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The Vandermark 5 Special Edition: The Horse Jumps And The Ship Is Gone
by Mark Corroto
With the 16th official release by The Vandermark 5, composer/director/leader Ken Vandermark invites two guest musicians to share the stage. Norwegian pianist Håvard Wiik and Swedish trumpeter Magnus Broo are, however, no strangers to projects by the reedman and company. That familiarity yields this solid June, 2009 live date at Chicago's Green Mill.Broo, an excellent inside/out player, can be heard in the European equivalent to the V5--Atomic--and in The Angles. Likewise, Wiik is a member of Atomic and ...
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by John Sharpe
In their early days, the Vandermark 5 gave founder and reed man Ken Vandermark, the opportunity to workshop and road test fresh ideas. His writing skills have now been honed to such an extent that he is one of the most consistently inventive small group composers around, and the V5 has become one of the great working bands on the current scene. For its eighteenth, outing the quintet is expanded to a seven-piece Special Edition, with the addition of trumpeter ...
read moreVandermark 5 and Atomic: Double Bill at the Vortex in London
by John Sharpe
Vandermark 5 and AtomicThe VortexLondonSeptember 16, 2010It was difficult to avoid a frisson of pleasurable anticipation at the sight of the handwritten sign proclaiming Totally sold out" taped onto the door of north London's Vortex Jazz Club. A feeling compounded by the presence of the BBC's mobile recording unit parked outside. This was going to be a good night. And why shouldn't it be with a double header by the Vandermark 5 and Atomic, two ...
read moreThe Vandermark 5: Annular Gift
by Mark Corroto
The Vandermark 5's Annular Gift is its most accessible and swinging recording to date. Recorded live (one reason) in Krakow, Poland, the quintet has come together (reason two) as a true aggregate of players.
This is their fifteenth official release (there have been some CD-Rs and compilation discs) and third for the Polish label Not Two. The others were the sprawling and ultimately satisfying 12-CD collection of live dates at Alchemia in 2004 (since Alchemia, cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm replaced trombonist ...
read moreFire Room: Broken Music
by Troy Collins
Broken Music is the appropriately titled debut of Fire Room, a collaborative international effort featuring wildly prolific Chicago-based composer and multi-instrumentalist Ken Vandermark. This unconventional trio features Norwegians Paal Nilssen-Love (drums) and Lasse Marhaug (electronics), inceptive members of Vandermark's Powerhouse Sound. Exploring similar territory, Fire Room ventures further into the extremes of brutal cacophony and disquieting stillness.
Where Powerhouse Sound's debut, Oslo / Chicago: Breaks (Atavistic, 2007) focused on primal rhythms swathed in a scrim of invasive electronic ...
read moreVandermark 5: Beat Reader
by Troy Collins
Beat Reader is the tenth studio album of all-original material from Chicago's esteemed Vandermark 5. Leading his most resilient and diverse ensemble into its second decade, composer/multi-instrumentalist Ken Vandermark has accomplished a remarkable achievement in a time when regular touring line-ups have vanished.Vandermark's advanced writing reveals a facility for composing interlocking, cellular structures that balance unique arrangements with ample room for individual expression. Stylistically diverse but instantly recognizable, Vandermark's eclectic tunes always bear the unmistakable mark of his ...
read moreVandermark 5, Ottawa, Canada February 10, 2007
by John Kelman
Vandermark 5 Zaphod Beeblebrox Ottawa, Canada February 10, 2007
It's an unorthodox club where jazz is rarely--if ever--heard. And the show was promoted by a local team who are more in touch with the punk/indie scene. But sometimes things come together in the most unexpected ways. The Vandermark 5's first Ottawa appearance at Zaphod Bebblebrox--a mainly standing room-only club in the heart of the city's nightclub district--turned out to be not just a success ...
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Music and More by Tim Niland
Multi-reedist Ken Vandermark's great modern jazz ensemble The Vandermark 5 has been one of the top flight working bands in jazz for the past two decades. On this album, the core group of Ken Vandermark and Dave Rempis on saxophones and clarinet, Kent Kessler on bass, Tim Daisy on drums and Fred Lonberg-Holm on cello is expanded with the addition of frequent collaborators Magnus Broo on trumpet and Håvard Wiik on piano. The idea succeeds spectacularly as the added punch ...
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Vandermark 5 + Leroy Jenkins/Myra Melford/Kahil El'Zabar at The Cinema in Philadelphia
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All About Jazz
Ars Nova Workshop presents: Tonight. Thursday, February 2 | 8pm VANDERMARK 5 with Ken Vandermark, reeds; Dave Rempis, saxophone; Fred Lonberg-Holm, cello; Kent Kessler, bass; and Tim Daisy, drums
The Cinema (formerly CineMagic) | 3925 Walnut Street $12 General Admission MacArthur fellow Ken Vandermark formed the Vandermark 5 nearly 10 years ago as an outlet for the concepts he developed over the years working with NRG Ensemble, the Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet, and ALLY. During the ...
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Complete & Final Details for Vandermark 5 North American Tour
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All About Jazz
Hi - These are the complete and final details of the V5's North American tour.
A few things of note:
1) Detroit venue has changed to STATE THEATRE BAR (2115 Woodward Ave). More info below. -----> visit: http://www.kenvandermark.com/index.php for information regarding how to get to the venue due to street closing for the Super Bowl.
2) A performance in KNOXVILLE @ The Woodruff Bldg (424 Gay St.) has been added for Feb. 4th. Door time and ticket price ...
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Update: Vandermark 5 North American Tour
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All About Jazz
Happy New Year Everyone!
Below is the latest on the upcoming Vandermark 5 tour. Please note the confirmation of PHILLY on Feb. 2nd.
* Jan 24th - Milwaukee, WI @ Onopa Brewery-9pm doors, $8 adv./$10 dos * Jan 25th - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club-8pm doors, $10 * Jan 26th - Chicago, IL @ Hide Out-9pm doors, $10 * Jan 27th - Detroit, MI @ The City Theatre-7pm doors, $16.50 * ...
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Update! Vandermark 5: The Color of Memory North American Tour
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All About Jazz
Below is an update on the V5's January/February tour. BUT FIRST - we are thrilled to announce - Ken's brand spanking new website is now LIVE! Please check it out: www.kenvandermark.com! The shows: * Jan 24th - Milwaukee, WI @ Onopa Brewery-9pm doors, $8 adv./$10 dos * Jan 25th - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club-8pm doors, $10 * Jan 26th - Chicago, IL @ Hide Out-9pm doors, $10 * Jan 27th ...
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Vandermark 5: The Color of Memory Tour
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All About Jazz
Ken Vandermark's quintet, Vandermark 5 are hitting the road January and February to support their latest Atavistic double-cd release, The Color of Memory (released Fall 2005).
This will mark the North American debut tour of new line up, which now includes cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm who joined the band after Jeb Bishop's departure last fall. They'll be performing reconstructed compositions from their double-cd release The Color of Memory as well as new pieces written in preparation for their November European tour. ...
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Vandermark 5 new double-CD The Color of Memory out 9/13
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All About Jazz
---> The Vandermark 5 ---> The Color of Memory" Double-CD (Atavistic) ---> Release Date: September 13, 2005
On this, their first studio double-album (released on Chicago's stalwart Atavistic label), the band once again raises the bar for improvised and exploratory musics. Continuing to abandon tradition, The Vandermark 5 unleash an album which truly sets them apart from any other working band today, jazz or otherwise.
The Color of Memory" is comprised of material developed ...
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Philadelphia Concerts - High Zero Prep Festival, Jim Black, Vandermark 5, Fonda/Stevens, Khan Jamal/Matthew Shipp/Odean Pope - from Sweetnighter Productions
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All About Jazz
Sweetnighter Productions - Upcoming Concerts Sweetnighter Productions dedicated to bringing cutting edge jazz to Philadelphia High Zero Preparation Festival featuring two unique quartets with some of the country's most exciting improvisers Wednesday, September 20th, 2000 - 9:30 pm - $12 Carol Genetti (vocals/Chicago) Eric Leonardson (tuned percussion/Chicago) Toshi Makihara (percussion/Philadelphia)
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