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posted on March 25, 2008  Ken Vandermark/Paal Nilssen-Love Duo - Live at Sting Club, Stavanger, Norway, 2006. #5 [listen] |
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Current Top Ten Stereo Cuts
•Woody Herman, “The Thundering Herds 1945-1947,” (Columbia).•Jimmy Giuffre, “Tangents In Jazz,” (Membran Music).
•Jimmy Giuffre, “The Jimmy Giuffre Clarinet,” (Atlantic).
•Jimmy Giuffre, “Bill Evans & Lee Konitz Play The Arrangements of Jimmy Giuffre,” (LoneHillJazz).
•Jimmy Giuffre 3, “The Easy Way,” (Verve).
•Jimmy Giuffre Quartet, “Live in 1960,” (Jazzbeat).
•Jimmy Giuffre 3, “1961,” (ECM).
•Jimmy Giuffre 3, “Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961,” (hatART).
•Jimmy Giuffre 3, “Flight, Bremen 1961,” (hatART).
•Jimmy Giuffre, “Free Fall,” (Columbia/Legacy).
Posted by on May 05, 2008
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT! On Tuesday, May 13th from 10am to 3pm PDT, there will be a 5 hour Vandermark 5 special hosted by KFJC San Francisco's Thurston Hunger and Daryl Licht. This event will not only see the airplay of some V5 rarities, but will also feature an extended interview with Ken!
You can listen to this show, entitled 'Applying The Principles Of The Jazz Dialectic: An Aural History of the Vandermark 5' by visiting these links:
For iTunes listeners, KFJC is listed under both the "Eclectic" and "Public" categories (from the 'Radio' menu), where you will find MP3 feeds to suit your needs.
For NON-iTunes listeners, click HERE.
To view a full description of this show, please click the following link: KFJC News & Events.
Our biggest thanks to Steve Taiclet, John Burns, Thurston Hunger, Daryl Licht, and Brian Potter for their unfailing interest and incredible depth in organizing what will surely prove to be the definitive on-air V5 retrospective!
Posted by C on May 01, 2008
-- New IN ROTATION posted, a tribute to the late, great Jimmy Giuffre.-- Many new TOUR DATES posted.. have a look HERE!
More news very soon - stay tuned!
Posted by on Apr 28, 2008
SOUNTRACKS: 4/26/08The new album, “Goofy June Bug,” by the Ab Baars Trio (with Wilbert de Joode and Martin van Duynhoven) & Ken Vandermark has been released on the Wig label. It includes the following compositions: “Straws, A Portrait of Igor Stravinsky,” (Baars), “Honest John, A Portrait of John Gilmore, “ (Baars), “Losing Ground,” (Vandermark), “Waltz For Monk,” (Vandermark), “Then He Whirled About” (Baars), “Memory Moves Forward,” (Vandermark), “Munmyo,” (Baars), “Return,” (Baars), and “Goofy June-Bug Forgotten Poet Morning Stomp,” (Baars). The music was recorded at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam on October 21st and 22nd.
Bob Weston mastered the double cd, “Distil,” by Atomic School Days on April 17th, it will be released on Okka Disk during June.
Also in April, Ken Vandermark wrote two pieces for the new large band, Index Orkest (with Jason Adasiewicz, Jeb Bishop, Jamie Branch, Tim Daisy, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Nate McBride, Dave Rempis, and Greg Ward). These were composed for the group’s first performance, at the Immediate Sound Series 2nd Anniversary show on April 26th, and are entitled “Entrance Or Exit,” and “Current Conversation.”
The Frame Quartet’s performance and interview on WNUR’s show Airplay, held on April 19th, can be heard at THIS LINK.
Posted by C on Apr 17, 2008
What's happening:-- THE FRAME QUARTET will be on WNUR this Saturday (Apr 19), for an interview & performance. For details, check the WNUR site by clicking HERE.
-- Check out some amazing photos of the recent iTi performance in France!
-- New Notes from the Field have been posted - read them HERE.
-- Some 'Musician' news: some upcoming screenings on Ovation can be seen HERE. Check out a YouTube spot for said screenings HERE.
-- There are a few photos by Hannes Reisinger from a Full Blast w/KV performance posted HERE.
-- Many new ROTATING IMAGES added.. check 'em out!
More updates to follow..
Posted by C$ on Apr 10, 2008
SOUNDTRACKS: 4/10/08Two arrangements made for the C.O.D.E project (instigated by Klaus Nuchtern, with Thomas Clayton, Max Nagl, and Wolfgang Reisinger); “The Sphinx” by Ornette Coleman, and “The Madrig Speaks, The Panther Walks,” by Eric Dolphy. These were recorded in Vienna (along with arrangements made by the other members of the group: “Free Jazz,” “Space Jungle,” “Dee Dee,” “Researching Has No Limits,” by Ornette Coleman; and “Miss Ann,” “G. W.,” “Something Sweet, Something Tender,” “Hat and Beard,” by Eric Dolphy) on March 28 and 29, to be released on a co-production between the cracked anegg and handsemmel record labels later this year.
Score for the “Lock 10” theater piece (written by Kathy Hendrickson, directed by Kristin Tanzer) composed in March, 2008; performed by John Herndon, Christof Kurzmann, and Ken Vandermark during the production staged at Joe’s Pub, New York, on April 6 and 7.
RELEASED: “Broken Music” (Atavistic), by Fire Room (Lasse Marhaug, Paal Nilssen-Love, Ken Vandermark); includes seven trio improvisations: “Broken Music 1,” “Slag,” “When Water Burns Air,” “Hand Lettered,” “Dashboard Fire,” “Line Of Lead,” and “Broken Music 2.”