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| A New Margin |
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| Released by Side A [view band] Record Label Clean Feed Year released 2011 Release format CD |
| Track list 1. Boxer 6:41 2. What Is Is 7:12 3. Trued Right 7:15 4. Fold 5:38 5. Arborization 7:20 6. Enclitics 5:57 7. The Kreuzberg Variations 7:40 8. Cometing 4:57 9. Permanent Sleeve [Walking Hand] 5:55 10. Giacometti 5:56 |
| Gray Scale |
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| Released by Free Fall [view band] Record Label SmalltownSuperjazzz Year released 2010 Release format CD |
| Track list 1. Lividus 2. Griseus 3. Ravus 4. Caesius 5. Opacus 6. Argentus 7. Cinereus 8. Incanus 9. Fumidus |
| Description and other notes: Details/Release date TBA. |
| The Horse Jumps and The Ship Is Gone |
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| Released by Vandermark 5 [view band] Record Label NotTwo Year released 2010 Release format 2CD |
| Track list CD1: The Horse Jumps 1. Friction 12:18 2. Some Not All 13:45 3. New Weather 12:35 4. Second Marker 11:39 5. Cadmium Orange 10:39 CD2: The Ship is Gone 1. Green Mill Tilter 10:04 2. Desireless 10:35 3. Early Color 13:34 4. Cement 12:17 5. Nameless 15:16 |
| Description and other notes: Vandermark 5 recorded live at Chicago's Green Mill, June of 2009, with guests Magnus Broo (trumpet) and Hĺvard Wiik (piano). |
| 3 Nights in Oslo |
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| Released by Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet [view band] Record Label SmalltownSuperjazzz Year released 2010 Release format 5CD |
| Track list Disc I: Chicago Tentet Disc II: Sonore, Zerang/Nilssen-Love, Bauer/Holmlander Disc III: McPhee/Vandermark, Bishop/Nilssen-Love Disc IV: Survival Unit III, Trombone Choir Disc V: Chicago Tentet |
| Description and other notes: ++ Recorded Live on the 19th, 20th, and 21st of February, at Victoria, Nasjonal Jazzscene, Oslo, Norway. The band now has a good dozen recordings to its name, but with plenty of opportunities (including this one) to recycle itself, it’s yet to fall into the trap of repertory repetition. This handsome set is a testament to that collective and individual ingenuity at discovering fresh patterns of discourse. Not quite the same as being under Oslo skies when and where these sounds were sparked, it’s still the next best thing. ++Derek Taylor, Dusted Magazine |
| Milwaukee Volume |
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| Released by Vandermark/Nilssen-Love Duo [view band] Record Label Smalltown Superjazz Year released 2010 Release format CD |
| Track list 1. Cause Of Action 7:53 2. Clean Sweep 21:49 3. Cut And Thrust 32:08 |
| Chicago Volume |
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| Released by Vandermark/Nilssen-Love Duo [view band] Record Label Smalltown Superjazz Year released 2010 Release format CD |
| Track list 1. Mort Subite 11:36 2. New Paper 30:38 3. Text Of Sound 15:03 |
| Lean Left - The Ex Guitars meets Nilssen-Love/Vandermark Duo Volume 1 |
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| Released by LEAN LEFT: The Ex Guitars meets KV/PNL Duo [view band] Record Label Smalltown Superjazz Year released 2009 Release format CD |
| Track list 1. Left Lung 2. Lean Over 3. Right Lung 4. Lean Leftover |
| Description and other notes: Ken Vandermark: tenor saxophone & Bb clarinet, Andy Moor: right guitar, Terrie Ex: left guitar, Paal Nilssen-Love: drums. Recorded live in concert on March 19th 2008 at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, by Colin McLean. |
| Light on the Wall |
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| Released by Vandermark/Daisy Duo [view band] Record Label Laurence Family Year released 2009 Release format 2LP |
| Track list RECORD 1: Vandermark/Daisy -------------------------- Side A: 1. Autostrada 2. The Empty Chair Side B: 1. Turnabout 2. Landing 3. Decollage RECORD 2:: ---------- SIDE C: Tim Daisy Solo 1. Falling 2. Chroma 3. Congaree (For Ross Taylor) 4. The Fern Room 5. Breaking Trains 6. Hannover 7. Gray Scale SIDE D: Ken Vandermark Solo: Etudes for Jimmy Giuffre 1. Sun In An Empty Room 2. Automat 3. Cold Storage 4. Room By The Sea |
| Description and other notes: Record 1 recorded by Maciej Frycz at Dragon Club, Posnan, Poland: May 14th, 2008. Record 2 recorded by Eryk Kozlowski & Kasia Palicka at Estrada Poznanska, Poznan, Poland: May 20th, 2008. |
| 35mm |
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| Released by The Frame Quartet [view band] Record Label Okkadisk Year released 2009 Release format CD |
| Track list 1. Multi Chrome (for Peter Brotzmann, Han Bennink, Fred Van Hove) 14:59 2. Lens (for Ennio Moricone) 11:50 3. M.E.S. (for Merce Cunningham) 10:35 4. Theater Piece (For Jimmy Lyons) 18:42 5. Straw (for Steve Lacy) 15:19 |
| Description and other notes: Engineered by Bob Weston at Strobe Recording, Chicago on July 29, 2009. Mixed by Weston and Vandermark at Chicago Mastering Service. |
| Annular Gift |
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| Released by Vandermark 5 [view band] Record Label Not Two Year released 2009 Release format CD |
| Track list 1. Spiel (For Bertolt Brecht And Kurt Weil) 20:33 2. Table, Skull And Bottles (For Bruno Johnson) 10:49 3. Early Color (For Saul Leiter) 11:48 4. Second Marker (For Ab Baars) 9:36 5. Cement (For Michael Haberz) 12:35 6. Cadmium Orange (For Francis Bacon) 9:11 |
| Description and other notes: Recorded live in concert at Alchemia, Krakow, Polan on March 14 & 15, 2009 by Michal Rosicki. Mixed by Bob Weston & Ken Vandermark. |
| Resonance Ensemble ltd. edition box set |
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| Released by Resonance Ensemble [view band] Record Label Not Two Year released 2009 Release format 10 CD |
| Track list Disk 1: Day One, Set 1 & 2 (small groups) Day One, Set 1: 6:57 / 15:54 / 9:00 Tim Daisy drums Dave Rempis alto sax Mark Tokar bass Yuriy Yaremchuk soprano sax Day One, Set 2: 1:44 / 7:17 / 7:57 / 4:56 Yuriy Yaremchuk tenor & soprano saxes, clarinet Ken Vandermark baritone sax, clarinet Dave Rempis tenor sax Mikolaj Trzaska alto sax Disk 2: Day Two, Set 1 (small groups) Day One, Set 3: 9:49 / 9:45 / 7:42 Michael Zerang drums Magnus Broo trumpet Per-Âke Holmlander tuba Steve Swell trombone Day Two, Set 1: 15:00 / 5:58 Per-Âke Holmlander tuba Ken Vandermark tenor sax, clarinet Mark Tokar bass Steve Swell trombone Disk 3: Day Two, Set 2 & 3 (small groups) Day Two, Set 2: 13:21 / 24:55 Michael Zerang drums Mikolaj Trzaska alto sax, bass clarinet Mark Tokar bass Yuriy Yaremchuk tenor & soprano saxes, clarinet Day Two, Set 3: 16:20 / 6:14 / 5:20 / 10:11 Tim Daisy drums Dave Rempis tenor & alto saxes Magnus Broo trumpet Michael Zerang drums Disk 4: Day Three, Set 1 & 2 (small groups) Day Three, Set 1: 13:17 / 12:54 / 5:34 Tim Daisy drums Mikolaj Trzaska alto sax, bass clarinet Mark Tokar bass Steve Swell trombone Day Three, Set 2: 6:06 / 11:50 / 4:25 Magnus Broo trumpet Per-Âke Holmlander tuba Yuriy Yaremchuk soprano sax, clarinet & bass clarinet Disk 5: Day Three, Set 3, and Day Four Set 1 (small groups) Day Three, Set 3: 17:58 / 13:22 / 6:24 Michael Zerang drums Dave Rempis tenor & alto saxes Mark Tokar bass Steve Swell trombone Ken Vandermark tenor & baritone saxes, clarinet Day Four, Set 1: 23:42 / 5:54 Tim Daisy drums Yuriy Yaremchuk soprano sax, bass clarinet Mark Tokar bass Steve Swell trombone Disk 6: Disk 5: Day Four Set 2 & 3 (small groups) Day Four, Set 2: 21:25 / 10:28 Michael Zerang drums Mikolaj Trzaska alto sax, bass clarinet Dave Rempis tenor & alto saxes Per-Âke Holmlander tuba Magnus Broo trumpet Ken Vandermark baritone sax, clarinet Day Four, Set 3: 13:37 / 11:29 / 4:07 Michael Zerang drums Tim Daisy drums Disk 7: Day Five Set 1 & 2 (small groups) Day Five, Set 1: 14:36 / 17:29 Mikolaj Trzaska alto sax, bass clarinet Tim Daisy drums Mark Tokar bass Dave Rempis tenor & alto saxes Magnus Broo trumpet Day Five, Set 2: 14:23 / 6:51 / 3:21 Ken Vandermark tenor & baritone saxes, clarinet Mikolaj Trzaska alto sax, clarinet & bass clarinet Yuriy Yaremchuk soprano sax Per-Âke Holmlander tuba< br> Steve Swell trombone Disk 8: Day Five Set 3 (small groups) Day Five, Set 3: 20:27 / 16:03 / 6:21 Mikolaj Trzaska alto sax, bass clarinet Tim Daisy drums Mark Tokar bass Dave Rempis tenor & alto saxes Yuriy Yaremchuk tenor & soprano saxes, clarinet & bass clarinet Steve Swell trombone Per-Âke Holmlander tuba Magnus Broo trumpet Ken Vandermark tenor & baritone saxes, clarinet Disk 9: Final Concert, Set 1 Final Concert CD#A 45:07 1. Landshaft (for Marek Winiarski) 21:05 2. Counterprint (for Wawrzyniec "Laurence" Makinia) 24:02 Disk 10: Final Concert, Set 2 Final Concert CD#B 37:56 1. Off/Set (for Olek Witynski & Jacek Zakowski) 16:24 2. The Number 44 (for Ania "Czarna" Adamska) 21:32 |
| Description and other notes: "When composing for a group, Ken Vandermark as a rule takes into account factors such as each musician's approach to improvisation, personal tastes and individual sound. So when he chose to compose for a tentet that included musicians who were virtually an unknown quantity to him - musicians such as Polish saxophonist/clarinetist, Mikolaj Trzaska and the Ukrainian duo, Yuriy Yaremczuk on reeds and Mark Tokar on bass - it could have been seen as a foray into relatively unknown territory. And it was to an extent, although the leader had already forged an intimate understanding with some of the musicians who were involved - percussionist Tim Daisy and saxophonist Dave Rempis are after all fully-fledged members of the Vandermark 5 and Ken has worked with Swedish trumpeter Magnus Broo in the Four Corners project. He is also familiar with the work of tuba player Per-Âke Holmlander and percussionist Michael Zerang as they play together in Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet. But nobody in the tentet - extraordinarily, given his reputation and work ethic - had previously performed with New York-based trombonist, Steve Swell. Vandermark completed the majority of the arrangements over the six day period before the group arrived. Some of the compositions had been sketched out previously and others were inspired by the atmosphere and people Ken associated with Krakow, the historic old city that has become his second home. When the musicians arrived, they found themselves immersed in a punishing schedule that started with daily rehearsals that started at 10am - sharp. Although always open to musically justified new ideas, Vandermark called for extraordinary precision in these rehearsals. So it was unsurprising that many of the musicians really let off steam in the freely improvised evening sets that followed the rehearsals. But it didn't stop there. Many of the musicians espoused sleep after the evening sets in favour of bison-grass-vodka-fueled discussions about music that lasted well into the night. At the end of the week, music fans from all over the region flocked to the concerts in Lviv and Krakow that the musicians had been rehearsing for over the preceding five days, one group even chartering a jet from Georgia. At the end of the week, when it was time to say goodbye, the bonds formed between some of the musicians were so strong that some couldn't contain their tears. But for many of these artists it was adieu rather than farewell as many intend to build on their Resonance experience by collaborating with each again in the future." -Philip Palmer, Jazzwise magazine |
| Call Before You Dig |
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| Released by Sonore [view band] Record Label Okkadisk Year released 2009 Release format 2CD |
| Track list CD 1: 1. The Cliff 2:07 2. Mountains Of Love 18:14 3. Shake-horn 14:11 4. Nurecognized Reflections 7:04 5. Charged by the Pound 15:10 6. Mailbox for an Attic 13:57 7. Call Before You Dig 3:36 CD 2: 1. The Ravens Cry at Dawn 4:53 2. Better a Bird than a Cow 3:02 3. Human Fact 2:24 4. Iranic / J. Giuffre 3:11 5. A Letter from the Past 3:06 6. The Bitter the Better 2:12 7. The Longer the Lieber 5:43 8. Birds of the Underworld 2:59 9. Waiting for the Dancing Bear 2:24 10. A Dyed String 3:25 11. Hellpig 3:19 12. Zipper Backwards 3:16 13. Dark Cloud Blues 3:39 14. Blue Stone 4:41 15. Hardline Drawing 2:04 16. Rat Bag 4:44 17. Hard to Believe But Good to Know 3:33 |
| Description and other notes: Recorded in concert December 12, 208, and in studio December 13, 2008 by Stefan Deistler. |
| Live In St. Johann |
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| Released by iTi [view band] Record Label Okkadisk Year released 2009 Release format CD |
| Track list 1. Del En 36:18 2. Part Two 7:36 3. Teil Drei 3:24 |
| Description and other notes: A live set from the 2008 ArtActs Festival. |
| Resonance |
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| Released by Resonance Ensemble [view band] Record Label NotTwo Year released 2008 Release format LP |
| Track list Side A - 1. Off-Set (for Olek Witynski & Jacek Zakowski) Side B - 1. The Number 44 (for Anna Czarna Adamska) All compositions by Ken Vandermark Recorded in Lvov, Ukraine on November 17, 2007 |
| Description and other notes: When composing for a group, Ken Vandermark as a rule takes into account factors such as each musician's approach to improvisation, personal tastes and individual sound. So when he chose to compose for a tentet that included musicians who were virtually an unknown quantity to him – musicians such as Polish saxophonist/clarinetist, Mikołaj Trzaska and the Ukrainian duo, Yuriy Yaremczuk on reeds and Mark Tokar on bass – it could have been seen as a foray into relatively unknown territory. And it was to an extent, although the leader had already forged an intimate understanding with some of the musicians who were involved – percussionist Tim Daisy and saxophonist Dave Rempis are after all fully-fledged members of the Vandermark 5 and Ken has worked with Swedish trumpeter Magnus Broo in the Four Corners project. He is also familiar with the work of tuba player Per-Âke Holmlander and percussionist Michael Zerang as they play together in Peter Brötzmann's Chicago Tentet. But nobody in the tentet - extraordinarily, given his reputation and work ethic - had previously performed with New York-based trombonist, Steve Swell. Vandermark completed the majority of the arrangements over the six day period before the group arrived. Some of the compositions had been sketched out previously and others were inspired by the atmosphere and people Ken associated with Krakow, the historic old city that has become his second home. When the musicians arrived, they found themselves immersed in a punishing schedule that started with daily rehearsals that started at 10am – sharp. Although always open to musically justified new ideas, Vandermark called for extraordinary precision in these rehearsals. So it was unsurprising that many of the musicians really let off steam in the freely improvised evening sets that followed the rehearsals. But it didn't stop there. Many of the musicians espoused sleep after the evening sets in favour of bison-grass-vodka-fuelled discussions about music that lasted well into the night. At the end of the week, music fans from all over the region flocked to the concerts in Lviv and Krakow that the musicians had been rehearsing for over the preceding five days, one group even chartering a jet from Georgia. At the end of the week, when it was time to say goodbye, the bonds formed between some of the musicians were so strong that some couldn't contain their tears. But for many of these artists it was adieu rather than farewell as many intend to build on their Resonance experience by collaborating with each again in the future. Philip Palmer, Jazzwise magazine |














