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Current Top Ten Stereo Cuts
- Ab Baars, "Ab Baars Trio: 20 Years, 1991-2011," (stichting wig).
- Derek Bailey, "Concert In Milwaukee: Solo Guitar," (incus).
- Roy Budd, "Get Carter: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack," (silva screen).
- John Cage, "how to get started," (sloughy foundation).
- Celia Cruz, "The Fania 'Legends of Salsa' Collection: Volume 7," (fania).
- The Fall, "50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong: 39 Golden Greats," (beggar's banquet).
- Fania All Stars, "Live at the Cheetah: Volume 1 & 2," (fania).
- Julius Hemphill/Peter Kowald, "Live at Kassiopeia," (no business).
- Shelly Manne & His Men, "Here's That Man: Septet and Quintet Sessions 1951-1958," (fresh sound).
- Arnold Schoenberg, "Works For Piano," (hat[now]ART).
In Addition
- "The Writings of Robert Motherwell," (University of California Press: 2007), edited by Dore Ashton with Joan Banach; non-fiction.
- "The Book Of Disquiet," (Serpents Tail: 2010), written by Fernando Pessoa; fiction.
- "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeousie," (Twentieth Centrury Fox: 1972), directed by Luis Buñuel; narrative film.
- "Arnold Newman: Masterclass," (C/O Berlin: 3.3.12-5.20.12), curated by William A. Ewing; photo exhibition.
- "Belle de Jour," (Allied Artists: 1968), directed by Luis Buñuel; narrative film.
Posted by on May 09, 2012
LAST MINUTE NEWS:The Vandermark/Kurzmann duo concert on May 10th in Vienna has been CANCELLED.
Posted by on May 03, 2012
SOUNDTRACKS 2.05/2/12: Work in February, March, and April has kept the pace that began in the winter… Finished the Platform 1 mix with Bob Weston and Chicago Mastering Service in April (w/Magnus Broo, Steve Swell, Michael Vatcher, Joe Williamson; to be release on Clean Feed, entitled, "Takes Off"). The Double Tandem release, "Cement" (PNL Records) came out; and the band (with Ab Baars and Paal Nilssen-Love) recorded a second album during our concert in Novara, Italy, to be released in early autumn on dE-N Records, in advance of the group's November tour of Europe. The Resonance Ensemble album, "What Country Is This?" (Not Two) came out to coincide with the band's European tour in February/March, this followed the Free Fall concerts starting in mid February. The final Resonance performance, in Hasselt on March 17th, was recorded by Michael Huon, and may be used as part of a future album by the ensemble. Though there were no recordings, an exciting tour with Christof Kurzmann took place in Brazil at the end of March; and concerts continued back in the States after that: Milwaukee (solo) and Nashville (duo with Tim Daisy). The live music resumed in Europe as a duo with Paal Nilssen-Love, which began in Italy with Ab Baars as Double Tandem on April 20th and ended on the 28th in Switzerland; during the trip work was done (primarily by Paal) on the upcoming Lean Left lps (with Ab Baars and Steve Noble), and the PNL/KV duo albums recorded in Russian (cd) and Poznan (lp), all to be released in late summer, early fall.
Posted by on Mar 26, 2012
THIS JUST IN:Ken Vandermark - solo concert
Sunday, April 8th.
Sugar Maple (Front Room)
441 E. Lincoln Ave. Milwaukee, WI.
4pm. (doors at 3) $10
More info: www.mysugarmaple.com
Posted by on Mar 11, 2012
++ Info on the Resonance Ensemble European tour can be found here: resonancefestival.blogspot.com
Posted by on Feb 12, 2012
SOUNDTRACKS 2.02/9/11: Another two months blows by. Mixed the new Resonance Ensemble album ("What Country Is This?"/Not Two Records) at Chicago Mastering Service with Bob Weston on December 19th and 20th, and recorded the final sets for the upcoming DKV Trio boxset (also for Not Two) on the 27th (Milwaukee) and 28th (Chicago); there are now 12 cds of material to review, going back to July of 2009. January was also busy on the recording front- on the 10th and 11th I recorded with Eric Revis' 11:11 project, a quartet that also includes Jason Moran and Nasheet Waits. The session took place at Brooklyn Recording, was engineered by Katsu Naito, and co-produced by Orrin Evans. A dozen pieces were finished over the two days, all in one or two takes; most compositions by Eric but also one each by Michael Attias, Jelly Roll Morton, Fats Waller, and myself- quite a cross section of ideas! Only had one concert in January, a solo performance to celebrate the release of "Mark In The Water" (Not Two), followed by a set with Tim Daisy and Peter Evans. A number of new records were released in this period: "Sketches And Ballads," by Full Blast & Friends (featuring Peter Brötzmann, with Marino Pliakas, Michael Wertmuller, Thomas Heberer) [Trost, lp & cd]; "OTO," by Sonore [Trost, lp & cd]; "El Infierno Musical: a homage to Alejandra Pizarnik," (organized by Christof Kurzmann, with Martin Brandlmayr, Eva Reiter, Clayton Thomas) [mikroton, lp & cd]. In addition, the first album by Double Tandem, "Cement" (with Ab Baars and Paal Nilssen-Love), was completed for Nilssen-Love's label, PNL, to be released in early spring.
Posted by on Jan 31, 2012
NEW STUFF!
>> More tour dates posted HERE.
>> New IN ROTATION & IN ADDITION on this page...
>> Also, check out an interview with the great Saul Leiter right HERE.
Posted by on Jan 23, 2012
Check out a preview from the Chicago Reader for the Vandermark/Evans/Daisy show at the Hideout HERE.Posted by on Jan 03, 2012
NEW: In Rotation & In Addition, on this page!ALSO: check a video clip from the recent DKV Trio performance at the Hideout in Chicago HERE. (Thanks, Richard!)
Happy New Year, everyone!
Posted by on Dec 10, 2011
SOUNDTRACKS 2.012/9/11: Copies of "Letter To A Stranger" arrived from smalltown, not sure of the official release date, hope to have copies for sale on the duo tour with Paal Nilssen-Love in April next year. Recording sessions during the end of November with Fire Room took place in two concerts at the Vortex in London, and a concert in Poznan, Poland; all went extremely well and we should have a very strong album to show for it. Head back to Chicago in mid December and will work on completing the mixing for at least two projects this winter. The first will be the Resonance Ensemble's new album (recorded in Chicago during the March Resonance Festival) so that it can be released in conjunction with the band's tour in Europe early next spring. The second will be the Platform 1 sessions from May this year, taking care of this in February means that the quintet's first album will be ready for our tour next autumn. This leaves the new Made To Break, Topology II, and Lean Left recordings to complete in the spring so that the music can be available by next fall. In addition, work will done by Paal Nilssen-Love to get a limited release completed of the Double Tandem music recorded live from our gig in Stavanger, Norway in September; and he will organize mixing sessions for the duo sets performed in Poznan during October so that a double lp can come out on Laurence Family in April.
Posted by on Nov 24, 2011
SOUNDTRACKS 2.011/23/11: A crazy summer in the States (Topology II recording project with Joe McPhee; Okka Fest with Mats Gustafsson and Christof Kurzmann; gigs in New York for the Clean Feed fest at the Stone; new soundtrack with Jason Adasiewicz, Steve Albini, John Herndon, Terrie Hessles, Wayne Montana, Nate Wooley; Southeast tour with Tim Daisy) is followed by a crazier autumn in Europe. Since mid August I've been on the road, with only one week in Chicago and a week break in Antwerp. Tours included The Ex & Brass Unbound, Lean Left, Side A, the duo with Paal Nilssen-Love, Made To Break, and now Fire Room, with the Peter Brotzmann curated Wels Unlimited Festival dropped in the middle of everything. Recordings were released (Side A, "A New Margin" [Clean Feed]; the second solo album, "Mark In The Water" [Not Two]; Fire Room, "Live In Wels" [self produced vinyl]; with the Double Tandem [me, Paal, Ab Baars] 7" backed with Mats Gustafsson solo on Terp, and the new duo album with Paal, "Letter To A Stranger" [smalltown] still to come…), and made (Made To Break, more duo sessions with Paal, Lean Left sessions as a quartet and with Ab Baars and Steve Noble as guests, DKV Trio meets Gustafsson/Nilssen-Love/Pupillo in Wels, and Fire Room). Busy, exciting times.