Author: Vandermark 5

Release Date: 2009-06-10

Details: Amazon.ca Clarinetist and tenor saxophonist Ken Vandermark has such broad tastes that he has played in up to 18 ensembles at the same time, each with a different stylistic focus. The Crown Royals churn out gutbucket R&B, the AALY Trio revisits '60s-informed free jazz, and the Chicago Bridge Unit plays standards from the '50s and '60s. This quintet is where he puts it all together by playing complex original compositions that integrate swinging rhythms, feedback-laden rock textures, and free-form dynamics. Several tunes express a film noir ambience that resonates with the disc's handsome packaging and betrays Vandermark's past as a film major in college, but the band plays them with a gritty pugnacity that is emphatically contemporary. The album's name acknowledges the well-oiled chemistry that the quintet has developed on the job by playing a weekly gig at Chicago's Empty Bottle for over three years. The group negotiates the difficult transitions between Vandermark's complex, colorful horn charts and collectively improvised passages with deceptive ease. --Bill Meyer Product Description From '97s landmark SINGLE PIECE FLOW debut thru '98s blistering TARGET OR FLAG, The Vandermark 5 steered a thrilling course of musical growth - driven as much by the sheer need for creative exploration as organic progression. But with the advent of SIMPA

UPC: 735286110722

EAN: 0735286110722

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood