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Current Top Ten Stereo Cuts
- Tsehaytu Braki, "Selam," (Terp).
- Ornette Coleman, "Beauty Is A Rare Thing," (Atlantic).
- Miles Davis, "The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions," (Columbia).
- Duke Ellington, "Blues In Orbit," (Columbia).
- The Jesus Lizard, "Goat," (Touch & Go).
- Getachew Mekuria & The Ex, "Moa Anbessa," (Terp).
- Erik Satie, "Satie: Works for Piano, Aldo Ciccolini," (EMI).
- Various Artists, "Angola Soundtrack," (Analog Africa).
- Various Artists, "Bossa Nova And The Rise Of Brazilian Music," (Soul Jazz).
- Wire, "Pink Flag," (Restless Records).
In Addition
- Merce Cunningham Dance Company, final performances (Park Avenue Armory: 12.29.11-12.31.11), choreographed by Merce Cunningham, arranged by Robert Swinston, music by David Behrman, John King, Takeshisa Kosugi, and Christian Wolff, dance performance.
- "de Kooning: A Retrospective," (Museum of Modern Art, New York: 09.18.11-01.09.12), curated by John Elderfield, art exhibition.
- "Philip Guston: Collected Writings, Lectures, and Conversations," (University of California Press: 2011), edited by Clark Coolidge, non-fiction.
- The permanent collection at the Antwerp FotoMuseum.
- "Museum of Desires," (Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna: 10.09.11-08.01.12), curated by Karola Kraus, art exhibition.
Posted by on Jan 26, 2012
NEW: TOUR DATES for late-February & March posted 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.
Posted by on Nov 19, 2011
+++ NEW PHOTOS updated to the 'Rotating Image' pages. Enjoy!+++ Nice review of Side A "A New Margin" on JAZZWRAP!
Posted by on Oct 29, 2011
++++NEW TOUR DATES ADDED++++ Check 'em all out right HERE. More news soon!Posted by on Jun 14, 2011
ADDIS EXPERIENCE -- Paintings by Adrienne Pierluissi, Photos by Ken Vandermark.OPENING: Saturday, July 16, 2011 (5pm-2am) -- Exhibit continues through July.
Co-Prosperity Sphere
3219 South Morgan Street
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
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5pm -- Gallery Opening
7pm -- Addis video footage by Emma Fischer
8pm -- LIVE PERFORMANCE, Terrie Hessels (the Ex) and Ken Vandermark
9pm -- Ethiopian Dance Spin (Hessels and Vandermark play Ethiopian hits past and present)
Official Addis Experience site with full details can be found HERE.
Posted by on May 06, 2011
MUSICIAN COOPERATIVE LAUNCHED: CATALYTIC-SOUND.COMUPDATE 6.14.11: New titles HERE.
UPDATE 6.6.11: June Newsletter HERE, tour dates HERE.
Peter Brotzmann, Mats Gustafsson, Paal Nilssen-Love, and Ken Vandermark have pooled creative resources to organize a unique music site: catalytic-sound.com. Their individual catalogs of music will be available online for the first time in one coordinated place, and will feature extensive material from all of their discographies, including rare and out of print recordings, as well as special items unavailable anywhere else. New pieces will be added to the site's collection each week, and downloads of their music will be available soon. If you're looking for music with one of these artists involved, catalytic-sound.com will be your primary resource.
Visit CATALYTIC-SOUND.COM.