvist) - 7:05; Money Down (For Rahsaan Roland Kirk) - 5:33; Both Sides (For Budd Johnson) - 8:06; Initials (For Jean Tinguely) - 5:05; Other Cuts (For Curtis Mayfield) - 11:12; Long Term Fool (For Otis Redding) - 8:50; Confluence (For Sonny Rollins) - 6:16.

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Vandermark 5: Airports for Light

Read "Airports for Light" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Fans of Chicago's incredibly prolific Ken Vandermark will no doubt appreciate the fresh angle his V5 group has placed on these nine tunes, each dedicated to a distinct artist from independent-minded filmmaker John Cassavetes to R&B hero Otis Redding. It feels something like the double set of Free Jazz Classics (officially released in 2002) in its ...

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The Vandermark 5: Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2

Read "Free Jazz Classics Vols. 1 & 2" reviewed by Frank Rubolino


When Ken Vandermark released Burn the Incline a few years ago, the first thousand copies included a second disc of The Vandermark 5 playing classic compositions by noted jazz luminaries. Subsequently, the same promotional ploy was used on Acoustic Machine, with the band presenting yet another batch of music by noted performers/composers. This double recording packages ...

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Free Jazz Classics Vol. 1 & 2

Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2002
Track listing: Disc One: Happy House (Ornette Coleman); 69L (Anthony Braxton); Conquistador Part 2 (Cecil Taylor); Goodbye Tom B. (Joe McPhee); Saturn (Sun Ra); Gazzelloni (Eric Dolphy); New York Is Full Of Lonely People (Lester Bowie). Disc Two: Wherever Junebugs Go (Archie Shepp); King Korn/Calls (Carla Bley); The Earth/Jerry The Moon (Frank Wright); Scootin' About (Jimmy Giuffre); C.M.E./G Song (Julius Hemphill); There Is The Bomb (Don Cherry).

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Vandermark 5: Free Jazz Classics Vol. 1 & 2

Read "Free Jazz Classics Vol. 1 & 2" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Listeners lucky (and eager) enough to acquire one of the first 1000 copies of the Vandermark 5's two latest Atavistic records found a special gift tucked in the package: a bonus CD featuring live material recorded by the group at Chicago's Empty Bottle (where the quintet has performed weekly, barring other engagements, for six years). As ...

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Acoustic Machine

Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Hbf 4; Auto Topography; Fall To Grace; Hbf 2; License Complete; Coast To Coast; Hbf 3; Close Enough; Hbf 1; Wind Out; Strange Blues; Hbf 5.

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The Vandermark 5: Acoustic Machine

Read "Acoustic Machine" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Ken Vandermark's quintet releases yearly progress reports on his growth as both a composer and musician. Acoustic Machine, the fifth installment by the Vandermark 5, features the maturing voices of the Chicago jazzman and the highly talented musicians that make up this working unit. “Working unit" may be the key to the success of this band's ...

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Burn The Incline

Label: Atavistic Records
Released: 2000
Track listing: Distance (for Joe Morris); The Cooler (for Pandelis Karayorgis); Late Night Wait Around (for Ab Baars); Roulette (for Nate McBride); Accident Happening (for William Parker); In Focus (for Per Henrik Wallin); The Trouble Is (for Misha Mengelberg); Ground (for The Ex).

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Vandermark 5: Burn The Incline

Read "Burn The Incline" reviewed by AAJ Staff


It's hard to praise Ken Vandermark enough. His work with the V5 and his various other projects continues to stun and amaze. His special talent lies not so much in his playing--which by itself projects an amazing amount of sensitivity and power, depending on the occasion. It's more that Vandermark has tremendous ability as a composer ...


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