| "Live review: V5 in Alchemia" published on 03-20-09 by Improjazz Magazine |
| "Live Review: V5 in Cadiz, Spain." published on 03-09-09 by Diariobahiadecadiz.com |
| "Live review (German): V5 at Jazz-Fabrik" published on 02-03-09 by main-rheiner.de |
| "Review: Beat Reader (Italian)" published on 05-27-08 by AllAboutJazz.com (Italy) |
| "Review: Beat Reader" published on 02-13-08 by DustedMagazine.com |
| "Review: Beat Reader" published on 01-23-08 by All About Jazz |
| "Review: 'Target or Flag'" published on 05-14-07 by Jazznet |
| "The Vandermark 5 in Pittsburgh" published on 02-17-07 by jazztimes.com |
| "Twisted Lines: The Vandermark 5" published on 02-15-07 by Washington Post Express |
| "V5: Pittsburgh show preview" published on 02-15-07 by Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |
| "Jazzers Rock Out in Somerville" published on 02-12-07 by Boston Globe (SoundEffects) |
| "V5: Detroit show preview" published on 02-07-07 by Detroit Metro Times |
| "V5: NYC/Brooklyn show preview" published on 01-26-07 by TimeOutNY |
| "Review: A Discontinuous Line" published on 01-20-07 by AllAboutJazz.com |
| "Review: A Discontinuous Line (Danish)" published on 12-15-06 by Jazznet |
| "Review: Alchemia (Danish)" published on 11-04-06 by Jazznet |
| "Review: The Color of Memory (Danish)" published on 11-02-06 by Jazznet |
| "Review: Free Jazz Classics 3&4 (Danish)" published on 11-01-06 by Jazznet |
| "Ken Vandermark does it all - because he can" published on 06-23-06 by City Paper |
| "REVIEW::Free Jazz Classics 3&4" published on 06-01-06 by theWIRE |
| "Review: Free Jazz Classics Vol. 3&4" published on 05-25-06 by AllAboutJazz.com |
| "review: Live at the Woodruff Bldg." published on 02-21-06 by Metro Pulse (Knoxville) |
| "Review: The Color of Memory" published on 02-16-06 by PitchforkMedia.com |
| "review: Live at Underlying Themes" published on 02-10-06 by Lexington Herald-Leader |
| "NEW LINEUP, NEW TEXTURES FOR VANDERMARK 5" published on 02-03-06 by Boston Globe |
| "review: The Color Of Memory" published on 02-03-06 by WashingtonPost.com |
| "Vandermark 5 Gets Its Game On" published on 02-03-06 by Lexington Herald-Leader |
| "Giving Everything the Supercharged Treatment, Even Ballads" published on 02-02-06 by New York Times |
| "A Constant Search for New Directions" published on 01-30-06 by The New York Sun |
| "The Fresh Smell of Jazz" published on 01-28-06 by TheLiveMusicReport.com |
| "V5 Live at the Turf Club, Minneapolis" published on 01-27-06 by HowWasTheShow.com |
| "review: The Color Of Memory" published on 01-26-06 by Toronto Eye |
| "Head Cheese" published on 01-25-06 by Detroit Metro Times |
| "The Color of Memory: review (Italian)" published on 12-19-05 by AllAboutJazz.com (Italy) |
| "Review: Alchemia (Russian)" published on 11-29-05 by Diapazon.net |
| "Review: V5 Live in Lviv (Russian)" published on 11-19-05 by Dzyga.com.ua |
| "V5 live at Bogui Jazz (Madrid)" published on 11-17-05 by Tomajazz.com |
| "Review: The Color of Memory" published on 11-12-05 by AllAboutJazz.com |
| "KV Interview" published on 11-08-05 by Magnet |
| "V5-Alchemia: review" published on 10-17-05 by adamar.com |
| "Review: The Color of Memory" published on 09-22-05 by AllMusic.com |
| "Review: The Color of Memory" published on 09-12-05 by AllAboutJazz.com |
| "Alchemia: review" published on 08-25-05 by AllAboutJazz.com |
| "Alchemia: review (Spanish)" published on 08-05-05 by tomajazz.com |
| "Review: Elements of Style...Exercises in Surprise" published on 10-01-04 by Downbeat |
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| "Review: Elements of Style...Exercises in Surprise" |
| Published on 09-01-04 by Tomajazz.com |
| Writing credit: José Francisco Tapiz |
Fiel a su cita anual, Ken Vandermark edita una nueva grabación (la sexta ya) a nombre de su grupo más estable en el tiempo. Laboratorio de experimentación en directo todos los jueves en Empty Bottle de Chicago, resaltan en primer lugar tanto el magnífico nivel de sus integrantes como su trabajo conjunto.
Musicalmente resulta ser un avance respecto al trabajo del grupo. El resultado es una muy agradable sorpresa: lejos de mostrar un posible estancamiento creativo (máxime teniendo en cuenta que todo el repertorio es obra de su hiperactivo líder), su música sigue avanzando en los parámetros que han caracterizado sus últimas entregas. Partiendo del free-bop y la libre improvisación, con algún toque funk, muestra una obra magnífica, muy alejada ya de la inspiración del NRG Ensemble de Hal Russell y los elementos rockeros de sus primeros discos. Destacan los temas Six Of One, larga composición estructurada en diferentes partes, y el tiempo medio Strata.
Para los aficionados a las discografías completas seńalar que existe una edición limitada a 1500 ejemplares con el volumen 4 de la serie Free Jazz Classics, recogiendo temas en directo trabajando el repertorio del saxofonista RR Kirk. A pesar de un nivel más que notable, la ejecución de este repertorio en sus directos, empastado entre el resto de composiciones propias, supera el nivel de este bonus disc, el menos bueno de los cuatro volúmenes dedicados a los clásicos del Free Jazz. |
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| "Alchemia, Krakow, 15-19.03.2004" published on 05-01-04 by Jazz & Classics (Poland) |
| "El asombro que llega del vacio" published on 11-15-03 by Diario de Sevilla |
| "Review: Free Jazz Classics" published on 04-01-03 by Downbeat |
| "OPEN-MINDED JAZZ" published on 02-21-03 by Boston Phoenix |
| "Review: Free Jazz Classics" published on 10-01-02 by The Wire |
